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[Brent]

I have a couple of choice "thoughts" for the seller on ebay regarding the brabus 5.8[:0] That truck was sold not more than three months ago for $42k. The previous owner had it listed repeatedly on ebay and never could get the deal done. The new seller is pulling a fast one with that buy it now of $58k.....yeah right. It was orginally imported by a Russian ambassador ans then owned by Joe out in California. It is a 380hp Brabus 5.8 conversion. Awesome truck but thirsty with that engine.

I don't know anything about the silver one. If it was supercharged by RennTech it would be rather rare. He didn't use to supercharge anything. They were all displacement upgrades similar to Brabus. I would want to know more about the history. The added on door speaker worries me too. There are plenty of speaker locations in the G without having to cut into the leather door panels.

I personally like the Brabus for the color and the engine. I might give $40-45k for that one assuming it is still in good shape. The new owner has only driven it about 3000 miles. The Silver doesn't appeal to me as much and I would want to know more about it. It takes a "special" buyer to want a car like that. You almost never recoup the cost of the mods. Unless it is REALLY special and perfectly clean it isn't worth $50k to me. Even then, you can pick up a regular G500 and fit a Kleeman SC to it and likely save money. The low miles and big brakes might be worth a little something though.

With anything modded to the extent these trucks are I think you are gambling more with them than with a new G55K and its electronics. At least a new one has a warranty. The modified trucks are more likely to be compromised in some way as everything is not integrated like a factory job.