:twisted: Just when you thought I couldn't possibly do anymore to my xB, I decided to throw everyone for a loop. I added a custom, one-off, Magnaflow center exit exhaust! :shock:
Many THANKS to Ken (NCP31) of Michael's Mufflers on Stevens Creek Blvd for the custom work and sponsorship, Gene Tjin from Magnaflow for the help and advice, and Dave Moulton (Toy xbox) for sharing the same ideas/interests in modding!
Sorry if there are any red Xs, I used Imagestation.
Comments, good or bad, appreciated.
rolex87
10-30-2004, 07:33 AM
Looks great! I'm also liking the carbon license plate!!!!
Mike R.
rolex87
doctorcue
10-30-2004, 07:40 AM
Looks & sounds nice in person. Thanks Brad... another mod on your ride that will just make that trophy that much harder to reach. :cry: It's ok, because when he's not looking, I'm putting a "Powered by Sluricane" sticker on his gas cap! 8)
bBted
10-30-2004, 07:50 AM
when are you gonna stop your "off-the-hook" mods? :twisted:
MyBoX
10-30-2004, 07:59 AM
Nice Job Brad !! JDMP
MoonXA
10-30-2004, 08:09 AM
Brad,
That is way too cool! Wish my XA had one :cry: :lol:
Keep us posted on the next mod... mine is to repaint my XA, kit, rims :lol:
lightshow
10-30-2004, 08:53 AM
looks Clean 8)
squirrel
10-30-2004, 04:28 PM
Looks great! I'm also liking the carbon license plate!!!!
Mike, besides the full replacement prototype cf trunk handle, I also put on some prototype ABS eyelids too.
scionmag
10-30-2004, 05:40 PM
Brad...
That is PIMP!
Thomas
velocitybb
10-30-2004, 06:00 PM
Not a bad choice to throw people off! Looks good!
wgeee7478
10-30-2004, 06:00 PM
That is Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. :shock:
Well done. Looks great!
hotbox05
10-30-2004, 08:59 PM
looks nice. only saw two pics tho. but still nice
BlueBox
10-30-2004, 09:10 PM
As always,
very nice Brad... very unique and clean. As I said before, u took the xB to another level... very euro. nice!
You wanted our opinion so here is my opinion.
I don't like it....
I don't want to step on any toes or get anyone angry at me but this is the way i feel.............just my 2cents..................juan
excel_xb
10-31-2004, 12:58 AM
how did u cover the factory hole?
neckbonenick
10-31-2004, 01:15 AM
good idea that looks really nice.
Munch
10-31-2004, 01:33 AM
how did u cover the factory hole?
The factory hole looks like it was photoshopped in those pics. Is it still there :?:
scionracerxb
10-31-2004, 01:56 AM
i like it, but i don't like it. i like the idea of a center exit, but, for one thing, the patch job on the stock hole looks kinda bad. second, i think you shoulda made the cutout for the center match the shape of the exhaust tip. looks kinda weird with a square cutout, and a rounded tip. otherwise, it looks great :wink: just my 2 cents
squirrel
10-31-2004, 01:30 AM
how did u cover the factory hole?
The factory hole looks like it was photoshopped in those pics. Is it still there :?:
From my first post:
"Not photoshopped, just my poor bodywork on fibreglassing and filling the factory opening."
The patch work did not turn out that well. I don't care as the lip will be replaced soon.
Some like my mod, some don't. I like it, and that's alll that matters.
I posted that comments were appreciated, good or bad.
I just happen to be the first one to complete this mod. Others can do the same and improve on it.
TheScionicMan
10-31-2004, 01:39 AM
It looks sweet, Brad. Sounds sweet too. Very Cooper S..
It's too bad that lip is split in the middle, thats the only thing I don't like, but not you fault
Minsk99
10-31-2004, 07:08 AM
I think that is a dope mod. Props.
jdaniels
10-31-2004, 03:46 PM
It's pretty cool. A dual outlet tip may look better, may not. Either way the tip protrudes from the bumper about 1"-1.5" which I don't care for, flush is the way to go.
squirrel
11-01-2004, 03:27 AM
It's pretty cool. A dual outlet tip may look better, may not. Either way the tip protrudes from the bumper about 1"-1.5" which I don't care for, flush is the way to go.
I hadn't found a dual tip that I actually liked. I did like the oblong Magnaflow tip that's on there now.
The rear lip will eventually be replaced with a new fibreglass one. I wasn't sure about the placement, so I decided on wht you see in the pics. I thought it was pretty cool to have the word "Magnaflow" showing. If I had planned on keeping the factory rear lip, I would have had the top of the tip flush with the rear lip.
Please keep the good and bad comments coming. They may help me change it around a bit in the real near future.
hotbox05
11-01-2004, 03:55 AM
hey brad whered u get that cf part from? how much was it?
JdMBboFSD
11-01-2004, 04:05 AM
i was seriously thinking about doing this today.......before i even looked at this......damn.....i gotta do somethin new......
squirrel
11-01-2004, 04:10 AM
hey brad whered u get that cf part from? how much was it?
Its a prototype CF trunk handle replacement from bBist.com. Yes, a full replacement, not an overlay. I will have some after SEMA for anyone in the Nor*Cal region interested in it.
Nice!. I like it. I actually checked-it-out after the Friday night meet. That's pretty daring mod and it came pretty tricked...
squirrel
11-01-2004, 05:47 AM
Brad,
Nice!. I like it. I actually checked-it-out after the Friday night meet. That's pretty daring mod and it came pretty tricked...
Roger,
THANKS!
I would still be stock if I didn't show up to my first meet in August last year, and seen your xB. I only had a week or two and when I saw your xB, I knew I had to lower it and and some aftermarket wheels.
Thanks for the motivation.
EVILDAVE
11-01-2004, 02:39 PM
Brad,
Nice!. I like it. I actually checked-it-out after the Friday night meet. That's pretty daring mod and it came pretty tricked...
Roger,
THANKS!
I would still be stock if I didn't show up to my first meet in August last year, and seen your xB. I only had a week or two and when I saw your xB, I knew I had to lower it and and some aftermarket wheels.
Thanks for the motivation.Brad is really in the for front of originality.
Toy_xbox
11-01-2004, 04:23 PM
Many THANKS to Ken (NCP31) of Michael's Mufflers on Stevens Creek Blvd for the custom work and sponsorship, Gene Tjin from Magnaflow for the help and advice, and Dave Moulton (Toy xbox) for sharing the same ideas/interests in modding!
Thanks Brad,
Very Clean MOD you beat me to it :twisted: "Great minds do think alike" now I will have to kick it up a notch and go for the "LAKEPIPES" single or triple hmm? 8)
http://69.20.111.53/ProductImages/parts/aa1486.jpg I already have the Moon Space Caps! Yeah that is what I will do no more DamD kit Work wheels just going to go "smooth all around and scrape the ground" oh yeah got's to have the flame kit to :!: :lol: :lol: :lol:
So what custom Lip you going to do?
Maybe something like I wanted to replicate with a center exhaust like this...
http://www.germancarfans.com/photos/3021010.001/1035.jpg
Gotcha thinkin huh :shock:
squirrel
11-01-2004, 04:47 PM
Many THANKS to Ken (NCP31) of Michael's Mufflers on Stevens Creek Blvd for the custom work and sponsorship, Gene Tjin from Magnaflow for the help and advice, and Dave Moulton (Toy xbox) for sharing the same ideas/interests in modding!
Thanks Brad,
Very Clean MOD you beat me to it :twisted: "Great minds do think alike" now I will have to kick it up a notch and go for the "LAKEPIPES" single or triple hmm? 8)
http://69.20.111.53/ProductImages/parts/aa1486.jpg I already have the Moon Space Caps! Yeah that is what I will do no more DamD kit Work wheels just going to go "smooth all around and scrape the ground" oh yeah got's to have the flame kit to :!: :lol: :lol: :lol:
So what custom Lip you going to do?
Maybe something like I wanted to replicate with a center exhaust like this...
http://www.germancarfans.com/photos/3021010.001/1035.jpg
Gotcha thinkin huh :shock:
Dave,
Single pipe along the outside of the sideskirt. Have start up front coming out of the sideskirt. Don't forget the thin red stripe on the whhel, or on the tire itself. Yes, and the flame kit too.
Then you'll have to get some ____fer extensions like Ken (NCP31). Like this:
In case of the red X, here's the URL. http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p539c2e4bf3fe2dc99674a06be9143300/f99c1b86.jpg
I'm patiently waiting for Tim.
mikochu
11-01-2004, 05:00 PM
squirrel,
Are you going to get a lip fabricated into the cut of the bumper?
squirrel
11-01-2004, 05:27 PM
squirrel,
Are you going to get a lip fabricated into the cut of the bumper?
I'm patiently waiting for a lip kit to be finished. The opening will follow the contours of the new tip, and will be less square at the top of the opening. I'm just waiting for the kit to be finished.
squirrel
11-01-2004, 05:29 PM
Thanks Rodney. I've always liked how clean your xB looked.
brad,
that tip looks nice,great job man,i am on the right coast and so far nobody in my neck of tha woods has done this.i like it.
lonewolfxb
11-04-2004, 11:09 PM
brad,
that tip looks nice,great job man,i am on the right coast and so far nobody in my neck of tha woods has done this.i like it.
squirrel
11-08-2004, 09:27 PM
brad,
that tip looks nice,great job man,i am on the right coast and so far nobody in my neck of tha woods has done this.i like it.
Thanks for the compliment. I had some help with the technical side of it. It was an idea that I thought I would try to see how it would work out.
Some like it, some don't. I like it.
ScionXBrent
11-10-2004, 01:45 AM
So then has anyone done side exhaust? Like F-150 Lightning edition? Is that even possible?
squirrel
11-10-2004, 03:08 AM
I was thinking about that also. The problem is the frame rails. The exhaust piping will have to go below that, and if your xB is lowered, it'll definitely scrape.
The way my exhaust is set-up, the muffler is set high up against the floor, so the resonator actually hangs lower than my muffler, and the tip.
Toy_xbox
11-11-2004, 03:04 PM
Hey Brad I was working on getting either one of these exhausts but mucho moola $$$ thought I would post these pics to give some more ideas on how to do a custom exhaust VIP style 8)
Holding up good. Since the pic was taken, the resonator was change out and 2.25 was used throughout. I didn't have a glasspack muffler welded in like most shops do. I had someone ask me if I was SC'd a few weeks ago w/ the sound and back pressure change.
I was at the SE party, did you go?
sensez
04-20-2005, 05:42 AM
neg. i wouldnt have minded some hot wings and hot chicas. lol.
how much did your central exhaust cost? (and i read in one of your other posts, you would purchase a strup)
=]
just looking for a good exhaust but i like the set up on yours, or rather, i like the position.
sen-
scootertrash
04-20-2005, 07:13 AM
would love to see a xb with split exhaust going to lake pipes all chromed with powderedcoated end plates... :bow: :bow: :bow: to old school mod's
squirrel
04-20-2005, 03:40 PM
neg. i wouldnt have minded some hot wings and hot chicas. lol.
how much did your central exhaust cost? (and i read in one of your other posts, you would purchase a strup)
=]
just looking for a good exhaust but i like the set up on yours, or rather, i like the position.
sen-
Not sure how much the set-up cost over-all as it was partly sponsored.
Yeah, if I didn't have this custom set-up, I would have the Strup axleback.