So me and my friend were discussing mod options for the xB for when we save our money and get one...but then we came up with some nonsense ideas and thought they would be pretty cool to see. Anyways, here goes.

1. Instead of dropping it, put a lift kit on it and then put some big 33" mud tires. Sort of like a monster truck xB. Now only if it had 4WD...

2. Paint it black with a big red stripe like the A-team van...it would be cool. Ok, not really.

3. Paint it in camo paint and stick some sort of artillery on the roof and have a porthole for a gunner...might scare some people.

Anybody else have any insane crazy ideas?? Just for fun of course...

i triple dog dare ya!!

dooo it!!

Paint it yellow, add some flashing lights and paint "School Bus" on the sides.

Yeah, how about some black and white paint for a police cruiser xB? Maybe you could just use it to write parking tickets (wouldn't be that hard to out run)

or take one of those hot lava xB's and paint a black 01 on the side...then do some hood sliding and hop through the windows General Lee style...

I like that last one Chad. The General XB. Yeeeehaaaaaa!

How about a full open top like a K5 Blazer. Pop the lid and leave nothing but the windshield and front door frames. Of course, you'd have to get some canvas half-doors. Hey this might fit into your 4x4 motif...

How about a GreyHound logo on the side of an xB...

yeah get some Lambo doors that would be cool

make a baja scion. get the engine sticking out lift it a half foot off-raod tires, rims it'd be great

paint it purple a put a giant prince sign on the hood.... ok...

i like the A-Team Idea.... it rawks

Haha, those are some great ideas...

How about painting it like the mystery machine from Scooby Doo?? Or maybe like a shuttlecraft from Star Trek The Next Generation...they're about the same shape

General xB is the best so far, it would have been the schoolbus but my kids probably wouldn't want to be dropped off in the "short bus".

Please nobody jack-up your xB, Thats a tip over waiting to happen.

I think it would bbe cool to open up the passenger side with either a suicide door or sliding door like a minivan and also have a tent/with screen that attaches to that side of the roof. Like a camper at the beach right.

Yeah those are all good, but...

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13004

:lol:

I have some crazy mod ideas that might look sick if you could find a bodyshop that can do the work and make it look good, but I don't want to reveal any of them yet in case no one has thought of them.

But here are some crazy ideas:

http://members.aol.com/cotsmm/del.gif
http://www.cheechandchong.com/images/newsimages/greenvan_big.jpg
http://www.cars-on-line.com/9700/85astro9711-A.jpg
http://www.lowrider-modelle.com/bilder/us-lowrider/astro_side1.jpg
http://lowride2freedom.com/Images/dub124_2001astrovan.jpg
http://www.crazyvanclub.it/soci/titanic/titanin1.gif
http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity/9370/01scl15.jpg
http://www.surfhistory.com/v3/img/woodie-8img200x153.jpg

-Z

I used to play lots and lots of Dance Dance Revolution, yeah I'm a dork. Anyways, way before the xB being available, I always wanted to turn a car into a mobile DDR Arcade - big TV in the trunk, big sound, big lights, removable metal dance pads. It just wasn't that feasible in my Olds Alero GLS sedan. The xB seems like the perfect car for such a ridiculous mod, plasma in the trunk, giant subs on the side with neon light rings, just like the arcade... Just park it in the arcade parking lot and freeplay for all the addicts!

Paint it brown and put the UPS logo on it! Its the mini UPS truck!

how about a SWAT scion? black or dark blue with SWAT in white down the sides :shock:

and then you could have a bunch of midgets in black jumpsuits with AR15s hop out of the back. that'd be funny!

Can "little people" (politically correct) stand up in an xB??? If so, I'm jealous! So much more room!

http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity/9370/01scl15.jpg

I saw a PiTy Cruiser with the skirting over the rear wheels and wondered what it might look like on an xB...

Even worse than the ugliness I had imagined. And that door doesn't help things...

An ice cream truck like the one in twisted metal would be cool.

Either an Ambulance or a Got Milk Truck .

The Box :twisted:

UPS truck front conversion, schoolbus, municipal bus paint jobs... I think it'd be awesome to remove the whole roof.

Paint it brown and put the UPS logo on it! Its the mini UPS truck!

AHAHAHAHAHA I want one lol!!! Thats the best idea ever! Very Funny! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

One word. WOODY!

5 minutes and photoshop.....

http://public.fotki.com/satanisanerd734/lava_xb/small_ups_truck_copy.html

^ :lol:

http://www.kaejae-worx.com/~don/videogame/tmnt/images/tmnt145.gif


http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/info/gta3/tmnt/tmnt-2.jpg

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http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13004&highlight=turtle

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Paint it brown and put the UPS logo on it! Its the mini UPS truck!

MY DAD WOULD LOVE THAT HE WORKS FOR UPS!!!! :D :lol: :shock: :twisted:
He Controls all the drivers in mission viejo, alliso, Dana POint and so on and so forth

my idea is more with the interior. i was thinking of putting a projector in the back and have a screen that drops down right behind the front seats. since you want something comfortable to sit in, take out the back seats and replace them with lazy boyz.

make a convertable xB :twisted:

Get a Yakima Roof Rack. A Loadwarrior basket. Get 4-Hella super hyper Safari lights. Attach the front of the load warrior basket. A fully enclosed from the elements, high duty battery or enclosed Solar Cells. Some type of switch or remote control and turn it on. Instant daylight :lol: Mini-Landcruiser cometh. Perfect if you have the TCM, available color on the Landcruiser. I would do it, but not enough dough.

Or the FJ mod, if you cant wait for the FJ Cruiser to come along:
http://www.truckworld.com/trail-trucks/01-jascoviez-toyota/jascoviez-2.jpg

Some great ideas...I espescially like the Ninja Turtles van and the mobile DDR arcade...the thing w/ the swat van and the midgets would also be quite hilarious.

I like the idea of the retractable/removable roof...and if there were no support between the c-pillars, and an easy way to take your hatch off, you could put a couple lawn chairs and an ice chest in the back, back it up to the side of a lake and go fishing without leaving your car.

I'm curious to see if an extended xB limosine ever pops up anywhere. I'd take that to prom or whatever...lol.

MAKE AN xB LIMO!!!!!

gotta make it look like an old woody! have the rear window roll down with a long board stickin out the back!

I've actually seen a Limo xb a while back. It was actually more like a bB Limo since it was righthand drive. I saw it on the 5 freeway going South. This was the first xb / bB I've ever seen in California. When I saw it, it had a "Just Married" sign on the back and the Groom was driving it with the Bride at the very back. I knew it was a bB through scale modeling catalogs and I recalled such a car. It was sometime right before the xb was released in the US.

Has anyone else seen this?

http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity/9370/01scl15.jpg

I saw a PiTy Cruiser with the skirting over the rear wheels and wondered what it might look like on an xB...

Even worse than the ugliness I had imagined. And that door doesn't help things...
that wheel cover is from the damd black metal kit.
http://www.damd.co.jp/products/black_metal/images/oc_bb_ver1.jpg

Ha couuuple of Limos: I know there's pics of a dark colored one from SoCal somewhere too:

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4239&highlight=limo

That looks much better on the black, maybe its the angle or just the ugliness of the other parts rubbing off.

make it into one of those "love vans". put a couch in the back and do like a leopard interior. that'd be pretty funny.

Man.. having hydraulics on an xB would be freakin' awesome. The vehicle is so light that you wouldn't need a terrible amount of power to make it tilt and hop. :)

I wonder about frame reinforcement..

make the xB amphibious so it can also go on water.

What
http://home.comcast.net/~jay_berkshire/_D2X0040_3_1.jpg
Is this too crazy?
http://home.comcast.net/~jay_berkshire/_D2X0004.jpg

One word. WOODY!You mean like this http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v403/020263/ScionWoody.jpg


BTW almost everything else has been done except the general xB thing. Would need to make it a 2 door first though.

make a convertable xB :twisted: Thats been done too. It ended up looking nasty though. Too much like a freakin cabrio VW with the top up. And forget about trying to drive it hard. Can we say FLEXIBLE. :rofl:

Yup, Ive seen almost all of the post ideas, the only thing is the a team was done on an xa not an xb

yeah here is the convertible,called the xvertible
http://www.xvertible.com/pages/1/index.htm

http://www.xvertible.com/images/394_BEACH-2.jpg

http://www.xvertible.com/images/394_CLASSIC_BOX.jpg

http://www.xvertible.com/images/394_ROLL_BAR.jpg

the convert is freeking ugly.
Fill the back windows up and make it a ups truck

I still want to see gull-wing doors (front and back)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/kewlkathippie/cars/4x4_scion_xb.jpg

:doh: some1 had fun with this? From the spot the rice thread

http://www.scinergyia.com/albums/Scion515/belljoebeingdumb2.jpg

here is an XA-Team

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/kewlkathippie/cars/4x4_scion_xb.jpg

:doh: some1 had fun with this? From the spot the rice thread

:lalala: I hear banjos!! Paint it camo and it's a "Deliverance Van!" :rofl:

Pioneer did the xB 4x4. db drag car. Camo is done, clown car is done, woody is done, convertible is done, Air/hydros is done, rear drive conversion is done, DJ booth is done(over and over).

Pioneer did the xB 4x4. db drag car. Camo is done, clown car is done, woody is done, convertible is done, Air/hydros is done, rear drive conversion is done, DJ booth is done(over and over), Taxi is done, School bus is done.

Seen pics of most of them in various threads on here

Paint it yellow, add some flashing lights and paint "School Bus" on the sides.
in the works. :come:

a lift off bronco-style rear roof would be cool, making it open deck.

I actually bought my BSP xB, to do it AS the A-Team. Changed my mind, when my hubby decided we're doing his instead (which is fine w/ me, lol). Guess there is an xA painted like it somewhere.

rear drive conversion is done. I've seen nothing about a rear drive conversion or pics of said conversion. Got a link to it please? Would love to see details of such RWD xB. Tanks :pray:

Pioneer did the xB 4x4. db drag car. Camo is done, clown car is done, woody is done, convertible is done, Air/hydros is done, rear drive conversion is done, DJ booth is done(over and over), Taxi is done, School bus is done.


the rwd xB is no longer an xB it's a toyota minitruck frame , with tabs to weld the xB onto it. weaksauce.

OH, I thought someone would run some new frame rails. Do some firewall work and do a real RWD coversion using some mini tubs in the rear. Maybe a small V6/auto/9 inch rearend. Would be a sweet little package if done right.

the A team xb sounds SCHWEET

the rwd xB is no longer an xB it's a toyota minitruck frame , with tabs to weld the xB onto it. weaksauce.


How in the heck is what that builder is doing "weak sauce." He took the most logical route to accomplish his goals with the car. I have seen it in person, and I wouldn't have taken a different route if I were the one doing it.

The Toyota minitruck frame is the perfect option. First, you stay brand loyal. Second, you have tons of suspension options. Third, you get lots of motor options. (I think he made a good choice.) Fourth, you increase the structural rigidity and driveability of the vehicle.

I really am not getting what part of the build (other than the hideous vinyl graphics to hide an incomplete vehicle) is "weak sauce." Would you prefer that he stuck with a weak unibody that was never designed to see the kinds of loads that would be applied to it by making this conversion?

I just don't get your statement.

I think he means it's weak (lame) because of the way it was done. Instead of dropping it on a RWD frame he could have just reinforced what was there and do a true RWD conversion. Trying to do it the way Toyota would have from the factory instead of taking the easy route.

I thought putting the xB body on a rear drive frame would be considered a conversion. It's in the latest Scion Magazine at the dealer. All white cars o the cover. I thought it was cool.

What you have to keep in mind is that the builder has a whole lot more planned than just a RWD conversion. The xB he is building is also bagged all the way around as well as "body dropped." If you could call it that. To get the same stance using the standard unibody would have meant a ton of hacking and the structural integrity would have gone to crap.

The use of a Toyota truck frame was the most cost effective manor with which to achieve the goals the builder was looking for. The builder put himself time and money ahead by taking this route rather than hacking and rebuilding the existing structural elements of the chassis. You really have to look at the big picture of the build, not just one aspect. There is no "weak sauce" about it.

If you live near the beach or in an extremely hot area, you could have everything except the windshield removed from the top half of the car. That would be hot.

Paint it yellow, add some flashing lights and paint "School Bus" on the sides.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/obnoxious_xb/DSC02582.jpg

I'm sure it's been done, but I like the couch idea.. Like possibly a wrap around couch. That'd be a fun place to chill. Or even better a custom fit matress with a flat panel tv mounted on the ceiling.

Paint it yellow, add some flashing lights and paint "School Bus" on the sides.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/obnoxious_xb/DSC02582.jpg

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Someone has to say it. Might as well be me. Double decker xB. Think old London bus with two layers of windows and 7' high doors. Ridiculously high, and horribly unstable, but cool!... You could stand up in it! You'd also have the option of adding overhead baggage stowage, like on Greyhound or an airplane. And you'd be able to see it in between all those SUV's at the mall!
But seriously, though, I am planning on raising mine 1" with a set of custom spacers above the struts and spring seats and adding at least a 27" tall tire for a total of about 2" of lift. Not alot, but I'd like to brag about 8" of ground clearance. Maybe take a pic with the Toyota Gnome under it...

hey, oBnoXious XB, how about this: Nothing known is unknowable.

The "Smart Box" - chop the passenger section out of it. If you've got Style RV #24, open it to page 10-11, but don't open the magazine all the way and you'll get the general idea. You can control the amount of chop by opening it more or less fully.

How about doing a mixture of and XB with and escalade front or Hummer... I would love to see someone pull something like that...

My nutty idea:

- Put in a HUGe skylight (not a sunroof) in the xb - I'm talkin from the rear viewmirror all the way to the back, ending sorta in the middle of the trunk area. you can use plexiglass to make it cheap...

;]

- sh00k