Nah, that's fine. Great minds think alike. I went with the silver to match the TRD wheels and bring them into the whole scheme.

 

Yeah I'm almost thinking about getting some black rims to match the vinyl, I'm usually not a fan of black rims though but it might look good on my xb.

 

Maybe some in Gloss black with machined spokes. All black wheels to me look too much like steelies without the hubcaps.
Or do the vinyl in flat black and get some super lightweight flat black 15" wheels.
It all depends on your style. Do what feels right. To heck with what others say. It's the Scion way.

 

Posted some new pics to show how the paint job went. This wasn't all that was painted but it's the only heavily damaged parts that had to be reformed and painted, etc. Next is a new windshield because the current one is cracked.

 

wow, it looks like new. You shave the wiper or license plate while you're at it.

 

damn it looks like new....great work

 

Thanks, tomorrow I'll have pics of it with all the tape off and such, maybe with the new vinyl on it too. As for shavin anything I'm not planning on it yet.

 

Very nice so far. How did the paint end up matching. I forgot to mention that if you had to spray the hatch that you might want to fill the wiper hole. The wiper is pretty much useless any how. Plus if you add a sub it will bounce up and down when it hits.

 

thats some great bodywork...i wish i could work with metal that good...i would have just slapped bondo on it and painted and been done...hahaha...

 

hmm yeah I wish I would have shaved the wiper, maybe I'll do it later this year but then I'd have to get the whole gate painted again. The wiper might actually be useful if snow covers the rear window, less for me to brush off.

 

Forgot about the snow factor but being so straight up and down snow mostly falls off. You'll see what I mean during the winter. Your dad has mad skills bro.

 

Thanks, I also have a 2000 S-10 Xtreme (currently trying to sell because I got my xB because the s10 blows in the winter.) that me and my dad worked on. Heres a pic of the Cadillac tail lights we put in



We had to transform the end of the box to get the tail lights to fit in and look smooth, I think it turned out great,. Also some custom paint on there you can see.

 

box is coming along well

 

The caddy tails look right at home on the s-10. That would be the perfect truck to drop a small block into.

 

Nice work man! looks great!

 

Tomorrow the windshield gets replaced and all the parts are in, I have the vinyl on, and I'll take pics then.

 

New pics up, ugly ___ steelies though!

 

Talk to Ed at Peruzzi Scion ... he has boxes of Scion hub caps for you winter wheels.

 

Turned out VERY NICE! If you are stuck using the steelies you could clearcoat them to freshen them up. Then get some stainless trim rings and chrome lugs. There are also some centercaps that are sold by NAPA to finish off the look. Part numbers are in a thread in the wheel/tire forum.

 

I might just go with some hubcaps, I found 4 I could get on ebay for like 45$ so thats not bad