Originally posted by blackhorse6
Leather upholstry and Alarm systems increase the value of the car when they are OEM. i.e. a Accord EX with leather is worth more than an Accord EX w/o leather. If you were to take the EX w/o leather and have it upholstred, it would still be worth less than an OEM Accord EX wth original OEM leather.
leather was not available in the US as OEM, therefore they increase the value, especially if the leather is taken care of. trust me, i know what i'm talking about here.