id do it. make sure you aint getting a big headache though, have it checked head to toe.

 

The SC is twice the car an IS is. With that said, make sure the SC isn't chopped up because fixing broken stuff can add up on this car.

 

sc 4 life lol

 

its true..
ur asking in the SC section..
everybody is going to tell u that go with the SC
IMO.. if u really want a 2 dr turbo GO FOR IT no matter what..
off course check that thing REALLY GOOD..

Make sure the previous owner did it right..
DOnt do it cuz is just boosted if thats the case u can always put an SRT turbo kit into IS and make that thing fly..

like eliteskill said.. my IS is not even practial.. im backwards im using the SC as a practical car =-)

 

2jz gte sc? is that even a question,

Is you can get any day of the week if you want

 

definitely have a mechanic look over it. And, check out supraforums, they have really good tips on buying used TT supras

 

Wow how time flew by.

Just a update I did do it and I miss my IS300 alot! But the SC was worth it.

A very close friend of mines own it now. I have a Sc400

Since the trade the SC has just gone single turbo with a HKS metal headgasket job and full tune up. Megan coilovers, Single HKS exhaust, volk wheels.

Its fast but with all the little nick nacks of the interior of the SC starts to get annoying with the cracking of the seats and the door panels and dash.

Hopefully Ill start getting some pictures up of the two SC up soon.

and yes SC for life!!!!

Everyone and their moms own a IS300 now. Its almost the new civic in Boston with crappy parts and horrible horrible drops to them.

 

Whoever is swapping a gte SC for an NA IS is a moron... especially if the swap was proper (a good swap costs more than the FMV of an IS300 in most cases).

 

I love SC as well but a 2jzgte VVTi swapped IS 5speed is a real blast to drive. Feels very nimble and real easy to throw sideways. Heck even a 2j N/A 5spd is fun and easy to throw around sideways

 

That's cool that you ended up getting the SC. It sounds like fun.

 

Yup the SC is fun but I felt like the trade was about even.

The IS and the SC all have great things about them. Im looking into geting a IS350 as a daily driver and then making the SC400 a weekend car.

Funny how the old car gets more love than the "newer" one. haha

 

Not mine It's 3,800lbs (with me in it) at 180hp to the wheels. The only time I got it side ways was in 3 inches of snow. I can't even chirp the tires.

 

Im sort of lost here sorry, did you get the 96 sc with the GTE swap? I could of swore you said it was a 300 and not a 400.

 

^ Probably a typo? Anyways to the op that was a excellent trade your lucky, id do that in a heartbeat, Sc for life!

 

I liked the IS3's when they came out, but then everyone went crazy imitating them and whatnot. And now you see so many of them on the road, IMO they're just not special anymore. Besides, with the fact that so many cars look like each other nowadays in one way or another, there's nothing distinctive about them.

The SC's are a different story, though. With the exception of the SC430, which I despise, this is a future classic and a timeless body style. I see fewer and fewer of them on the road nowadays, and some of them are just awful when I do (I like the poster who complained about an unpainted body kit being an indication of ricing). I say, enjoy the car that should last indefinitely as long as you show it the love it does to you.

My .02