How much is my truck worth is easy. Anyone can do it. There are
used car valuation found all over the place –
Trademe,
CarJam,
AA,
Turner, just for examples. You can also compare your vehicle’s year, make, model and mileage with others that are for sale in your area.
How Does Body Damage Affect the Value of My Truck?
But if your truck is beaten up, wrecked, damaged, rusty, scrap, deregistered or a combination of these things, that valuation won’t be correct. Those prices are meant for trucks with the average condition, not vehicles with body damage. So, how do you determine your truck’s value when it’s in below-average condition? One trick is to determine how many panels are damaged, multiply it by about $500, and take it off the Fair Market Value for your truck.
Will Repairs Restore My Truck Values Too?
You’d think that paying to have your truck fixed or completing an insurance claim will restore your truck values to pre-accident condition. Unfortunately, that’s not quite true. When body repairs are done, especially o
