Hello everybody! My name is Emanuel, and I'm proud to say that I'm the owner of a 2009 Scion xB. I bought it this past week, right before my wedding, and have already driven it to and from my honeymoon and I'm in love!!
My xB is white in color and has the 5spd manual tranny and has pretty much all the stock options. I've owned several cars including (in order of ownership), 93 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST, 92 Nissan 240SX hatch, 2001 Honda Civic EX, 2003 Ford Focus ZX3, and most lately a 2008 Nissan Altima 3.5SE sedan with 6spd tranny. I bought the Altima right before I shipped off for the Army with the intentions of refinancing it with some extra Army money when I came back home. Other things came up financially, and my priorities changed, so I chose to lower my monthly payments, lower my insurance costs, and what I was spending on gas, so I went and traded for my new Scion.
I always liked the xB's since they first came out and now I've got one. As far as modding my cars, the Altima was modded lightly with some 19'' TSW Thruxton wheels (which I might put on the Scion), Eibach springs, Fujita Intake, custom exhaust, just to name a few. My 03 Focus was heavily modded including a custom turbo kit, Konig wheels, Tein coilovers, and much more.
I was originally looking for a 1st gen xB to get used, but the neg. equity my Altima brought in forced me to buy a 2nd Gen, which I have no complaints about. But I had to search redo my search for parts to add to the Scion. I already have a list of parts, but since I don't know much about the xB's, I'd thought that I would ask you guys and gals.
First I want to get some rims. I already have my 19's, but I want to go with some 16'' XXR's. I've seen another xB2 owner running 16'' x 8'' 0+ wheels but he rubs since he's lowered. I was looking at the XXR 002 in the 16'' x 7'' 38+ but I don't know how it will look or if it will rub when lowered. If I have to bite the bullet and get the 16'' x 8'' wheels then how hard will it be to roll the fenders to the point where it won't rub? If anybody has any info about these wheels, and opinions would be greatly appreciated!
I know that I want to add the Tanabe DF210's, AEM CAI, HKS exhaust, C/F hood and spoiler, and some Luminics headlight bulbs. I also want to get a roof rack with basket, but I can't find any reasonable deals as the Yakima and Thule products are both over $500 for rack and basket.
Finally I had a question about a front lip that I can't seem to find and buy anywhere...
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...+xb+jdm+front+lip&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&um=1
If someone knows where to buy, please let me know!!
As you can see, I have a lot of plans, but I really need some help in some areas. So if someone can get me some info on the wheels and lip that would be awesome. Again, thanks very much, and I hope to post some pics up of my new and old rides soon!
Emanuel
My xB is white in color and has the 5spd manual tranny and has pretty much all the stock options. I've owned several cars including (in order of ownership), 93 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST, 92 Nissan 240SX hatch, 2001 Honda Civic EX, 2003 Ford Focus ZX3, and most lately a 2008 Nissan Altima 3.5SE sedan with 6spd tranny. I bought the Altima right before I shipped off for the Army with the intentions of refinancing it with some extra Army money when I came back home. Other things came up financially, and my priorities changed, so I chose to lower my monthly payments, lower my insurance costs, and what I was spending on gas, so I went and traded for my new Scion.
I always liked the xB's since they first came out and now I've got one. As far as modding my cars, the Altima was modded lightly with some 19'' TSW Thruxton wheels (which I might put on the Scion), Eibach springs, Fujita Intake, custom exhaust, just to name a few. My 03 Focus was heavily modded including a custom turbo kit, Konig wheels, Tein coilovers, and much more.
I was originally looking for a 1st gen xB to get used, but the neg. equity my Altima brought in forced me to buy a 2nd Gen, which I have no complaints about. But I had to search redo my search for parts to add to the Scion. I already have a list of parts, but since I don't know much about the xB's, I'd thought that I would ask you guys and gals.
First I want to get some rims. I already have my 19's, but I want to go with some 16'' XXR's. I've seen another xB2 owner running 16'' x 8'' 0+ wheels but he rubs since he's lowered. I was looking at the XXR 002 in the 16'' x 7'' 38+ but I don't know how it will look or if it will rub when lowered. If I have to bite the bullet and get the 16'' x 8'' wheels then how hard will it be to roll the fenders to the point where it won't rub? If anybody has any info about these wheels, and opinions would be greatly appreciated!
I know that I want to add the Tanabe DF210's, AEM CAI, HKS exhaust, C/F hood and spoiler, and some Luminics headlight bulbs. I also want to get a roof rack with basket, but I can't find any reasonable deals as the Yakima and Thule products are both over $500 for rack and basket.
Finally I had a question about a front lip that I can't seem to find and buy anywhere...
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...+xb+jdm+front+lip&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&um=1
If someone knows where to buy, please let me know!!
As you can see, I have a lot of plans, but I really need some help in some areas. So if someone can get me some info on the wheels and lip that would be awesome. Again, thanks very much, and I hope to post some pics up of my new and old rides soon!
Emanuel
