Dude Dave, the box has come a long way from Cabe to now, I've seen it go through all it's stages and by far you have the CLEANEST xB around(that's because you don't drive it) haha j/k..

But seriusly, great job on the ride and can't wait to see the old skool GTS on the streets soon.

Now that you don't need all the Garson stuff can I have it to match my wheels... ..Peace man and see ya on Friday.

 

Thanks Doc, PM me your e-mail address and what resolution 1024x768 etc and what shot(s) you want.

Thanks, hey Whadd ya talkin about I just turned over 15k on the way back from the Tracy/SE NorCal event.

Ya it will be good to get back into a RWD and spank on some Acura and Honda peeps oh yeah you got an NSX don't ya :D :D

Sure, I have an empty Garson Box I can give you :D

 

hahaha...Leave my NSX alone, it's turning into a garage ***** like your xB...

Hey since you're gonna be working on the celica, maybe you can help me build up the "El Diablo" Supra so I can start showing that one too..

Thanks DAVE...what a pal....Garson box huh ??..I'll take it..=)

 

One word immaculate the only word I can come up with. I met you in Vegas when I was with my buddy V from Longo and got to see the car in person at SEMA and pics definitely only do it about half justice. I also saw you do your air setup on VIPSTYLE and the work you did on that was incredible so much attention to detail on each and every piece.The interior and the lighting I seriously could go on and on lets just say super super nice b cant wait to see the other projects. Much props to you Whatup Nilo and Verone

 

holy cow.

 

Thanks Jeff and for the posts on VIPSTYLE as well, hope to see you again in Vegas this year for SEMA

 

No doubt and you will definitely see me at SEMA.

 

WoW Ilike it

 

R u sellin the box or just stopped modding it. I'm n LB frequently and I've never seen your xB!!!!

 

Thanks again everyone on the posts.

bBlover everything has a price but for now I am finished modding it. My box has a nice history to it and all the awesome people I have got to know and work with; it would be very hard to let it go

 

damn, i wish mine was done

 

So do I :D Did you get my PM? I would really like to get in on this build up to bad you don't live in SoCal anymore Definetly keep us all updated on your insane suspension mods and props to you for taking it on!

 

Your xB is the best one out there in my opinion. Even though i have not introduced myself to you, i can tell your an awesome guy. Love your xB. Best of luck on your new project!

 

pmed you some crazy pics of the install
you can always blaze out here for a few days, then go home when its done

 

lay rail? Randode, how are you? have not seen you in ages.......when are you in town?

 

im good. never in town though. i hate cali.

 

@@UPDATE@@ Condensed MOD history

I just wanted to put together a somewhat complete Modification history for those who have e-mailed me, and those that might consider doing something along the same lines. I will try and update with better pic’s as I go through all the posts and my project folder. Enjoy :D


Gas Strut Hood mod (way before all the knock offs)



Greddy lightweight catch can retrofit and custom install

Ok, is it normal to take an $80 universal bolt on item and rework it to were the cost of the time, fabrication and parts to make it better cost more than the part itself?

Seems like I have been doing this all my life “More Power” “Upgrade” etc. etc…

I started with a lightweight Greddy oil catch can, and I didn’t like the way the recommended mounting method. So $100 dollars later in labor, parts and beer, I have a very clean installed oil catch can in my “Toy xBox”. But does it really matter; does the public really notice the difference? I must be insane do I need an intervention to stop this behavior, fetish?

Anyway for those of you who share this passion of overkill here are some pics of the latest mod I have probably way overdone!

Enjoy,

Here is the universal fit kit


Before pic


My retrofit and installed version




“Get your Wings” Po Boy style

Ok from day one I never liked the engine cover, to many exposed wire looms and hoses etc and I could never find a CF cover that looked like I wanted it to? So I fabricated “Wings” for the CF cover I have now.
It looks like the head of a “Transformer” out of the car but I think it came out somewhat factory looking but with a bling-bling look.

Oh yeah the material that I used for the wings I made is .080 aluminum. “Po Boy” tools included 6” vice, body panel hammers, wood blocks, side of the garage (for the special complex curve), and of course cold beer.

Enjoy,

Before


After


HP gains are .0000009999 paresthesia your results may vary!


Optima Battery power distribution system mod

Batteries and wires to me have always been an eyesore when customizing cars, at least on RWD cars you can relocate them to the trunk and get the extra benefit of weight for more grip. Well in the case of the xB and it’s FWD no luck and I have to much in the back already.

I knew about the Tsunami battery power distribution top for the Optima and decided to try it out. Like always I had to mod it out to work like I wanted it to and to carry my BCP theme I am doing in the engine compartment.

For this mod I wanted to maintain the factory fusible link box (Red Square Thingy) and try to maintain a factory look and function as well.

So using my favorite tool the Dremel XP400 (this dremel is the cit!!! ) I went to work on it first I disassembled the piece and had it painted to match the BCP. Then I drilled and tapped the negative distribution block to be able to transfer my HKS grounding wires over for the grounding system.

Next I had to fabricate a side mount system to accept the factory fusible link box and maintain use of the positive terminal cap. After two attempts and $20 for an additional cover to mod I have a clean cover that snaps on correctly. I also used some Mallory Ignition pro wire separators to keep all the grounding wires grouped together for a cleaner looking install.

The part that I really liked the most is that I no longer have to have that ugly looking top battery mounting bar. Again thanks to my trusty dremel I modified a set of bottom mounts and was able to secure the battery at the bottom for a much cleaner looking battery install.

Overall it was time consuming my mods usually are I say this is about a 10 beer project 5 for prep and 5 for install. I like the appearance that it has now, but I am working on a remote AC to DC power connection underneath for shows and going to route the positive power cables better for appearance only. I recommend this mod but only to those that have some skillz and will maintain the factory fusible link system; it is there for safety and to protect your car form fire foo's!

Before:



After:



Unmodified:




RS*R GTII series Exhaust

Install was simple the only tools you needed was a screwdriver (for rear lip removal), ratchet with 12mm socket, factory jack (and jack stand for safety) and soap and water (to make it easier to insert in rubber hangers and to wash my hands after J) Jacked it up at factory location (see manual for lifting directions) didn’t even have to clear the tire from the ground, removed passenger side rear lip piece to avoid any scratches to the lip or exhaust tip. Put on new gasket included with exhaust kit, inserted mounting supports into rubber hangers, slipped factory exhaust clamp over the connection area snugged it up, put the rear lip back on, centered exhaust tip with a folded up rag and tightened exhaust clamp.

After lowering it down I noticed it had a very cool race look on how it was mounted. From the top the exhaust tip follows the contour of the bumper cover and lip piece, slightly angled to the right. From the back the canister and exhaust tip fill the cut out area and it has a finned removable silencer. From the side and looking through the wheel you can see the polished craftsmanship of the canister and pipe, which has an upsweep angle to it. This gave it a cool look from a distance you could see the canister hanging slightly lower than the bumper cover lip. The sound and performance is just right, haven’t tested it without the silencer yet.





HKS, Hotchkis, Cusco, OTG suspension upgrade (Initial suspension setup)

List of parts:

HKS hipermax WG coilovers

Hotchkis swaybars re-powder coated candy purple

Cusco frame brace re-powder coated candy purple

One Ton Garage 10mm axle spacers

TRD stainless steel braided brake lines – not completed another 5 week back order

Porterfield Carbon/Kevlar brake pads and Neo 610 brake fluid
















No Mo Lip, Po Boy style


First get all the proper tools (21 and over for the Beer)



Second take the tape and apply it to the Lip and about a ¼” to ½” out side the lip to protect the paint if ya slip (Remember the beer is fo after!)



Third jack up yer Scion and insert high dollar “No Mo Lip” tool and roll the lip, do this in small adjustments to the jack. If you get in a hurry you will either bend the wheel well out or crack yer paint!



The driver side rolled for me perfect with no damage to the seam sealer, the passenger side was a little more stubborn! The seam sealer came off on the passenger side while I was rolling (Remember to take yer time and go slow) probably cause I was sweatin my @ss off and wanted that damn beer!

So now I will have to re-apply the 3M seam sealer and mask it off and paint it with the 3M undercoating. I will update with the finished pics…

Overall it came out well and I didn’t have to buy one of those fancy schmancy gizmo’s total cost was about $6.80 for the T-Ball bat on sale at “WallyWorld” and optional beer cost…

Have fun y’all,

SE – OGTWB


TRD IST Rear frame brace retrofit mod

First of all you do not have to remove anything to install this... you should support the rear of the box to make it easier to remove the bolt that holds the rear axle to the body. I did one side at a time and I mounted the spacer to the emergency brake line first to keep it out of the way.

I didn't measure as far as using a tape each car could be slightly different in production so no set dimension is used. Basically I used a redneck measuring device "string" and some double sided tape to mark the spot where the front dowel contacts the frame.

I mounted the frame support and swung the arm up and the double sided tape stays on the frame that shows where the dowel will be located when installed.


Very important you have to drill the hole about halfway towards the rear of the marked hole so that when the arm is installed and pushed forward it locks in like the directions show... I checked and rechecked about fifty times before I drilled the hole I used a dremel to slightly enlarge the slot on the dowel to make it easier to install...

Oh yeah use a rubber hammer to move the arms forward, these are JDM and they don't powder coat in Japan. I did however I powder-coated my frame brace to match the rest of the







Po Boy “Mo Betta Brakes”

Want “Mo Betta Brakes” on your xA or xB and don't want the expense of the big brake kit. You can buy a extra set of factory rotors have them crossed drilled, slotted and plated or buy any other aftermarket company rotors. I choose to have mine factory and machined by Island Motorsports. I then replaced the factory brake lines with TRD stainless steel lines, replaced the brake pads with Poterfield carbon-kevlar brake pads, and flushed and refilled the brake system with NEO 610 brake fluid.

Way better braking and I am still using all the OEM parts as far as calipers and rotors. Definitely think this is a great alternative to going with the expense of a big brake kit.

TIP!!! I used the Factory Scion maintenance books available at www.cabeperformance.com for the brake info and specs…

Oh yeah all that legal stuff like do this at yer own risk and I am not responsible for ya messing yer Scion up apply are ya listen foo!



Air Runner – “Maxed Out” (Current suspension system)

everyone is getting "air runner" but it seems like I can never leave the original parts alone and I have to fabricate and change things out to make it the way I want!

With the help of Dakota Digital www.dakotadigital.com and Air Zenith www.air-zenith.com
Now I have an “Exec” level air system with in-car Digital controlled SSFB system and a wireless remote control. The guys at Air Zenith hooked me up with a "Special Edition" Purple compressor to go with the candy purple suspension pieces I have. I also have to give props to Cabe Toyota for getting the correct color match for the candy purple on the struts and shocks that I could not powder coat! All I have to do now is finish some welding on the custom frame I fabricated and I swear this is the last mod I am doing on this Toy xBox project






I had to make a couple of changes on the layout to fit all the sensors, water trap, air gauge and quick connect. It is a tighter design and I have had to add more ports, I should have more photos of the install posted very soon.

The custom fabricated frame is working out fine and the Air Zenith looks right at home Major props again to AZ for the "Special Edition Purple" compressor!














Retrofit dash speakers to tweeters mod

I took the factory dash speakers and used a Dremel to cut off the magnet and then install the tweeter in the factory metal bracket. The alpine tweeters had positional mounting cups so I was able to aim the tweeters for best sound. and it still looks like factory...





In Car computing basic layout (Initial setup)

I have a qiuck snap shot of all the hardware involved with my computer... I had some specs and more info somewhere...




I started to do a write up but only got so far before losing interest...

Here is what I had, hope this helps

Well the hardware and software is the easy part, hiding all the cable and equipment can cause insanity. I started out with the following hardware and software:

System Features
• 1Ghz Temperature Resistant Core Unit - able to withstand heat, cold, shock, vibration and marine environments.
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Operating System with the Truman Mobile interface
• 60GB Hard Drive, 1GB RAM
• 12V DC Powered- no power inverter needed, no additional battery drain or noise.
• Low Power Drain- won't overload your car's power system.
• DVD, CD, CD-R/RW and Data CD playback- listen to music or load your favorite PC games and applications.
• USB, Firewire, PCMCIA (optional) and other ports to attach Cameras, Wireless Networking Adapters, Cellular Modems, GamePads, Joysticks and anything else you can imagine.
• MP3 Player and Copier
• Text-to-Speech Software- have your e-mail or documents read aloud to you while your on the road.
• Wireless Keyboard and Mouse- let passengers compose E-mail, Instant Messages, enter addresses into the GPS (optional) and even create documents and sync them with your home or office network.
• Omni-directional Remote Control- one-touch access to your favorite programs, music, DVD and other applications.
60GB Removable Storage (USB 2.0 Hard Drive)- Take your Music, Videos and files with you between your vehicle and home PC.
Display Screens
• 7” TFT LCD Monitor w/ one VGA input, 2 Composite (RCA) Video inputs, 1 audio input. On-Screen-Display, and 4-Wire Resistive Touch-Screen
• 10.4" TFT LCD TV / Monitor w/ one VGA input, High-Brightness (500 Nit)
*All displays are DC Powered.
Global Postioning Systems (GPS)
• CoPilot 2003- CoPilot provides turn-by-turn directions to any address nationwide. This full featured GPS navigation system includes Dynamic Directions, Two-Way Voice Technology, RV-Friendly Routing options and over 3 million Points-of-Interest. USB GPS option.
Vehicle Diagnostics
• AutoTap Hardware and AutoTap for Windows with OBD II Generic Parameters - For Chrysler and Imported vehicles.
Feature Slot options:
• ATI All-in-Wonder Enhanced Multimedia Card

XMPCR Satellite Radio:
• USB unit with PC interface and software application



VIP Lighting using Varad SL200 kit

Well I wanted to do this for a while now because of the night shows and to show off all my suspension mods.

Varad released a very cool suspension lighting kit but I decided to take it to the next level and do the VIP spot lighting as well. The pic’s below show beginning install, I started with 3 kits now I have 6 kits with a total of 24 LED emitters at 1 watt each. Varad has optional add-on emitters from what I read 4 more can be added to each controller which means I could possibly have 48 of these little suckers. Oh yeah and the very cool thing is that they can be networked together to one remote.

My overall goal is to have a “Rolling on Thunder” look. I was going to use very expensive police style strobes to accomplish this, but thanks to Varad I can get the same result in less cost better install and to top it of no need for those long undercar lighting sticks that fall off get broken etc.







This last shot of the engine bay was shot with no flash and no external light this pic gives it no justice (need to practice more night photography) it looks really cool like a halo around it.

Updated photos with some new install pic's after initial install I didn't like all the exposed heat sink and wire so I made a template for the emitter drilled the holes and mounted them from the back side not 100% stealth but a much cleaner looking install. I chose to pop rivet them in for a smoother look. One thing that amazed me is how durable these emitters are I have dropped these things several times with no apparent damage…

The last pic is one of the unfinished rear emitter brackets I made; they mount between the bottom of the rear bumper core and the edge of the bumper lip. I am getting them powder coated and will update with more of the finished pics. This makes 20 emitters I have installed I have 4 more to install and possibly an additional 4 more on the way… woot woot







Here are some more shots the first three are no flash or external light (still suck at night shots), and the last pic is a quick shot of the rear brackets installed. I need to finish cleaning the underneath of the box and get someone to help me get some better night shots and I will post some more pics....






Varad has some very cool LED products, to satisfy all consumers the products are design for a universal fit but Varad IMO assembled them with the modder in mind.

I wanted a smaller and more focused pattern for my interior lighting and decided to mod the housing of the HyperLED Lightbars to better fit my application. Varad made everything easy to disassemble and/or modify on these lightbars.

On the front under-dash lighting I used an aluminum U channel and lexan corner molding strip for a more compact housing.





On the passenger footwell lighting I modified the lightbar housing by using a Dremel with a fiberglass cutoff wheel and shaved the mounting tabs off. Then I used industrial grade Velcro to mount to the existing seat bracket moldings which fit in between perfectly!!! I then blacked out the top and quarter side to make the install more clean and stealth. I had to use vinyl tape due to time, but will mask off and paint to match the interior black after my last show this year.






I would like to thank Varad again for all the LED lighting they have provided me.




Custom Sub/Spare Tire enclosure

OK 4 more months and I got tired of kickin that GDMF sub box around my garage! So thanks to my SE brotha Jeremy helping me on finishing the bondo and sanding that was needed, I may within a week have a completed custom MMF Sub enclosure. Here are some updated pics before sending it off to the upholstery shop...

Thanks again Jeremy for all the time and effort in helping me get this thing finally finished. I will update with more pics after the final install



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Custom accessory power system

For those that have e-mailed me about the wiring for all the LEDS and the car computer here is a qwik photo I took while I was getting ready for CES this week… I have two PAC80 relays by the battery that is controlled by an Ignited kill switch and a RacerBoy 4 button shift **** that activates my switch source for the LED lights and a pulse switched source to boot up the new Xenarc computer system. I will try and update with more pics and a write up on the new system.



DAMD styling effects

Well at least I am done with all the Damd pieces to the Imperial kit... :D finally got the Imperial wing installed last piece of the puzzle

Check it out...








Got Bling? VIP Style

Ok VIP has become the new buzz word, just like Carbon Fiber and JDM has been. But this quest for a VIP style xB started for me June 7, 2003 the day I got my xB, piece by piece dollar by dollar and month by month (the waiting is the worst part). As I come closer to finishing this “Toy xBox” project I can honestly say it has been worth every cent! I have two more shipments from Japan and with two major shows coming up there will be no sleep or money until after CES.

It’s all about originality, quality and how you represent it! Now that VIP is the hot new buzz word I want to take it to the EXECUTIVE Level!!!

Garson Deluxe EXECUTIVE curtains with “S-Bling” accents
DAD/Garson Deluxe table with Upgraded “S-Bling” accents (Table to be retrofitted to xB)
Garson “S-Bling” for keyless entry








Now I can honestly say I have a set of crystal nutz also check the "Exec" mirror and crystal bling







Double D's - “we know you’ll like what you see”

Double D’s first JDM Executive bB table fabricated to fit USDM Scion xB. This is a “one off” table that was made for me by my friend and future business partner Denny Huang. At the Top Secret facility that is creating Double D's accessories and of course the Executive line tables that will be available soon. With our in house “wood master guru” (Chris McSweyn) and his Asian persuasions we intend to fabricate innovated and top quality products for USDM sales.

Our Executive table will make it’s debut at the 2006 Scion Kickoff show hosted by Scion Evolution January 21, 2006 more info: www.scionevolution.com

Specs:

Custom Fabricated higher quality MDF Wood Table (not the less expensive brittle particle board)

Real Japanese Cherry wood overly (other veneers and laminates available)

Chrome “Triple Row” table edge

JDM “DAD/Garson badges and Executive drink inserts and coasters (Double D branded inserts and coaster in development)

3M VHB double side tape, self – tapping screws and chrome covers

Felt lined cell phone/Ipod and cigarette holders

Price is pending – It may cost a little more “but it’s worth it”


I just want to say that Denny and I share a high quality standard in presentation, fit and finish and we expect our customers to have the same in products they purchase. *** Double D’s “we know you’ll like what you see” ***


Many Thanks to Denny and “WMG”(Chris)

 

the sickest xB on the planet!
you should be very proud Dave.
How many man hours do you think you have invested?

 

What he said.

 

hamana...hamana...hamana.....
i just had a coronary, woke up and WOW!...it's heaven!