No kidding. He drives recklessly, wants to race from stop light to stop light apparently and thinks he can smoke his tires in his is250 as hes mentioned in other threads.... And anyone who tries to look cool in front of a civic... I dont know what to say. Maybe you shoulda bought a civic then if youre actually embarrassed to have a nicer car?

Youre not stuck. You CAN sell the car (I leased my IS250 to begin with). You're just being lazy or are, well, broke if you think you cant get out of it. But if you're thinking of spending money on it, you might as well eat the cost of getting out of it and into something youll actually like.

You'd be hard pressed to spend $10k to boost. Hell, you can get the HKS SC kit from Japan to America for around $8k and it comes with the HKS F-con. That's the most expensive route, the other route is to piece it together (no more than $4-5k tops for parts, depending on how much a bracket will run to get machined).


I'd say good luck with the car... but you continually seem to make similar threads where you dont enjoy your car and how you're falsely "stuck" with it... So i feel youre hopeless with the 2IS.

Thats the solution to your problem if you want to stick with a 2IS

Youve made several threads including: "IS250 max power?", "Found a turbo for IS250?", "IS250 boring?", "Twin turbo IS250?", etc.

It seems your main complaint is power. Get a 350 or ISF

There you go.

http://leasebusters.com

I got an RX330 from there a few years ago, basically took over the payments and $5 registration change at the DMV. The previous lessee paid for the transfer fees, had put $5k down originally, that he forfeited to me and at the end of the lease, I ended with something that had a higher resale value than the buy back.

Being on the other side of the transaction, you may not end up in the best of positions, but it will be better than breaking the lease.

Thanks man, I'll make sure to post pics when I finish the set up

I like how you automatically assume I drive recklessly. I'm sorry my family just happens to be around S2ks and evos and STis a lot so for me just being in a car with potential is fun. Not that I'm broke or lazy, I don't have time, it's different. You see I was taught that bigger wheels and a poinless lower stance ruin thread wear and torque delivery. I like the car the way it is now, yet I want it to be more than what it is now. I'm super scared to change the wheels because I feel like then I'll have to mess with the suspension and I do not need that. That's why I don't wanna touch it. I'm not a fan of boosted cars, I like the NA response. I drive the thing on the mountains and it's alright I guess, but I expected much more for 40k. Guess I was wrong. And I'm sorry if I offended you in any way shape or form, you apparently have acknowledged the fact that it's just a nice car which is respectable but since you have gone to such great lengths as to spend 10k for a supercharger then that means you've felt the way I did once before, am I right?

^ no one assumes you drive recklessly, because you put it out there yourself.

What's the point of making this thread asking for advice if you're just going to shut everyone down and continue thinking how you're thinking. That's called being stuck up. If you're just going to rant and do this, then do it to your evo/sti/s2k/civic buddies.

You've put it out there several times about your reckless driving, but that's besides the point...

1. You're scared to change wheels because you would have to change susoension...? Why are you on a forum talking about modding your car then?

2. You don't have time to get rid of your car? So you don't have an afternoon to go to a dealer and get rid of this "boring" car. Good luck ever finding spare time to mod it then.

3. You don't like boosted cars because you like the NA response? A supercharger does not have boost lag like a turbo.

4. Once again, I spent no where near $10k on my supercharger. Try $4k. Even between my air suspension, and supercharger I didn't drop $10k. I also was never bored of the car itself; I did it because it puts me in a different league and I take my car to the major car shows around Texas.

Once again, I say good luck, but you have an excuse for every mod and always come back to the same response: you don't like the is250.

This maybe ridiculous but I think the problem is your IS250's driver/owner. enough said.

I dont want to argue anymore because it feels like I'm arguing with fanboys who don't acknowledge the truth. I clearly stated to fsport11jg that his comment was the type of thing i was looking for. No need for you to go on. Now just to put you right back in your place where you belong:

Individual situations don't equate to continuous correlation. In case your limited thinking capabilities prevent you from interpreting this sentence let me put it this way: Just because it happened once doesn't mean it always happens. Now:

1. The reason I'm on this forum is for people like fsport11jg to give me proper advice, rather than people like Joshohoho and yourself waste my time with virtually pointless and dumb replies that contradict all the requests previously stated in the original post.

2. I'm sorry if you have so much time in your hand, you're probably not a student and a worker at the same time.

3. Apparently you don't have much insight into the differences between superchargers and turbochargers. Although there's no lag, there's a lot less boost with superchargers. Why would I spend 4-5k on a supercharger and still have less power than a 350? And unlike yourself, I like to spend my time modding the car (time which I do not have). Meaning- if I'm changing something as basic as the wheels, I will mess with the suspension. If it's power, I change the internals and mess with the suspension yet again, so the car is properly proportional from bumper to bumper in relation to power. I'm a true car enthusiast, and as a true car enthusiast I face all the problems my car gives me without trying to supplement for them by assuring myself that my car is not meant to be a sports car and continuously waste time and money on modding it.

4. I understand your car is a show car? Well that's not my intent at all. So why bother reply to this topic at all? Unless you have so little self control that you MUST reply with negative comments, then this thread really has little to nothing to do with you. Fun=performance. Show cars=beautiful cars. I've seen pictures of your car and I'll be damned to say it's not gorgeous. But it's not what I'm looking for.

Now for all the people who look forward to commenting to this post in a negative manner. The only normal replies in this post were from: AutoSexy13, My0gr81, ISmak4, karasha and my personal favorite, fsport11jg. You should really learn from them.

It was fun to argue with you. Have a good day.

I like the way people defend themselves on the internet after a post. What is the point of this thread? You don't like wasting time but make this pointless thread(twice). You keep ranting about your car. Did you even test drive an IS250 before you bought one? come on.

I do have a job, just not during the day cause I am a janitor working in 2 strip clubs every other day.

OP is pretentious. Student and worker doesn't make you a saint. Heyarms and Josh were giving the right advice, and we've seen it with your post history that you just don't like your IS250.

You're stuck in a tough spot, in that perhaps your parents leased the IS250 for you, and now you don't like it. You can't return it, or exchange the lease on it, so you're on ClubLexus, trying to find any way that has the best "bang-for-the-buck" mods that won't take too much time or work, but HOPEFULLY be able to satisfy your needs of converting a more "pedestrian" car into one that handles like a go-cart and can give you a sense of pride at red lights, especially when you're looking at modded Civics (or other cars that you deem below you).

The other posts are right, YOU'RE the problem.

Now, to what you deem more "useful" = Look, the 2nd generation IS250 will (at the current state of engine modifications, and as time goes on, no third party tuning house will take notice as the 3IS become more available) ALWAYS be slower than the IS350. Engine mods that increase power in a substantial way (but still slower than the IS350/ISF) won't satisfy your quick mod needs or your benefit to price ratio. Your only choice at this point is to make it handle better (which includes messing with the suspension and lowering thread life because the 2IS series won't let you adjust camber from a stock configuration), or making it look better. But judging from your replies, both will be half-assed as you look to see if you can do it cheaply, while gaining the most from your money.

Good luck. I just like reading your threads as it provides drama to my relatively stable life. Much like "reality TV".

To the OP, try out some suspension mods, sway bars and a good set of coil overs will make a huge difference to the ride and handling of the IS. Maybe some new mods like an exhaust system and some minor cosmetic mods will make the car more enjoyable to drive for the remainder of your lease. Good luck in whatever you decide to do.

It upsets me to hear about the way you drive on public roads. Not only are you endangering yourself, you are endangering everyone else around you. Please take your needs to the track, where they belong. Thank you and good luck to you.