I know the xb isnt meant for offroad but I was thinking it would be cool to make it a little more capable over rought terrain. Not thinking of installing rear wheel drive or anything, but what about putting larger tires and/or raising the xb? I know larger tires would need the odometer to be recalculated (i dont know how to do that) and that a higher car would mean less sporty ride, but I was thinking it would be nice to add a few inches of clearance from the 5 inch to 7 or so. That way you could at least clear stuff. Some 2 wheel drive vehicles do fairly well offroad because of their clearance. I was surprised how well my dads 2wd ranger handled an offroad trail.

Anyone ever do this, any ideas? It might look like a small toyota FJ

 

the newer xB's are far more capable than the first gen, however you have to realize it is FWD and it wont do as well as your dads 2wd ranger, because the ranger is RWD.

however, with its 2.4liter engine, some motor work, a 2-3" lift, skid plates, maybe some 33" tires, you could do some off roading, and i think it would look pretty cool too.

 

I wonder if its possible to use the stock rims but put larger tires on them...
Is it easy to have odometers recalibrated?
Is getting it raised simply a matter of new springs?

 

i took my gen1 off roading with the stock tires/suspension.. i know the gen2 is different but may have similar problems.. the damage i had was the winshield cracked from the stress of the frame and chassis

 

 

I think FWD would have the advantage off-road because there more weight on the drive wheels. It's like getting the better half of 4WD.

We had snow one year here in SC (rare occassion). I had an S-10 at the time and it wouldn't move. My wife's FWD Intrepid drove like there was no snow (at low speed of course).

 

Any info on this thing?

 

Yeah that thing is cool. Lifted with those wheels and tires it looks like a mini G-Class Merc. The fake mud spots are kinda cheesy though.

 

It's blood spaltter, calling card of a particular artist.

Info on that box here: c16mag

 

please do this? i've gotta see the xb2 lifted...it would look hella sick.

 

Im trying to find out how. Ill have to find a local offroad/4x4 shop and ask them about options.

 

Yeah, the S-10 is like the opposite of the Intrepid because of the bed in the back and RWD there is very little weight on the drive wheels, unless you had a camper shell on there or something to add weight in the back.

 

This XB Truck was at Sema 2006.





Google image search: Sema 2006 xb truck and you should be able to link to an article on Truck Trends to read more about it.

 

If you painted it brown it would kinda look like the A-TEAM van "I pity da foo" but smaller. I kinda like the idea too, and front wheel drive vehicles do really well in the snow actualy and as stated above, there's more weight over the tires. Take a close look at this one, you can see the engine is still pretty close to stock he eight

 

Wow, nice scion. It doesnt look 4x4 though...
Snow isnt really an issue for me... i live in hawaii. One thing i was thinking about recently was that should i have to drive through deep water more clearance is better. Not going to take it to the beach or anything but sometimes certain roads here flood a bit.

 

Found this pic
Still waiting to see the new gen xB lifted

 

Heres a pic i photoshopped a while back.

 

Not bad, looks pretty good, like the design

 

i dunno this idea seems pretty stupid why wouldnt u just get a different car/truck if u want to go offroading. I dont think the 08 xb was really designed or meant for that. I wouldnt waste the money on the mods for that.

 

TO BE DIFFERENT! Thats what scion is all about remember, sure there are thousands of people droping there boxes but you would be a lot more prone to stare if you saw one raised a few inches with some off road tires on it. Mind you thats not whats its made for but you could probably do it for about the same price you could buy a 2wd rav4, but really its because it would be different, if scion made an off road vehicle i would be happy to buy it but for now mabey ill just have to settle for a lifted xB