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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 01:48 AM
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I would like to know how long did it take you to do your 1st modding on your XB when you got the it ? :D
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 01:52 AM
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I had my intake 2 weeks before my car was available.

Installed it, ground kit after 4 miles stock.
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 01:54 AM
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Don't know if it's a mod but I added the TYC tailights first...
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BBIST_XB
I would like to know how long did it take you to do your 1st modding on your XB when you got the it ? :D
badges were off the back end within 15 min. of being in the driveway.
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 02:08 AM
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taillights, fog lights, tint....3 days.
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 02:09 AM
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My first mod was the rear wiper.. i took it off about 3 days after i got it, and that same day the badges..
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 02:11 AM
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oh yeah.. taillights and tint.. that same day also..
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Taillights, Headlights(projectors), Tint, Hood, Spoiler, Rims/Tires, SRI 1-2 weeks after purchase.

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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 02:51 AM
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about 30 minutes. debadge FTW!
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Well I don't consider debading a "mod" but that was done within the first hour of ownership. Along with the OEM armrest installed.

I put Vinyl on the rear quarter windows a year later. Got window visors but they broke during shipping.
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 03:39 AM
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I drove from the dealer to the wheel shop, then put on the rear spoiler, tails, and new shift ****. Next day I put in subs and had the windows tinted. Got the cruise installed about a week later.
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 04:31 AM
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Hmmm--hard to remember. I think I got the color matched intake and front strut bar about a month after I got the car. Then Wheels and springs about a week or two later.
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Originally Posted by 06B0X
Well I don't consider debading a "mod" but that was done within the first hour of ownership. Along with the OEM armrest installed.
Debadgind isn’t a mod but armrest install is? Is that because the armrest install required a screw driver?
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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CAI two days after it came home.
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i got a head unit tv put in the next day
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Originally Posted by boxerinabox
Originally Posted by 06B0X
Well I don't consider debading a "mod" but that was done within the first hour of ownership. Along with the OEM armrest installed.
Debadgind isn’t a mod but armrest install is? Is that because the armrest install required a screw driver?
Agreed....

It took me two hours after I had it to start putting cathodes under the seats, make a tint shop appt., and have my HID kit ordered.
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I think a mod is ANYTHING added to or taken off of a stock box - no matter how small. Sure, adding seat covers isn't gonna win you MOD of the year award, but it still is a change nonetheless!@#

Having said this, my 1st mod was making a hole in the small cubby hole right above the glove box...

why? ;]

I am using a laptop in my xB and wanted to hide all necessary wires. I made this hole and ran my power wire and audio wire (connected to the aux. sound input ) through this hole... when I take my tablet laptop out of the car, i simply hide the wires and POOF! you cant tell there was anything in my car! the interior looks completely stock! ;]

Check the link in my profile to see what i did... and dr00l! ;]
- sh00k

* PS - a lot of people don't considering what I do in my xB (using a tablet laptop for navigation, music, movies, etc) a mod.... To all those people - i tell them to kiss my a$$ - twice.
Old Sep 1, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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i had mine a couple weeks before i added the 3rd brake light applique

Old Sep 1, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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I had my projectors a week before i got the box...then shims 2 weeks later then shoes/cf spoiler. too many cc and leds to list, strobes, drop, vinyl, grille. and I've only had it 3 months...
Old Sep 3, 2006 | 03:02 AM
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I had my upgrades in box sitting in my house for two months hahaha. Just two weeks ago did I put the first one in.



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