After my summer long road trip and travel around Japan recently, I feel really connected with my Suzuki Swift Sport. I can say definitively that the car has an amazing balance of everything I look for in a daily driver: sharp handling, good power-to-weight performance, reliability, comfort, and spaciousness. The car can prove itself well up and down curvy mountain passes, have enough power to pass slower cars on the roads, all while having the comfort of carrying two weeks’ worth of clothes, camping equipment, omiyage, and an Alto Works roll cage.

To thank my Swift for soldiering on through tens of thousands of kilometers of highways and narrow touge roads, I accumulated a few “modification” parts: wheels, exhaust, rear wing, rear wiper, seats, steering wheel, floor mat, steel nuts…

You might have noticed that all of these parts are stock parts. You might be asking what is the point of showcasing them in this post? How are they a “mod”?

Well, I’m un-modifiying my car. Let’s take a look in horror and sadness of a car undergoing a transformation back to stock.

All good things must come to an end.

Now that the car is back to as much stock as reasonably possible, what’s next in store for my Swift? Well, if you haven’t already gathered, these changes have been made so that the car can be sold in somewhat original condition.

Much as in other automobile second-hand markets, typically buyers will not want or care about aftermarket modifications, so anything attached to the car will get little to no additional value. In actuality, aftermarket parts often cause a decrease in resale value, as it signals to the next buyer that the car may have been mistreated, damaged, or worn. Perhaps even the previous owner installed parts incorrectly.

Of course, I know better than to put together a shoddy car (okay, maybe my Alto Works exempted), but nonetheless this applies. So if you or someone you know is interested in an amazing, well-maintained sporty hatchback, please drop me a message!