The new steering wheel is nice, I love the little protrusions on the top half - makes it feel a little more sporty.

THe glovebox has some kind of mechanism that makes it open smoothly, with a little resistance (I like that alot).

The seats also feel much firmer - probably because mine are more worn after 45K miles. The doors seemed to sound more muted when they shut too.

 

The fresh glovebox probably just has better plastic-to-plastic friction, either from being a tighter fit or not being used much yet. I have had the glovebox on my new '06 out twice for filter and foglight installation. It was such a tight fit that it took very hard sqeezing on the sides to get it out.

The first thing I did was put a sheepskin seat cover on my side to save the seat. On my 1991 Mazda with 150K miles, two sheepskin seat covers have worn themselves thin while keeping the original seat fabric like new. However, the old foam cushion has softened with age, and I am thinking of buying a new wrecked xB bottom seat for the future, while they are still easy to get.

 

Where did you get the seat cover? I'm interested in finding some seat covers that fit the xB nicely.

 

I got it from this place. Luxury Low Back Cover for 2006 Toyota Corolla (Scion not listed, like it's not listed for SensaTracs):

http://sheepskin.com/viewItem.asp?It...overs&Search=N

Black color matched the xB interior, and it fits perfectly. I wished I had ordered their cleaning kit at the same time to save shipping.

 

www.scionshoppe.com makes some very nice ones. I love them!

 

I had alot of people say the same thing about my RS3, everyone said the seats felt bigger...

 

If you want to cover all the seats, cheap sheepskins would be too expensive even if they were made for the rear seats.

The kind of seat cover(s) also depends on what you want to accomplish. If you want to protect all the seats against dirt and stains, light covers wil do. For a heavily used driver's seat, a light cover may shift or wrinkle a little, and not be thick enough to last a long time at heavy friction points.

I use sheepskin because I only need to protect the driver's seat, sheepskins are so thick that they don't shift or wrinkle, and it takes a long time for them to wear thin at friction points. The main friction point is the left edge of the seat back bolster, and another is the left edge of the bottom seat cushion. These points get rubbed on every entrance and exit.