Scionlife.com - Fliphm00b's Pic/Build UPDATED 1/6/12

Sup SL! Seen some awesome builds here and figured it was my turn to make one. Have had my tC for 3 going into 4 years now. Its not turbo'd like most of the nice builds here but I think I've gone through a fair share of parts. Just couldn't decide. Anyways onto pics :).

Modifications done to the car as of right now:

Engine Power

• Agency Power Lightweight Crank Pulley
• NGK Iridium Spark Plugs
• Polished Valve Cover Done By Me
• Weapon-R 4-2-1 Race Header
• Weapon-R S-Pipe
• ARC Intake
• NRG Grounding Kit

Exhaust

• AERO Resonator (Reduced Alot Of The Rasp)
• HKS Hi-Power Exhaust (Axle Back)
• TSUDO Mid Pipe

Exterior Styling

• Badgeless Trunk Garnish
• Carbon Fiber B-Pillar Applique Kit
• Custom Badgeless Upper Grille
• Custom Painted Eyelid (Not Overlays) (Flat Black)
• GOT LUMPIA? Decal
• Gunmetal Painted Calipers
• OEM Front & Rear Lip
• In Channel Weathertech Visors
• LEDMOD Cool White LED License Plate Lights
• OEM Mudgaurds
• OEM Hood Bra
• Oznium's Full TBL
• Phillips OEM 4300K D2S HID's (For Retrofit)
• Retrofitted Headlights W/ TSX Clear Lens Projectors, E46 Shrouds, W/ Umnitza Predator Thin Line Angel Eyes
• S2k Antenna
• VRD Foglights
• Kaminari Flush Mount Spoiler
• ANZO LED Tail Lights (Red)
• Convex Mirrors

Interior Styling

• Garage1217's Red & White LED Gauge Swap
• LED HEADZ HVAC LED Swap (Done By Alan) THANKS!
• MengMotorsports LEDs Map, Dome, Cubby Hole, & Rear Trunk Light
• OEM Scion 2n1 Floor Mats
• OEM Trunk Mat
• Philippines Wakaba Flag Custom Made By My G/F
• Wink Mirror
• Custom Wrapped D&G Headliner, A,B, & C Pillars

Suspension

• B+G RS2 Coilovers
• Hotchkis Rear Camber Kit (Waiting To Be Installed)
• TRD Front Strut Bar

Audio/Video

• Elemental Designz 10" Sub Woofer
• JL Amp
• Pioneer Avic D3 (Bypassed)

Drivetrain

• Dr Isotope's Cable Bushings
• Dr Isotope's Cage Bushings
• TWM Stage 2 Short Shifter

Wheels

• Cheapo Tires 205/40 F / 215/40 R
• Project Kics R40 NEO Chrono Lug Nuts
• WORK Meister S1 17x8 +15 F / 17x10 +10 R
• Ichiba V.2 20mm Spacers All Around

Miscellaneous:
• Decepticon Oil Cap
• License Plate Relocator
• Rockblocker Radiator Cooling Plate (Polished)
• Weapon-R CEL Fix
• Dr.Isotope's Valve Cover Trim Plate

Stock w/ 12 Miles on the ODO. added some autozone fogs. Yea yea this was my first car to ever mod haha..

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Then decided to paint the stocks since it was a cheap mod.

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I wanted some sound and power lulz so purchased an INJEN CAI & HKS Axleback

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Got a raise at work and decided to buy some Umnitza Predator Thin Line Angel Eyes

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Got that shorty antenna since the stock one was way too long.

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Too cheap to get real HID's so got some look alike HID's, bulbs -_-

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Got that M3 lip spoiler too lol but it didnt last long.

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Tinted the tail lights because i thought it was the "IN" thing

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Finally lowered it with some TEIN S.tech springs and yes that was low for me at the time.

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Blacked out the side amber lights in my headlights and got some fog lights.

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Lamin-x film over the fog lights and some HID's now :D. Also made a custom badgeless grill & no holes for my front bumper so I got a license plate relocator :D

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Picked up a JDM front lip and took off the yellow film and added 6000k HID's for fogs for more blindness for oncoming drivers :D.

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Then got sick of the 6000k and ordered 3000k for more JDMNESS! ;). Also painted the front lip.

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Picked up a rear lip and painted stocks to bronze :/

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Got sick of painting stocks so got some wheels yo! MB Weapons w/Rays lug nuts.

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JDM Bug bit me again so I painted the front lip black and got a CF hood from the lady :D.

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Got chosen to be the top 20 Scions at FD.. yay :D

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Also got a CF gas door woot ^_^

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Sold the front lip and wheels and painted my stocks AGAIN purple :/.

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Then picked up this bad boy :D Weapon-R 4-2-1 racing header! Only to make my car sound like shiz. Also a TSUDO down pipe ( not pictured )

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Picked up an OEM front lip and was stupid broke so just left it black.

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Got a hold of some money and painted the front lip.

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Got a bonus and picked up a few things! Full third brake light meaning the whole brake light, lights up since the stock one only lights up in the middle (weak), CF B pillar applique,
TWM Stg 2 SS, Weathertech n channel visors, Elemental designs sub, Pioneer Avic D3, and a oem rear lip and put some tint on my tail lights.. Oh and a CF exhaust shield.
SORRY for the HUGE pics :(. Mods please if you can make them smaller?

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Went on another shopping spree and ordered a Megan Racing c-pillar bar, INGALLS 4 point trunk brace, Progress rear sway, CF trunk garnish and a DME cooling panel also polished my valve cover & a cusco front strut bar.

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Got tired of getting highbeamed by oncoming drivers so I decided to do a custom retrofit.
Specs of the retro are:
-BMW E46 Shrouds (non reps)
-Acura TSX Clear Lens Projectors
-Phillips 4300k OEM D2S HID Bulbs ( ones used on luxury cars i.e tsx, lexus, etc )
-D2s Adapters

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Mounted projectors

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then got the shrouds and and put it back together ( sorry dont have pics of the whole project ) Believe it or not me and 2 of my buddies finished this in 1 full day.

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and the cutoff

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Show 4 A Cause Last Summer 09

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Some random rollers

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Then i started to realize hmmm it's hard to stand out in the Scion Community up here in the PNW if you're going for the same exact thing as others header, intake, exhaust, rims blah blah blah. So I decided to get some B+G RS2 Coilovers to go lower.

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Hellasunk status!
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Sold all the suspension parts and front lip and rear lip and some. and bought some SSR Professor Sp1's in SBC finish.
17x7.5 +43 all around (weak status) with fatties 235/40/17! from (thekevin)

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picked up some Projec kics r40 neochrome extended lugnuts to add some bling to the rims

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tried to go lower and roll my fenders and FAILED..

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So i decided to go WIDER, well not so wide. SSR Vienna Dishes 17x8 / 17x9 +24 all around. (ihavenosn's rims)
not knowing i would be rubbing so much, i added 20mm spacers in the rear and 15mm in fronts. I also sold the CF hood because to me it through off my theme..

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I had to camber the rear a lot and also went lower.

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Then came the sticker madness got a wink mirror and all the fatlace, illest, and everything else i could find that was a sticker..

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This is when Mr.Gilbert noticed me while I was doing a shoot with my buddies..

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Then came my CIB feature taken by Mike Gilbert :D. After that feature I met all my good friends now.. Yall know who you are!

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More pics here :)

http://www.canibeat.com/2010/07/show...tc/#more-14782

Few months later finally got rid of my CF trunk garnish and got a badgeless one and some new LED tail lights.

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Also picked up an ARC intake down in CA and then went back down again for SOTU to pick up something else ;)

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Before Stance Of The Union I picked up a rear lip again and a front lip.

On the way to SOTU

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I felt the need to go wider so i picked up some Work Meister S1's 17x8 + 15 F / 17x10 +10 with spacers that is.. From blktc <3 :D

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Dishes were in the back during SOTU since I picked up the Meister's :D
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Threw a 20mm spacer up front because the fronts were too sunk for me see :/
Before:
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After:
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Picked up a Kaminari Flush mount spoiler ... Ill get pics of that later once my buddy gets done editing his pics. but heres a rear shot for you guys..

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Sorry for all the weird sizes of pictures but that about sums up my build thread for now. That was during the 3 years I've had the tC. Ill update this thread every once in a while :D.. Thanks for looking!!!!!!!