ok, i just put on some smaller wheels so i could go lower. i still have some suspension mods to do to get the body to touch the ground, but i'm less than 2" now, and that's good for the meantime.
the wheels i got were rota grid, which are replicas of one of my favorite wheels, the volk LE-37 (TE-37 with polished lip). the color is gunmetal but it's a really hard grey with these gold metallic flakes in the paint. pretty cool, and rotas are good quality wheels for cheap. all the subaru guys are using them as well as a lot of honda people as well. i got 16x7 and the tires i got were sumitomo HTR+ 205/40/16. they fit well and the car drives very nicely with them on. might be the lighter weight, i don't know.
here are some pictures taken with a $60 wal-mart digital camera:
am i the first person to put 16s on my car? i hope so.
chalk another first up to eric m. i'm so rad.
eric_m
08-28-2003, 10:10 PM
those pictures suck, huh? sorry. my car isn't really that ugly in person. honest.
AK
08-28-2003, 10:24 PM
eric - looks good. did ya sell you old rims/tires? when you get better pics - get us some close ups of the rims. L8R - AK
PS: liked the old hoopty set up almost as much . you got switches in that thing?
eric_m
08-28-2003, 10:30 PM
you didn't see my long writeup about my air suspension? yes, i have switches. and yes i have recieved about 50 emails from kids who say they are also going to get air.
and no, i have not seen another scion on air although a lot of people keep talking about it. i would like to see less talking about more installing please. thanks.
AK
08-28-2003, 10:43 PM
eric - i didn't see your "long" write up on your air bags. i just installed some switches - one is in my dining room and instead of just on off - it has many variables between the "off" position and full operation. someone told me it was called a "dimmer". cool, huh? L8 - AK
randode
08-28-2003, 10:46 PM
eric, do you have access to at least $65.00 camera? I can use one of the above pics if you want, its your call. Ohh, i like the pice of your car next to the monster truck the best.
eric_m
08-28-2003, 11:08 PM
AK: that's cool that you installed switches in your house. i just installed a lightswitch for a ceiling light i got at target. no dimmer though. oh well. i have installed a few switches in my car. one turns off the air compressors (although they are also on a pressure cutoff switch which is another switch) one provides power to the nitrous oxide valves. another one is connected to my throttle body and is closed upon full throttle. then there are 3 different 3 position rocker switches. one controls front up and down, one controls rear up and down, and one controls left up/right down, and vice versa. i also have a switch for my LED cupholder illumination that i made myself and was a lot less than the one scion sells. changes colors too. i think that's all my switches for now. i love hitting switches, even if it's just the cupholder ones.
here are a couple threads talking about my air setup:
http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=683
http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=890
randy, i will see if my friend can take some pictures tonight and i'll send them to you tomorrow morning. i'm sorry i can't afford a real camera. maybe some day.
oh, and that's not a monster truck. haha. i'm sure you were joking but just for reference, that is a completely stock 2003 dodge 1500 pickup truck. not raised and with the small stock tire package. i want to park next to a monster truck and take a picture. that would be funny.
Mr_scion
08-29-2003, 12:49 AM
the rims look nice!!!
projxB
08-29-2003, 02:11 AM
Damn Eric, that looks good. Real good. As far as 16s go, you are like 1 week ahead of me, mine are on the way from New York (hopefully). but mine are a tad bit wider http://www.scionlife.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif ...
cheap camera or not that looks tight. good job, all your work shows. and the wheels look sick, im a sucker for polished lips. OH YEAH!! big time!
take care,
ryan
allblackxb
08-29-2003, 03:16 AM
eric the only bad thing i see is that you should push the rear wheel out more. All scions have that problem but your car is perfect otherwise that.
Slopoke21m
08-29-2003, 06:07 AM
:( sorry Eric, but have had my American Racing 16's since July 16th, I really liked the way I thought they would look, instead of the 17+ that everyone else was gettin. If I had it to do all over again though, I really like the stuff they are doin in Japan with the wide 15s with the wheels flush with the fenders.....I really like that!!! But my xB is still stock height, except i clamped a coil on the front springs and now it has about an inch of rake to the front, looked way better after that. Really like the rear shot of your car looks pretty tough from that angle.......See Ya, Louie
http://hometown.aol.com/slopoke21m/scionxb.html
allblackxb
08-29-2003, 06:17 AM
Link isn't working.
Slopoke21m
08-29-2003, 06:24 AM
:( Sorry, works now :D ....by the way i made a chessy heel plate today, with a bead roller i bought over the weekend, soon as its installed i'll post a pic, actually came out pretty good, with a little practice they should be nice and ill see if any of ya want one cheap.
nacy333
08-29-2003, 06:25 AM
The link is here:
http://hometown.aol.com/slopoke21m/scionxb.html
Those look really really good with those tires? May I ask what offset and tire size? If I'm not mistaken those are 205/55/16s that I was planning on getting for my car! Oh no, I'm starting to get excited now. I'll stop.
Slopoke21m
08-29-2003, 06:37 AM
According to Americanracing.com the offset is +39. And my tires are Falken 512 205/55/16......The curb bumper on the tire will just rub (mine did the first day thats all) on the rear trailing arm, but if you want you can grind the piece of welded tubing that stick out of the arm.....I didnt and its just fine now.. Other than that no probs wit rubbing anywhere else the way my car sits now....See Ya.....Louie
mod7XB
08-29-2003, 07:47 AM
eric when are you gonna have a air kit ready to sell to me for my XB????
eric_m
08-29-2003, 03:41 PM
projxB: how wide are yours? the widest i could do was 7" without hitting either
my cylinders or my fender. you guys don't have to worry about hitting your
fenders, but since i am tucking i can't have the tire stick out too far either
way. that was the problem with my 8" 19s.
allblackxb: what do you mean by push the rear wheel out more? do you mean
towards the back of the car, or out towards the fender with spacers? because i
can't really go out much farther or i will rub the fender. right now i can
drive with it tucking wheel. when i get some new shorter rear shocks i will be
able to almost tuck wheel, which is pretty cool for 16s.
Slopoke21m: looks like i was the slowpoke this time!! haha. it's cool that you
are running 16s. 15s were also my first choice, but since i was able to get
these in 16 inch a lot easier, i just went for it. i think they look pretty
good. kind of a whole different look from the 19s though.
my offset is +40 and my tires are 205/40/16. did i mention that before? anyway,
i wanted to get 30 series tires, but they don't make them in that size
apparently. oh well. i can still go lower, i just need to modify my suspension
more. my poor car is being hacked up all the time!! oh well. hopefully you
can't tell from the outside.
so there you go. i really like the look of the tires being really flush or
maybe even almost sticking out a little from the fender. makes the car look
tough. i think those bigger series tires will look better than my rubber band
tires, but i needed that low profile to go as low as possible to the ground.
i'm just dumb when it comes to being low.
by the way, it feels like my car is faster with these new wheels/tires. they
weigh about 15 pounds each. tires are about 22 pounds each.
mod7: when do you want air? if you're serious we can do it any time. let me know.
eric_m
08-29-2003, 05:07 PM
ok, here are some more pictures. i went to wal-mart and traded in my $60 camera for a $65 one. not much better, but it's all i could afford.
hey slowpoke did you say that it rubbed on day one only in the back. Is the back also lowered the same wasy as your front. So no rubbing in the front when you turn full on the steering wheel correct. Well it looks like my 16's are somewhere between japan and here. Aparently I figured out the reason why it takes so long for stuff to get here. Before I thought it would come straight from Japan to Cali by boat which actually should take less then a week but now after recieveing a manifest info about by shipment and checking with my friend who ship containers worth of crap it looks like the ship dock at many other places before it his the US and at docking just like when it arrives here it has to clear customs and may take a while before the items are unloaded so looking at a three month wait is actually not that bad.
XBWANNABE
08-29-2003, 11:27 PM
just wondering becasue i thought your ride looked like a million dollars with the silver 19's .......... not sure if i like a box that low and with that small of whell and tire combo.... definetly old skool looking.....
chris
bob
08-29-2003, 11:52 PM
and no, i have not seen another scion on air although a lot of people keep talking about it. i would like to see less talking about more installing please. thanks.
I am waiting on this guy in so-cal who is going to make brackets and sell them, I am waithing for him to come up with a price and to hook me up with a part nuimber for the SMC cylinders he used on his xB :)
Slopoke21m
08-30-2003, 05:23 AM
hey oj, yup only the first day just barely a whisp of rubber dust inside the wheel. mostly on the left rear. and the rear is all stock height. also, no clearance probs at all other than that front or back, thanks for the compliments........i really do like the 16s, figured i was too old for the slammed/dub look, might rattle my dentures out....lol....i am pushin 37 years old after all.....See ya...Louie :D
DR_xB
10-17-2003, 05:06 AM
eric m.,
looking at the dates of this thread, I'm curious how low your ride is these days?
what wheel package are you running? same 16's?
if you were to tell me that an xB would look cool with 16's and 35 series rubber,
I'd say you're on glue...
but after seeing how low your ride is in the above pics,
you get big kudos!