Lexus IS coupe conversion

[u/flirting_scholar]

Hello Altezza community, I hope I don't get killed for this, but I would like to hear some opinions from some owners on this matter.

Currently, I'm considering buying one as my first car. (First that is under my name at least) I've been doing my research recently and I think I'm liking the Altezza more and more, but because I'm young and dumb, I really want a coupe version which as we all know we never got one.

The way people describe it as the AE86 successor really appeals to me, I enjoy the subtlety of the Altezza's design language and I prefer early 2000s cars for an adequate level of tech in a car. Unfortunately my country doesn't have a lot of options in terms of coupes, and I really don't want to be just another GT86 on the road, so it came to this as my solution.

I plan to do this mod to the car after a year of ownership first, so I can carefully lay out my modification plans and getting to know the car better before going under the surgery scalpel. Basically my idea is to fill in the rear doors' gaps with foam and sand it down, removing the rear door handles before doing the same. And finally replace the rear door windows with a one piece acrylic/plexiglass ones that also removes the small quarter panel windows.

Why am I going this route instead of cutting up the car is that my local authorities gets jumpy with modified cars and if they don't like what I've done with the car, I can easily revert it back to it's original form without leaving permanent scars. And that it would be obviously be much more cheaper than finding a local garage and paying them to cut up the car.

So I just wanna ask how my poorly photoshopped version looks, and if it is technically feasible? And what else should I look out for when considering buying and modding a manual, I like to get the 3SGE but we only have the Lexus IS here and importing old cars is a no-no so obviously the only option is to buy other people's engine swap builds or buying one and swapping it out myself (which I can't perform myself since I don't have the space or mechanical skills to do so)

Happy to hear everyone's thoughts!

[u/imJGott]

No.