Bought my first non Mazda a few months ago. Test drove every car I could of afforded and ended up going with a 2014 Scion tC. Went with black because I wasn't a big fan of the black roof on the other colors. I haven't owned a non-lowered car in ages and ended up buying it with the TRD springs installed. I love the way the car rides now and it looks much better. Some pics:







I love the car. It handles awesome although the feel isn't quite what I was sued to driving Mazdas. Having some power is definitely a nice change though.

Primary complaints I had with it was the shifter's super long throw and laggy throttle response. So I bought a TRD quick shifter and installed it which has improved the car a lot in my opinion. I also ordered password JDM brass shift **** however they are taking ages to ship and not answering emails so I may end up cancelling that.

Next up on my list is some type of exhaust and possibly a roof spoiler.

Anyway just thought I;d put up a thread to track the cars progress and dump pictures in. Thanks for looking.

 

zoom zoom

 

I got tired of waiting on Password JDM to return emails or ship my order so I'm going to cancel that and I spent the snowy day in the garage making a **** form an old 8 ball my dad found laying around.

Was a bit of a hassle figuring out how to drill the reverse lockout but I think it would be easy to do it if I make another ****.







Ignore the dirty car winter sucks.

Its a little bit big but not uncomfortable and its a little heavier then the stock one. Overall I'm pretty happy with it. Looks a bit tacky but thats sort of part of the charm I think.

 

That's actually pretty wicked man, nice job.

 

looks nice! that 8 is upside down

 

Thanks guys. I'm pretty happy with it, going to be trying some other ways of making my own **** soon.

And you laugh but I spent a decent amount of time trying do decide which was which with that 8, it never looks quite right to me.

 

haha, I was joking, it looks right the way you have it

 

should have put it side ways and say its an infinite logo

 

Not a bad idea actually.

 

Got curious and weighed the 8-ball shift **** today. Its 127g versus 70g for the stock ****. I'm really pleased with it but I'm working on a design for a custom one in the near future.

 

looks good coming along..

 

127g is very nice. much better than stock.

 

Yeah I'm actually really happy with it, feels much better then stock. I'm working on an idea I have to make a nicer looking **** but this ones going to be around for a while while i figure that out.

 

A picture of her in last weeks storm:



I cant wait to be done with winter. Also got his in the mail the other day:



No pictures of it on the car yet because its either raining or the roads are salty so the car hasn't been clean. I really like how it looks though and the reception seems unaffected so far, I haven't been out in the country yet though.

 

That's good that your reception is still good. I couldn't get a single station even if I was parked right next to the radio station's antenna.

 

That's weird. What type of antenna did you get?

 

Agency Power for my tC1

 

Really jealous of that rear windshield wiper. No idea why I like those things so much..

What kind of Mazda did you have?

 

Yeah the rear wiper can be prety useful sometimes. I had two Mazda Proteges, a 91 and a 01. Both lowered with bolt ons, they're seriously under powered cars but man they were fun to drive. I still want to find a first generation hatchaback one but I think they've all rusted to dust around here.

 

Screw Password JDM, just make your own weighted shift ****. lol
Points for creativity and good start on the car