bouquetofblood

I don't really post on scion life much, just lurk. Anyways, I'm not sure if anyone really heard, but Scion and Hot Import Nights [HIN] held a contest. Three of the top teams in America were given a brand new Scion xA and a $15,000 budget. Each of the cars would be debuted at this year's SEMA. The three teams that were chosen were:

Team Hybrid; SoCal
Jade Crew; Florida
WR Team; Harrisburg, PA

I'm a part of WR Team, and I love the way our car looks. A lot of the club built this car from the ground up. All the labor was done by club members. Unfortunately we lost to hybrid. Their car was a bit over the top for my taste. But all 3 teams did a great job in their own style. Here are some pictures of all the cars along with a little mod list for each. let me know what you guys think.

Which of the three would you guys chose?

WR Team
Engine/Performance:
Blitz supercharger (polished by Forever Kustoms), oil cap, radiator cap, fuel management, chrome plated alternator bracket
Valve cover – polished by Forever Kustoms
NX direct port - one-off gold hardline setup
JIC Magic Bullet exhaust
Fujita5 xB intake
NX solenoids – custom flush mounted in wiper cowl cover

Suspension:
JIC Magic full coilovers, front lower brace type 2
Cusco front camber plates
APR front upper strut bar
Wilwood big brake kit, stainless steel flex lines
Valvoline SynPower brake fluid
Junction Produce Scara Japan wheels (18x8 front; 18x9 rear), valve caps
Falken FK452 tires – 215/35R18 front; 225/35R18 rear - stretched
Specialty Products rear camber shims – 1.5 degrees neg.
H&R 5mm spacers in rear

Interior:
Gutted race look – smoothed in some places
One-off 14 point roll cage fabrication, seat bracket fabrication, sheet metal door panels fabricated
Momo A/T shift **** with black leather boot
NX bottles (2) – mounted on fabricated brackets in the trunk area
Relocated lock/window master switch to center dash - hidden
Lokar hot rod style black billet inside door handles
Stewart Warner gauge install – 3 in custom panel where cup holders were, 2 in center dash panel
Nardi *** Tamaguchi special limited edition steering wheel
SPW quick release hub
Ignited Nitrous switches mounted in center console
Blitz supercharger switch mounted in center console
JIC Magic strut damping tool custom mounted in center console
Status “ring” seats - black Alcantara®
Impact Racing harness belts
Junction Produce pretzel rope and fuso
Some panels wrapped in matching black Alcantara® suede

Stereo/I.C.E.:
One-off "floating" amp racks fabricated under roll cage in trunk area
Memphis belle amplifier 1100x1/75x4
Memphis m-class amplifier 55x4
Memphis 12v 1farad capacitors (2)
Memphis 12" M1 subwoofers (2) – reverse mounted in custom fiberglass enclosure
Memphis Msync 8" components (2) - traditionally mounted in custom fiberglass enclosure
Fiberglass “downer doug” enclosure – all wrapped in matching black Alcantara® suede
Eclipse AVN 3454 double-din – TV, DVD, MP3, rear camera, navigation
Eclipse BEC105 rear camera install – rear headliner inside hatch
Two sets of Memphis Msync 6.5” components – front doors/rear doors

Exterior:
Front side markers shaved in bumper
JP urethane lip kit – front and rear modified to fit ’06 model (slightly different OEM bumpers)
bBist grille and hood grille blend
TC Sportline carbon hood – everything painted except “WRTeam” signature style logo
APR carbon mirrors
Junction Produce badge
JDM Altezza stubby antenna mast
Front and rear wipers deleted
Logo graphics by Doug Koozer

Paint/Body:
Custom one-off color “Raspberry/Fuschia Kiss of Death” – based off a mix between Dupont Hot Hues Raspberry Pop and Fuschia Kiss with candy mixed into the paint.
Body, engine bay, jambs, smoothed and gutted interior painted RFKoD Raspberry color
Black roof, Rollcage, NX bottles, NX hard-lines, seat brackets, horns, dash trim, Stewart Warner gauge bezels
painted gold
One-off sheet metal door panels painted flat gold
















Jade Crew
Engine:
GReddy turbo kit, emanage
ARC front mount intercooler
Fujita Air custom intercooler piping and filter
Nitrous Express wet system with purge
Koyo radiator
ARC radiator cap, oil cap, oil catch can, blow off valve
TF Racing exhaust
Color matched valve cover
Aluminum battery relocation kit

Exterior:
TF Racing kit on "only xA within the US"
House of Kolor Candy Red and Gloss Black
APR carbon fiber mirrors
ARC Super Magic racing wing
Extreme Dimensions carbon fiber hood
Halo HID headlight conversion

Interior:
Gutted and sprayed House of Kolor Gloss Black
All panels recovered in black suede with red stitching
Suede headliner with red stitched scion logo
Bride Zeta III hyper red seats, rails and sliders
Takata racing harness
Personal steering wheel
Works Bell quick release hub, quick release flapper
Razo RA90 shift ****
Custom suede shift boot
Project µ pedals
Defi boost gauge, oil temp gauge

Wheels & Suspension:
TE37 16x7.0 Time Attack series wheels
Toyo RA1 racing compound tires
Custom 4 point roll cage by Mazzworks
Tein Super Street coilovers, black EDFC
GTSPEC rear strut brace, under body brace
Project µ 4 piston mini kit, 282mm rotors, b-force pads
Project Kics spacers, R40 neo chro lugs

In Car Entertainment:
Kenwood double DIN DVD headunit
Polk Audio 6.5 components with crossovers and tweeters (2 sets)
Polk Audio 10" dual subwoofers
Polk Audio C400.4 4 channel amp
Polk Audio C500 monoblock sub amp
Custom plexi floating amprack
Custom removable sub box covered in black suede with red stitching










Team Hybrid
Engine:
Danstoy custom turbo kit
Custom polished tubular equal length manifold, Garrett size 3 turbo, turbo down pipe, polished intercooler piping, polished intake piping
Blitz blow off valve
K&N air filter

Wheels/Tires/Brakes/Suspension:
JDM MainStream 5-Lug conversion
AME Shallen Cx wheels (bolt pattern 5x114) - F19x10 & R19x10
BFGoodrich T/A KDW2 tires - F235/30/19 & R235/30/19
ENDLESS big brake kit
Micro 4 piston caliper, brake pads, brake lines, 10” rotors
ZEAL Function X’s coilovers

Exterior:
House of Kolor Kandy Solar Gold
House of Kolor Brilliant Black (roof)
JDM Air Walker front and rear bumper, side skirts, front grille
JDM iSt rain visors, rear bumper garnish, hatch emblem
Custom DTM wide front fenders, wide front doors, wide rear doors, wide rear panels, molded side with front & rear panels
bBiSt carbon fiber hood, carbon fiber roof/hatch wing, custom smoked headlights

Interior:
STATUS carbon kevlar racing seats
TAKATA 4 pts harnesses
Nardi steering wheel
NRG steering wheel boss/hub
AutoMeter gauges

I.C.E.:
CREATiVE custom fiberglass sub enclosure, amp rack enclosure, acrylic amp rack, diamond-cut acrylic “HYBRiD” imprinted
SoundStream PCA4.520 4 channel amp x1
SoundStream PCA1000D single channel amp x2
SoundStream RFW-12 reference 12” woofers x4
SoundStream TRC.6N Tarantula component x2
SoundStream SST6.5 Tarantula speaker x2
SoundStream VCM-151 15” LCD ceiling monitor (on hatch) x1
SoundStream VCM-81D 8” LCD monitor with DVD player x2
SoundStream VCCD-2 bullet style color camera x1
SoundStream VSV-78 7” wide sun visor monitor x2
SoundStream VVB-2 video output gain control x2

ohcanada_00

i voted WR but will say I hate the color. EVERYTHING else is off the chain and I think all three were VERY well built. I like the whole feel and thought behind the WR car, but again, I hate the color!!!!!!! lol

Kudos for all of you and congrats on some KILLER builds

Monkeyideas

great job. did you ever think of vertical doors. Out of curiosity, how much would it cost to put a vertical door on a xA?

bouquetofblood

well to be honest vertical doors never crossed our mind. didnt seem to fit the flow of the car, and its not really our style. We have seen them done so much and we wanted to keep it fresh. Thats where the gutted interior and 14 point cage came from. We tried to incorporate newer ideas and still keep a clean car that flows well. This was tough since we had to try and incorporate the styles of all the people involved. but I think we pulled it off well. The blend of styles seems to work.

MXa

Is that Project Mu setup adapted for the xA or is there somewhere that I can purchase that complete setup?

bouquetofblood

I believe that was Jade that used them. As far as I know you can purchase that set up. Dont know much about it though as we used good old Wilwood.

MXa

How is that Wilwood set working out for you?

westsype

Team Hybrid made those flares look great. Kept it flowing with the cars body lines.

Those scaras are nice. I've only seen those on VIPstyle cars. That raspberry color is hideous. You guys probably lost pts from that fo sho.

Not really a big fan of Jade crews race sytle theme.

bouquetofblood

the wilwoods worked out real nice.

As for the color. Im going to be getting a hold of some pictures that show off the color better. All of these pictures make it look dark and sort of Maroon. The actual color was real nice, bright very rasberry futia. Personally we all love the color, but to each their own. Love the feedback though. Keep it coming.

omgodzilla

My favorite is the WRteam. I just love everything about it, especially the stance and seats.

moneybaker

guess he forgot to post this:



ps. love the feedback!

Monkeyideas

WOW, awesome color.

ohcanada_00

its funny because i think this car is (from the pictures) WAY better than the other two but the colors is just so iffy to me. Everything else about this car is just AWESOME but the color. lol

at least we can all agree that its wicked cool.

moneybaker

haha nice. it's cool to know that we did well on this project.

this color is so tricky to photograph... for those who were out at sema and saw the car, you know that pretty much all of the pictures that have been posted do not do it any justice. sometimes it looks red, sometimes bright pink, sometimes purple. in person it is raspberry and while that may not make much sense to anyone if you saw it in person you would more than likely agree that is the best way to describe it. we wanted to do something different and unique... and also keep in mind that these cars will be used as marketing/advertising tools for Scion so it had to be something attention grabbing.

ohcanada_00

well regardless, you guys did a wicked job on the car and I hope I get to see it someday.