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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 11:26 PM
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I just recently hit 100,000 miles on the xB and decided it was looking a bit poor. I decided to give it a mild face lift, mostly to keep myself from trading it in and having another car payment. Installed Sonar projector headlamps, Grillcraft mesh upper and lower grills, Enkei RPF1's 15x7 35 offset. I'm thinking it was the best money I have spent in many years, take a look...sorry for the quality, Iphone 3 photos
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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Looks good! Its always nice to see those who have had their boxes for awhile, giving them a "refresher"!
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RPFs are a great choice. Congrats!
Old Aug 19, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Those grills really set it off. Good job
Old Aug 19, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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How easy was the install for the upper grille? I am highly interested in getting that!
Old Aug 19, 2011 | 09:14 PM
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Damn nice job, and it is clean too! My poor box would need at least that mush $$ in just paint/body work to look that nice. I keep eyeing those mesh grills and sonars but every time the box is behind my tC I remember how ungodly bright silverstar ultras are in the stock lamps

...nice looking facelift though, and you can hardly see the scars!
Old Aug 19, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ajcadoo
How easy was the install for the upper grille? I am highly interested in getting that!
If you go to the grillcraft website, you can download/look at the install instructions, very straight forward
Old Aug 19, 2011 | 11:19 PM
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needs some ventvisors IMO as well....
Old Aug 19, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ROCKLANDTOYOTA
needs some ventvisors IMO as well....
Trying to decide between ESAMS or WeatherTech ones, I really like the look of the ESAMS, but they cost almost 3 times the WeatherTech ones I was looking at.
Old Aug 19, 2011 | 11:56 PM
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Dig the wheels never been a big fan of the headlights..You can pick up a set of knock off esams for around100 bucks...only diff is the clips..
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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Awesome wheels, best mpgs of any wheel! haha.

Although I think some rear hub spacers would make your car look a lot better.
http://www.2zero6factory.com/#!hub-spacers
Old Aug 21, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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that looks great. Where did you get the grills from?
Old Aug 22, 2011 | 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Stealth97
that looks great. Where did you get the grills from?

I ordered my lights and grills from http://www.carid.com/2006-scion-xb-accessories/
Old Aug 22, 2011 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by NBTXxB
Trying to decide between ESAMS or WeatherTech ones, I really like the look of the ESAMS, but they cost almost 3 times the WeatherTech ones I was looking at.
hands down go esams
Old Aug 23, 2011 | 04:25 AM
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The Ebay esams are a 1/4 the price and decent enough quality. Many, many people run them.
Old Aug 23, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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Nice new look. Do the headlights have Halos?
Old Sep 5, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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very nice! do you have springs installed?
Old Sep 5, 2011 | 03:26 PM
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Looking good. I used to get sick of my car/truck after 6-8 months, so would get something else. Then I got my box, and almost 5 years later, love it more than ever. But to cure my old ways, i do need to do a little facelift every year or so. In fact, getting ready to head out to the garage to start painting it!



Originally Posted by Zman
Although I think some rear hub spacers would make your car look a lot better.
http://www.2zero6factory.com/#!hub-spacers

Thanks dood. I agree, bringing the rears out at least even with the fronts will really improve the stance. I'd go 15mm.
Old Sep 6, 2011 | 06:34 AM
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good choice of parts, your xB1 will love you for many more miles!!!
Old Oct 12, 2011 | 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Reactor
RPFs are a great choice. Congrats!
+1 Always liked RPFs.
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