I'm about to trade in my 05 thunder cloud xb, the only mods I've done are a cheap short shift kit, removal of all badging, and painting my grill black. I have the original shift linkage that I plan to reinstall, but I don't know if it's worth spending a couple of hundred dollars to replace all the badging and grill for my trade. The car also has a scuff on the right rear where I rubbed up against a concrete pillar in a parking garage. KBB says $10800 in poor condition with my miles(18k). Does this sound like poor condition?

 

your description sounds like fair condition:

http://autos.msn.com/kbb/faq.aspx

nobody is going to care about the badging or grill

if you repaired the scuff, it would probably be considered good

 

i debadged mine and drilled opening on the driver's side foglight cover for my intake. Will that damage my value???

 

If you fix the paint it will help the value--I don't think the other stuff matters much.......