Here's a couple pix of my 'D from the Scion 2008 East Coast Show of Champions in Baltimore, MD on August 3rd. It actually won 1st place in the xD division...
The SCION body graphics on the sides and rear bumper are reflective at night, and I just got my personalized Vanity License Plate "CYLON XD" about two weeks ago...

More pix of my xD at the link in my signature...





In the Winner's Lineup after the show...

 

Very nice Navy Blue. Congratulations !!!
I still can't decide if I want that rear spoiler or not ))
What is Cylon ??

 

Hey everyone!

just wanted to share most up to date pics with everyone of the project. Right now it's in its final phases of work and yes the car has been running. It was at Scion United last month. Currently, we are redoing the fuel system and will be using a fuel safe fuel cell, and newer stronger axles are being made. Anyhow enjoy the pics!








Exterior
Magma Orange Paint job
5axis models lip kit
2 tone accents
Stickers

Exterior
Sparco Evo3 seats w/ custom brackets
Oink Fabrications custom roll cage
NRG steering wheel
NRG quick release
NRG short hub
Crowe Harnesses

Engine
Complete 3s-gte engine swap by JRX Performance
JRX performance Custom front mount intercooler w/ Injen piping
JRX performance Custom race Radiator w/ custom mounts
Custom radiator fans
Engine polishing all by Injen
The Warehouse k24 turbo upgrade
ARC oil cap
Greddy type RS blow off valve
JRX performance Custom turbo manifold
JRX performance Custom downpipe
DC sports exhaust system
JRX performance custom axles

Suspension, Brakes and frame work
Oink Fabrication full stitchwelded chasis
JBT 4 piston big brake kit w/ stainless steel lines
KW variant 3 coilovers

Wheels and tires
19x8 Enkei RPF1 wheels
225/35R19 Toyo T1R tires

Audio and Electronics
Valor dvd 7” double din in dash head unit
Memphis Car Audio S Class 16-SC4.55 (1)
Memphis Car Audio S Class 16-SC1.500 (2)
Memphis Car Audio M Class 10” Subwoofers (2)
Memphis Car Audio M Class 6.5” Component speakers (2)
Memphis Car Audio wiring kit
Microtech standalone ECU

 

^^Please excuse me while I go change my pants!

 

Well, I'm a big Science Fiction fan; Cylons are the rebellious robot servants in the current SciFi Channel TV series Battlestar Galactica (also the original network show of the same name from the 1980's). Kind of a similar idea as the robots in the movie "I Robot" with Will Smith...

Cylon is just a play on the word Scion, and I've even heard people "not in the know" pronouce Scion as Cylon, lol! Also, in the tv show they refer to the Cylons as 'Toasters', a term we also use to describe the boxy xB, and the xD has been referred to as the "Mini-Toaster"... Anyway, you could look at our cars as a kind of robot, taking us where we want to go... So that's the whole jist of it...

And yeah, I bought the car without the larger spoiler, I thought at the time it looked better with just the small stock spoiler, but I later decided to put an aftermarket one one to make it look "sportier". Now that it's on, I really like the look - it grows on you...

 

Hey M2, I especially like all the sound-deadening material that was added to the inside of the cabin to improve the tonal quality of that audio system, heheh...!

 

AHHH, I get it ! Something like the Scionsformer below ?? ))

 

Frakking toaster... nice ride blue.

 

 

Yeah, you got it!... I saw that scionsformer posted somewhere else, nice artwork!

Hey Sodo - some of my Frakkin' friends told me I need to put a Cylon scanner in the front grill yet, lol - what do you think?! Bzzz-whzzz...

Then I could transfer a Cylon virus program into any car in front of me that ____es me off...

 

wow all this Cylon talk has caused Battle Star Galactica banners to start to appear on this site
there was a guy in my old neighborhood that had a Sienna minivan with a red light on the front like KITT had. is that what you are talking about

 

Yeah, very similar, only KITT's was 6 or 7 individual lights in a row that lit up back and forth; the Cylon scanner is one single red light that physically moves back and forth, so that would be a little harder to recreate if I wanted to build something like it... Have to mount a single red bulb on a belt drive or something...

 

Nice looking rims.

 

Hi Cylon

Vehicle is on tour with Memphis Car Audio this year for the hot import nights tour. A lot of my previous project vehicles have ran 150+ db sound systems with no dynamat and no rattles. This vehicle will be doing time attack next year and the system comes out. it's a temporary thing.

 

yeah, i was just pulling your leg about that, it just looked kinda funny having a big audio system in a car with all that bare metal showing - of course, if it's a powerful enough system,, you ain't gonna be able to hear any reverberrating audio bouncing around in the cabin over the audio level - just drown it right out, lol!

 

it's actually not that big of an audio system 2 10's and 2 sets of components. just a basic system w/ the new compact amps =) it's being redone post sema to just speakers because the rear end of the car will just hold a fuel cell.

-Mike

 

wished it came with rear brakes...

 

 

How does one find out about shows like this? Is there a listing anywhere?

 

There's threads all over ScionLife in the regional forums..