My xA should be arriving soon. i bought the model with the 17in rims already installed and the XM radio with bazooka. I have 1200 bucks cash to blow on some upgrades. Any suggestions?

intake
exhaust
headers
lowering springs or coilovers
strut brace
sway bars/ under brace
tint
racing seats
audio goodies (haha another bazoka)
gps navigation
screens
gagues (oil temp, voltage etc etc)
bodykits & spoilers
splitter & canards
grounding wires

like any of these ideas :?: :o

therez more that you could do.. all that is just a start!

depends on what you want out of your car.. if you want to show it off start out with a kit since you have the rims already or if you want the oomph go for the basic bolt ons or if you want better handling for a good fun all around car go with suspension mods

My xA should be arriving soon. i bought the model with the 17in rims already installed and the XM radio with bazooka. I have 1200 bucks cash to blow on some upgrades. Any suggestions?

put the money in a savings account and don't fall prey to the disease of car modding =)

this his case i dont think thats an option jack. but i do kind of agree i would save up first until i had enough then spend it all at once but when you have the money in your pocket its hard not to spend it

send the cash to me and ill mod my car and pay you back with a 3% return!!!!


chad

send the cash to me and ill mod my car and pay you back with a 3% return!!!!


chad

thats a good one... :wink: ...good business man...hehehehehe

If you want something unique, I can hook you up with some custom interior work. Here are some pics of the work on my S2000. There are different colors and designs to choose from, not just black carbon fiber.

Nobody has anything like this on a Scion, not even me. I'll be doing my xA interior with this process, using red/black carbon fiber in the future.

http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/imageview/76909/1
http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/imageview/76917/1
http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/imageview/76910/1
http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/imageview/76911/1

-Pete :shock:

i wouldnt say nobody so quickly, i had 26 or so interior parts done in a carbon fiber overlay in my xb.

is it real cf or is a painting process or is it some kind of process that pressure fits some type of laminate that has the cf image on it id be interested in this please post more info on it

also i like the dual cam mount you have im guessing its for road racing did you fab that piece????

thanks

chad

i wouldnt say nobody so quickly, i had 26 or so interior parts done in a carbon fiber overlay in my xb.
Nobody has this stuff. This process is not an overlay, and uses no adhesive material.

Here is my lower door panel, before the clear urethane coating is sprayed.
http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/imageview/74915/

Here is the finished piece. Notice how perfect all of the speaker holes are. That kind of workmanship isn't possible with adhesive materials, or even with real CF!

http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/imageview/76366/1

-Pete

is it real cf or is a painting process or is it some kind of process that pressure fits some type of laminate that has the cf image on it id be interested in this please post more info on it

also i like the dual cam mount you have im guessing its for road racing did you fab that piece????

thanks

chad
It's like liquid printing. The pattern is turned into liquid, and floated on water, then the part is passed through the water, and the liquid pattern sticks to the part. It takes a lot of skill and practice to make it come out right, espacially with the complex shapes of some of the parts that I had done.

I use the dual cam mount for making canyon/track/meet videos. I like to use several cameras at the same time, and then edit it into synchronized split-screen and picture-in-picture footage.

-Pete

Kodokan, your car looks awesome.

So the product is like a decal sort of? How do you keep the image from being distorted in the water as you pass the part through? What kind of clear coat did you use?

i gotta know more do you have the tooling for this or equiptment for this process or is it outsourced any company names you want to drop

is it any part like plastics and or meatls that can be done what type of prep work needs to be done and how does it stand up to uv and sun light and wear and tear what testing has been done

i know many questions but if i want to invest in this lets see the numbers!!!

thanks for the info

chad

Its nothing new...Its called Water Transfer Printing.. Same stuff they use for carbon fiber cell phone covers.. I think the average cost is about 40 bucks a sq. ft.

here is link of how the process is done..

http://www2.netdoor.com/~gvickery/W_T_P.html

same stuff as all the fake wood grain pieces in mid line cars.

That's pretty cool - never heard of it before.

if i had an xA and i had 1200 bucks..
i'd get coilovers. and then a set of tires for the rims i'll be saving up for.

or u can get all that other stuff everyone has.

Nobody has this stuff. This process is not an overlay, and uses no adhesive material.


hate 2 break your heart....but mine forms to those holes and contours just as well, looks really good too

Kodokan, your car looks awesome.

So the product is like a decal sort of? How do you keep the image from being distorted in the water as you pass the part through? What kind of clear coat did you use?
There is no decal. There is a gel with the ink pattern on it. The gel is floated on the water, and chemicals are added which dissolve the gel, leaving only the ink. As the part is passed through the floating ink, it adheres to the part. The ink can easily distort, and the application becomes more difficult when the part has curves and surfaces with different angles. I think one of my roll bar covers had to be dipped at least 7 times, in order to get it right. There is A LOT of skill involved in the process. They also spray 3 coats of urethane coating over the entire surface.

This process is the same one that is used by many of the big auto manufacturers. The only difference is that this work is done by hand, instead of by machine. Here's a pic of an OEM Honda part with the same treatment:

http://gallery.s2ki.com/imagecatalog/imageview/81708/1

-Pete

$1200


springs
sway bars
intake
headers
exhaust
lower tie bar
upper tie bar
headlights
billet grills
all can be self installed labor = free

or body kit + paint

get a huge wing on the back, about a half dozen performance stickers, a six pack of zema and 2 highpriced street hookers.

Or some monitors and a dvd player.