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Old 04-12-2007, 11:03 PM
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to turn a "box" into a "box"
ex. scion xB on 24's
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Old 04-12-2007, 11:25 PM
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1 that has been asked everywhere.

2 that question could not make any less sense if it was in korean. please rephrase
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re-wriiten-Can I put 26" rims onto an xB?
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Old 04-12-2007, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by HawianstylexA
re-wriiten-Can I put 26" rims onto an xB?
Sure! With enough money you can make one fly too! How much money do you want to spend to do this?
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Old 04-12-2007, 11:53 PM
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Yes you can.

How would you do it?? A lot of work and a lot of money. That's a completely custom job. You can't throw 26s on your stock box without MAJOR and EXPENSIVE modding...
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Technically its Bubble. (Unless there's a name for one after 2000) Box is like before 70 or something like that.
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20's can be a real pain in the azz. I would really think twice about attempting that. Not only would you need to do some significant modification to make it fit, it would also ride like crap, and look pretty silly.
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It would look like the CHUB CITY toys, those things are funny lookin. The beetle is my favorite.
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^to make a beetle look like similar to this would cost tens of thousands..
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Just givin him an idea of what he would look like rollin on some 26's.
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thats a little big man dont you think?
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i know and I'm just trying to give him a price, lol... I dont think people understand the work involved here... I mean you're talking about cutting the frame and moving stuff under the hood, obvious body work, the cost of the rims and tires, plus the stuff that cant be calculated such as the loss of a practical car, lower gas mileage, lower accel, worse handling, etc...

I mean I'm not saying it isnt possible, but I am saying its gonna cost you several g's. Plus you need to find a shop willing to take it on, and hopefully you have another car to drive for a week while they do it...

But come to think of it I guess you could somehow kick out the rims to oustide the the width of the car and custom a widebody, which would be pretty insane...

Any way you go about it I can't see this being cheaper than say $15,000...

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Also I don't think the xB motor would have enough power to run that size rim, it would need a bigger motor.
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Originally Posted by MrMcNuggett
It would look like the CHUB CITY toys, those things are funny lookin. The beetle is my favorite.
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uuhm.. can the xb's motor even move 26"s? aside from the fact that anything over 19's are a waste.. thats my opinion though..
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stop wasting time and space because you know no one will ever do it and stop all the reposting because its been covered
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...644&highlight=
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youll have more fun and waist less money building a catapult and swinging your car across the grandcanyon
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Originally Posted by DaToaster
youll have more fun and waist less money building a catapult and swinging your car across the grandcanyon

hahahahahaha
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Originally Posted by DaToaster
youll have more fun and waist less money building a catapult and swinging your car across the grandcanyon
Haha, that sounds like the vw commercial, "let's un-pimp the auto" and the the catapult sends it flying! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I0WfnhVs2s

Oh shnap!
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I've seen 20's and I believe theres even an xb running around locally with 22's on it
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