I am thinking about selling my 1996 Banshee that I just rebuilt the motor on and it has some other things like Hot Rods Cranks, Wiseco pistons, filters, jetted engine, and a couple other things, but im still running the stock pipes that do have some rust on them. My question is should I go buy new/used pipes off eBay or something. Ive gotten mixed input about putting pipes on it, but I really only want to do it if it adds value.

 

You will never get your money back out of modifications, but they can add some value.

 

I guess my real question is do the rusty pipes detract enough value that i should spend the money on new ones or just leave it...

 

I'd wonder why you did all that to the motor and never changed from the stock pipe.

 

But has he really done that much to it? At ten years old, he probably had to replace the tired out OEM stuff, doesn't mean he went high comp or anything. You will never raise the price of the quad enough to justify buying pipes, even used. I would pull the stockers, clean them up, and repaint them.

 

With those mods, a pipe would have been a logical step.

But as far as the original question, IMO no.

I looked at an 03 Z400 that had a full yoshi system on it, full skids and a few other things. He said how much they cost, and I knew how much they are, but still, that meant nothing to me as far as his asking price. It did, however, make me think it may have been ridden harder than if it were stock.

But who keeps anything stock?

 

well the reason for most of the parts i have on it is the old ones wore out so I replaced them with nicer ones, except with the filters. Should I try to go ebay, or how could I paint the stock ones cause theyre pretty rusty

 

Honestly, if you're sure you're going to sell, why put more money into it.

If you have thoughts on keeping it, get the pipe. You'll be glad you did.

 

Is there a good way to paint them?

 

Clean all the rust off, and use a good high temp paint.

Just don't do a cheesy job like this.