Dark Blue xB with $500-with-tires Exel Race wheels
09-26-2003, 05:20 PM
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Dark Blue xB with $500-with-tires Exel Race wheels
Ok, I've finally tightened up my ride, no more mods for me now:
http://homepage.mac.com/jbauder/PhotoAlbum18.html
(scroll down to see the wheels, nice for how cheap they were, $500 with tires from Wheelmax. They weigh about a pound or two more with tires than stock.)
Pictures up higher are from an unfortunate seagull murder near Santa Barbara. What was a seagull doing standing on 101 around a dark turn at night? bird velocity: 0 mph, Scion velocity: 75mph. Bird failed the side impact test.
Let me know what you think of the wheels!
Joe
(I'll try to get pics posted under my profile too)
http://homepage.mac.com/jbauder/PhotoAlbum18.html
(scroll down to see the wheels, nice for how cheap they were, $500 with tires from Wheelmax. They weigh about a pound or two more with tires than stock.)
Pictures up higher are from an unfortunate seagull murder near Santa Barbara. What was a seagull doing standing on 101 around a dark turn at night? bird velocity: 0 mph, Scion velocity: 75mph. Bird failed the side impact test.
Let me know what you think of the wheels!
Joe
(I'll try to get pics posted under my profile too)
09-26-2003, 06:05 PM
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$299 for springs, free installation (me)
the springs were $299 from sciontuner.com. (pretty sure) thanks to instructions on the forum, the installation was pretty easy. (thanks Eric!)
yeah, i was surprised at the quality for how cheap they were. From afar they look perfect, when you get up close it looks like 18"s might be a little better, but basically no complaints here.
btw, with lowering and wider, flatter wheels, the Scion handles GREAT in the twisties. I was pretty impressed :twisted:
yeah, i was surprised at the quality for how cheap they were. From afar they look perfect, when you get up close it looks like 18"s might be a little better, but basically no complaints here.
btw, with lowering and wider, flatter wheels, the Scion handles GREAT in the twisties. I was pretty impressed :twisted:
09-26-2003, 07:13 PM
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Nice wheels for $500 with tires...you cannot beat that nowadays...Is it on-sale or something...I might have friends that can actually upgrade and be able to afford it....Looks like 18s...What is it 17s...tiresize? Thanks.
09-26-2003, 11:35 PM
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in the first photo i think they were messin' around
that's not me in the first photo. it's a tiny Chinese girl, a bigger Korean dude, and two medium-size white and Indian guys. not me in the photo, I'm just a white boy. that's gary coleman, not me, in the photo
Are the seats that far back in the photos lower down? I'm only 5'11 . . . but I do like them pretty far back usually . . .
thanks for the props, it was a Wheelmax special. Here's the link, those wheels are up to $750 now but they'll have a new $499 special every week in 205/40R17:
http://www.wheelmax.com/Specials/specials.html
cool deal if you don't need 18s and there's a style you like . . .
Actually, Apple DOES pay me, but they should give me a little bonus for the free advertising . . .
joe
Are the seats that far back in the photos lower down? I'm only 5'11 . . . but I do like them pretty far back usually . . .
thanks for the props, it was a Wheelmax special. Here's the link, those wheels are up to $750 now but they'll have a new $499 special every week in 205/40R17:
http://www.wheelmax.com/Specials/specials.html
cool deal if you don't need 18s and there's a style you like . . .
Actually, Apple DOES pay me, but they should give me a little bonus for the free advertising . . .
joe
09-26-2003, 11:40 PM
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Eric, are you running for the Tallest Guy in Lowest xB award
eric, you so damn tall and you car is so damn low! are you running for the Tallest Guy in Lowest Car award? ;-)
I would love to see a commercial with some tiny Japanese woman coming down from her perch in a huge Ford Expedition or something, and then you coming out from a lowered down Scion. Kind of like Apple's Yao-Ming-and-Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) ad with the two PowerBooks . . .
I would love to see a commercial with some tiny Japanese woman coming down from her perch in a huge Ford Expedition or something, and then you coming out from a lowered down Scion. Kind of like Apple's Yao-Ming-and-Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) ad with the two PowerBooks . . .
09-27-2003, 12:34 AM
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Re: Eric, are you running for the Tallest Guy in Lowest xB a
Originally Posted by pscionicpowers
eric, you so damn tall and you car is so damn low! are you running for the Tallest Guy in Lowest Car award? ;-)
I would love to see a commercial with some tiny Japanese woman coming down from her perch in a huge Ford Expedition or something, and then you coming out from a lowered down Scion. Kind of like Apple's Yao-Ming-and-Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) ad with the two PowerBooks . . .
I would love to see a commercial with some tiny Japanese woman coming down from her perch in a huge Ford Expedition or something, and then you coming out from a lowered down Scion. Kind of like Apple's Yao-Ming-and-Mini-Me (Verne Troyer) ad with the two PowerBooks . . .
09-27-2003, 11:04 AM
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yeah, those are apartments, you can see them in "Cheris
the only movie with Liz Phair, from what I understand. yeah, they're some kind of yuppie storage. Actually, they're cool to look at but I would feel weird living in them. They might be condos.
09-27-2003, 03:41 PM
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Re: in the first photo i think they were messin' around
Originally Posted by pscionicpowers
that's not me in the first photo. it's a tiny Chinese girl, a bigger Korean dude, and two medium-size white and Indian guys. not me in the photo, I'm just a white boy. that's gary coleman, not me, in the photo
Are the seats that far back in the photos lower down? I'm only 5'11 . . . but I do like them pretty far back usually . . .
thanks for the props, it was a Wheelmax special. Here's the link, those wheels are up to $750 now but they'll have a new $499 special every week in 205/40R17:
http://www.wheelmax.com/Specials/specials.html
cool deal if you don't need 18s and there's a style you like . . .
Actually, Apple DOES pay me, but they should give me a little bonus for the free advertising . . .
joe
Are the seats that far back in the photos lower down? I'm only 5'11 . . . but I do like them pretty far back usually . . .
thanks for the props, it was a Wheelmax special. Here's the link, those wheels are up to $750 now but they'll have a new $499 special every week in 205/40R17:
http://www.wheelmax.com/Specials/specials.html
cool deal if you don't need 18s and there's a style you like . . .
Actually, Apple DOES pay me, but they should give me a little bonus for the free advertising . . .
joe
[wasn't that a song by Hendrix?] heh he
your xB looks Great with those wheels and tires! i can not believe you got them for $500....was that $500 a wheel? heh he
can you get me some custom Apple logos with the New logo coming out for my xB?
that would be Fantastic!!
