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Range Rover Interior vs. ML430
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Range Rover Interior vs. ML430
Hey everyone I am a new member on this site and I am trying to start costomizing my 2000 ml430 but I do not haw to start. Also if you have seen some of the Range Rovers interiors I really love the way that the seats are made with the strip of leather all around the seats as shown below. I am also thinking about a Loinser body kit. I need advice!
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If you are going to do all that to the ML you better be keeping it for 4 or 5 years if not dont even bother. You are going to end up spending about half of what the car is worth and will never get that back when you sell it. 2000 ML430 is what going to fetch at max right now $16-17 grand and the bodie kit is going to be around $2-3 grand and a new custom interior is going to be expensive if you want good quality so i am guessing around $3-4 grand. So you are looking at around $5-7 grand total. And in a few years with current oil prices going up if you leave your 430 alone it will go for about $13-14 grand. From a money side unless you are going to keep it for 4-5 years it makes no sense to spend that much money on that old of a car, not to mention the maintenance costs are going to skyrocket in a few years just due to the cars age and a lot of major things could start to go wrong. If anything I would sell the car or either invest in some simple interior mods like new steering wheel, new wood trim, possible new door panels ext.
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well I wasnt really wanting to do all the work that the range has but I was trying to find a costom car shop that caould mabye put on the trim around the seats if that was possible. I just thought that the car looked a little tooo stock for my taste so i wanted to sort of make it my own. But mabye I should tone it down a little mabye i will just make a few small changes like a chrome grill and updated head lights instead of the body kit, but I still am wanting to get the trim around the seats if that was possible. So any ideas where i could get that done would be very helpful.
Thank You,
Josh
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Josh
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Originally Posted by ml430_owner_315
well I wasnt really wanting to do all the work that the range has but I was trying to find a costom car shop that caould mabye put on the trim around the seats if that was possible. I just thought that the car looked a little tooo stock for my taste so i wanted to sort of make it my own. But mabye I should tone it down a little mabye i will just make a few small changes like a chrome grill and updated head lights instead of the body kit, but I still am wanting to get the trim around the seats if that was possible. So any ideas where i could get that done would be very helpful.
Thank You,
Josh
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here is brabus site but looks like they only have west cost dealers http://www.brabus.com/homee.htm
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I know of a place, but they are in NJ. Let me know if you are still interested.
Originally Posted by ml430_owner_315
well I wasnt really wanting to do all the work that the range has but I was trying to find a costom car shop that caould mabye put on the trim around the seats if that was possible. I just thought that the car looked a little tooo stock for my taste so i wanted to sort of make it my own. But mabye I should tone it down a little mabye i will just make a few small changes like a chrome grill and updated head lights instead of the body kit, but I still am wanting to get the trim around the seats if that was possible. So any ideas where i could get that done would be very helpful.
Thank You,
Josh
Thank You,
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Originally Posted by ml430_owner_315
well I wasnt really wanting to do all the work that the range has but I was trying to find a costom car shop that caould mabye put on the trim around the seats if that was possible. I just thought that the car looked a little tooo stock for my taste so i wanted to sort of make it my own. But mabye I should tone it down a little mabye i will just make a few small changes like a chrome grill and updated head lights instead of the body kit, but I still am wanting to get the trim around the seats if that was possible. So any ideas where i could get that done would be very helpful.
Thank You,
Josh
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WHAT??? The idea behind these posts is so that individuals can get information and help from others on improving or changing their vehicles to the way they want them. I have no idea what you said or are trying to say below.
Originally Posted by maxboosteric
"Tone it down" the best part is the finished results for what you've done. A car is not a investment(most) its for fun. Don't listen to some of these $$$$$ on the mind owners. The last 3 cars I have owned I lost money on b/c of this. Why b/c I got to enjoy the car the way I wanted, I would do it all over again.
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Its your money do what you want.
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WHAT??? The idea behind these posts is so that individuals can get information and help from others on improving or changing their vehicles to the way they want them. I have no idea what you said or are trying to say below.
Originally Posted by AndrewAZ
If you are going to do all that to the ML you better be keeping it for 4 or 5 years if not dont even bother. You are going to end up spending about half of what the car is worth and will never get that back when you sell it. 2000 ML430 is what going to fetch at max right now $16-17 grand and the bodie kit is going to be around $2-3 grand and a new custom interior is going to be expensive if you want good quality so i am guessing around $3-4 grand. So you are looking at around $5-7 grand total. And in a few years with current oil prices going up if you leave your 430 alone it will go for about $13-14 grand. From a money side unless you are going to keep it for 4-5 years it makes no sense to spend that much money on that old of a car, not to mention the maintenance costs are going to skyrocket in a few years just due to the cars age and a lot of major things could start to go wrong. If anything I would sell the car or either invest in some simple interior mods like new steering wheel, new wood trim, possible new door panels ext.
