Background: I have a 2007 V8, and it's finally old enough that I'm comfortable making some changes to make it more capable off-road. And since it's not my daily driver, I don't mind having it out of commission to do some work on it or if I damage it. My daily driver is a Prius, so the 4runner sees 90% pavement and 10% off-road, instead of 99% pavement and 1% off-road when it was also my daily driver.
My question is, how do off-road mods affect resale value? Are there any that help? Or are there any that hurt? I know I would be extremely hesitant to buy a modded vehicle, because I don't trust anyone to do it right. Right now mine is all stock (and I take pride in the stock-ness of it!)
I'm planning on keeping it for a few years, until either Toyota or Ford comes out with a plug-in hybrid 4runner or Bronco. When that happens I'll sell both vehicles and buy that. I don't mind spending a bit to increase off-road capability of the 4runner in the meantime, but I don't want to waste money either.
I'm in Colorado, so I would think there would be a good market for off-road capable vehicles, but I have no idea. There are tons of trails here, but with a stock vehicle I'm only comfortable doing easy and medium trails for the most part (which have still taken me a lot of incredible places).
Some things I'm considering, in no particular order:
- Larger All-Terrain Tires (have nearly bald highway tires now)
- Lift to allow for larger tires
- Rear diff locker
- C4 Fab low profile front bumper (or maybe not, if I don't need a winch)
- Skid plates
- Rock sliders