It's been about 5 years since I last drove the IS-F

I got to drive it again about an hour ago and I cant wipe the grin off my face

Edit: I'm going to take back possession of a stock 2008 IS-F with 80k miles
I replaced pads, rotors, water pump, tires, fluids, and have an extended warranty. Any other ideas? I'm thinking about cutting out resonators and calling it a day?

 

BOLT ON AND TUNED CALL IT A DAY A VERY GOOD DAY

 

Turbo or supercharger?

 

THAT'S EVEN BETTER

 

Personally I would skip the extended warranty and put the money towards mods because these cars are just so reliable. But if it's piece of mind you want then go for it.

 

Welcome back!

Why did you leave in the first place?

 

I already got the extended warranty about a year ago, it was roughly 2000$ for 36k miles 3 years from a reputable company. I bought three policies for three cars all at the same price (per car), already on the LS600lh the warranty has paid for itself. So far on the IS-F it's covered some tire pressure monitoring stuff, the water pump, and a few other small things. I anticipate it will pay for itself soon. But I do agree on the reliability of the car.

I got distracted by an 08 M6 and then an 11 C63 and then a 15 GX460

 

Well now it is time to compare the cars and share that with us

 

I drive a new c63 amg last week and will probably be posting up my impressions here soon.

 

ahhh yes. Tell us about that S85!

 

Always been something alluring about German engineering......... minus the maintenance

 

exhaust , wheels , some carbon fiber goodies, and headers if you dont care about the added noise and NVH issues

 

I have started!!

HPS silicon tube is on the way, I ended up getting a great deal for a new one for 140$, from what I read all the intakes reduce power, but a hose adds just a tiny bit and adds some sound

I also read that all the headers really dont give much gains. Most gains were from deleting cats

I ended up getting my secondary cats deleted and the resonator deleted. I paid 120$ for a local shop to do it, great price I think.

 

How's it sound? Also did you notice a nice power difference? I was thinking about doing this also just didn't wanna hack up the stock exhaust if there wasn't much difference

 

I havent done any track runs or dynos, but power seems to be just a tad higher, acceleration is a bit better, sound is definitely better.

I always felt that my IS-F was *muted* compared to my C63 (before and after resonators cut) but now I think they are equal (not in overall sound, but overall effect)

I also don't have any smell