Under $3000
 

I am new 2011 XB owner and was wondering what can you do to your car for under $3000. I have had mine almost 3 weeks and have gone Scikotic last week and purchased a truckload of mods:

Phase 1
18" tires and wheels
StopTech Stage II Drilled / Slotted Brake kit
Rear Spoiler
TRD Strut Bar
NF210 Drop Springs
Fujita Cold Air Intake
HID conversion
Sharfin Antenna

Its amazing what you can get for about $2500

I will post some pics as I place the parts on.

Nice, but i would of saved the money on the brakes until you needed them. Why change out brand new brakes? My friend has a brand new xb too he doing some crazy things too

Nice mods, and I too woulda saved on the breaks. Will be cool no doubt.

I got such a screaming deal on the brakes that I figured why not??? Those drilled and slotted rotors look soooo sweet and the pads are an upgrade. Like I said I went a little "scikotic". . .:money: Make your full judgement when you see the pics in about a week.

I would have put about a grand into a sound system.

What kinda stereo would you put in for a grand? I am open to ideas that's what a forum is for. Something with navigation would be nice. Would you change out all the speakers also? It currently has the Scion / alpine deck.. It could use a sub, nothing too big as use this car as a daily driver and like having room for stuff. Thanks for your input.

What color do you have?

and yeah i mean the break willbe cool, but with that kind of money you could've done a better suspension then the springs, or gone for sounds. but cool mods none the less

i would of gone, ksport coilovers,wheels/tires; and that probably would of been 3 grand, but thats just me.

Slooooooow down man lol... take it from me don't go to fast because the deals are out there. I learned the hard way. Make some contacts... there are deals to be had.

The brakes on our cars suck. Its probably going to be one of my next upgrades. You go around 3-4 corners with hard breaking and there heated up and no stopping power. Brakes are important to me. If you wanna go fast through corners need to have them

i bought my car with 18k and the brakes where gone so where the front tires. those shts do suck but, i would of held out on the brakes till atleast 15k-ish.

The brakes on our cars "suck" for who? The target market, or someone who wants to race an econobox? The brakes on mine are solid, but I just drive, no drifting involved -- they stop plenty good in normal traffic situations.

Let's be real, Toyota doesn't sell the xB setup for racing. If that's your intention, then recognize up front that you're going to have to spend more than some $16K odd to get there!

Under $3000?

I would've went turbo!

If I had $3,000 laying around to put towards my xB, that would be the first thing that would cross my mind. The first. Screw sound, screw suspension, screw dynamating. I'm talking full-blooded turbo. And then I'd pair that up with a dual exhaust setup. Oh my God. YOu can't tell, but I'm drooling right now.

Your Ideas
 

I would like to hear some your ideas of what you drivers could do to car for under $3k. and the purpose for you car in the following Categories: Racing, Show, Commuter, Fun. I realize $3k can go very fast!!! but its a good start and there are many deals to be had if your patient. Many of us don't have the luxury of putting $10K-$15K in a car all at once but over a period of time we can build some very nice rides. Here is a link to my first build that took about 5+ years to complete. Patience is my middle name as you can tell from this build

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/662136

its alot more than 3k to go turbo.
turbo kit,ecu,injectors,fmic kit wastegate etc...

nice start, whats next?

http://trdsparks.com/displayparts.ph...&parts_id=3278

That's the first thing that popped in to mind. lol Not sure what "tuner-friendly" is, but whatever.

EDIT: Never mind, I just read the print from TRD Sparks: "For those that want to use their own fuel and engine management we can offer you the 'tuner friendly' version."

Hey StreetPilot,

You are definately off to a great start with great choices in quality parts. I would add on a good quality exhaust, swap bars, and a set of headers if you aren't going forced induction. If you do have a chance of going force induction you can always sell off the headers, maybe exhaust, and intake.

$450 for a Pioneer AVH P4200, find a deal on here or craigslist for a nice amp/sub combo for about 300-400, or go with maybe 200 for a sub/amp, and another 2-300 for speakers and an amp.

THE CAR ONLY HAS ONE HEADER its not a v6 where we have 2 headers. it put a header in your car.....

The breaks on the xB don't suck. An xB is made for normal everyday driving, you really shouldn't going that fast around corners anyway. Why? because it's one of the least aerodynamic cars out there. I don't see why you would have to speed up around corners.

Yea I know? But thats why I would buy brakes. Couple turns and the brakes are rendered useless from overheating. Thats why I would spend the 500 dollars to get front and rear rotors pads and lines just to have some fun weekend driving

As my car sits right now with just tires and wheels it handles better then my 3000gt did what it had wheels and lowering springs around corners near my house. I live in the boondocks basically with lots of fun roads to drive. If it wasn't for the brakes I would love to go out driving in it. But after a few turns you get to worried about going any sort of speed to enter into a corner. I know we have a basic car, but that doesn't mean the car can't be fun with just a few mods to make ti brake and handle well

You can get refurbished ones off ebay for around 300 or so depending on the times you look. I got 2 pioneer shalow 12s and a class D 500 watt rms amp for 350. Then maybe around 40 bucks to build the box. If you use ebay you can get everything brand new or refurbished with a 2 year warrenty for cheap as hell. The amp I got is high quailty to. Alpine v-power class D

I own a company that makes steel braided brake lines. I can make you some braided brake lines that you will be able to feel after installing. I've made them for the whole spectrum of scions and they're are DOT approved and Test for leaks and imperfections. I thought I might throw the offer out there. PM me I'll my fellow Gen2'ers up ;)

The Alpine HU makes a decent starting point for a good system. One of the first mods that i did was to replace the el cheapo Pioneer speaker that came with all xB's and replaced them with Focal 165A1 components in the front door (about $275 insalled). It made all the difference in the world!!! Plans call for Focal 165 CA1's in the rear doors and a JL Audio 4 channel amp. Also on tap is the JL stealth box sub. I talked to JL and they said that the Stealbox for the 2008-10 xB does not fit the 2011. Hopefully it won't be long before they come out with a Stealthbox that will fit the 2011's.

Tedwash,

Did you need to add the amp to hear the difference? I would like to do a speaker upgrade and I know Focal's are sweeeeet sounding. Thanks for comments.

The Focal's are more efficient than the stock Pioneers. I am more into Sound Quality than Sound Pressure Levels. The difference was immediately noticeable. The mid-bass was more pronounced and the highs were not shrill. I think that the Alpine is rated at 50w/ch. Unless you are into window shaking bass, you should be OK until you complete some of those other mods on your list. If your are like me and spend a fair amount of time in your car and love music, replacing the stock speakers are one of the best bangs for your buck.

Tedwash, your right adding speakers makes it sound like a real stereo! The difference is Night and Day!! The stock speakers were crap like an old am radio compared to sound I hear out of the new speakers. I will be waiting awhile for sub as I think I have spent enough to get me through the summer...unless and absolutely killer deal comes my way. . .

That's a nice list of parts you got listed and bought! Sounds to be like a good start. You got a little left over to the $3k mark, get a sway bar package!!
-Joe

Phase 1 Completed
 

Today the last part of my order came: Konig Airstrikes 18x8s Wrapped in Yokahamas.