yup, he has shaved handles/antenna. And its a flat black paint. I believe thats his friends (crabs) chopped 1st gen xB.

The doors and antenna are shaved. However, the side doors need more work to smooth them out perfectly. But we were tired of the primer patches. The car is a LOW GLOSS black Kinda like a satin finish and the grills and side mirrors are painted as well. They were just some rattle can my buddy had in his warehouse. We were experimenting with the colors to see which looked better.

I have not tinted the tails but the red tails and red bumper reflectors really pop now that the back is black.

I am debating retinting the headlights and tinting the tails. Also planning on painting the wheels blue to match.

This was more of a temporary paint job to cover the primer patches. we didnt get the door jambs or under hood or anything.

Once I fix the rear door and bumper from an accident we will have the car repainted completely. Will be doing final paint hopefully next year after I fix it and get my tax money.

As for the 1st gen in the backround. That is my buddy Crab's Chop Box. He is the one who painted my car It has been chopped and the rear moved forward to make it like a mini truck. He has put some time into finishing it and getting it cleaned up. He actually got it from some others who did the chop and the finish work was crappy.

now you just need set of badass wheels *hint hint* :P

satin looks good, i was just about to ask if you had gotten a chance to fix up the rear door yet. Coming along nicely though i've never been a fan of painted grills.. do love multi-color mirrors though.

i wonder what became of the xD we had around here that was made into a 2 door

Pics resolve??

Damn Resolve.......... That blue really "pops" against the satin black. Should look really bad a$$ with matching wheels. I wonder... could the tails be tinted a similar blue to get the same contrast from the rear?

The good thing about this forum... It gives a person a LOT of ideas and desires to go ape sh*& on their car.

The bad thing about this forum... It gives a person a LOT of ideas and desires to go ape sh*& on their car. :)

Thanks everyone.

This may be a really dumb question.....but with the shaved handles, how do you open the doors?

Very dumb question indeed... lol jk ... ii think majority who do gots controls like a viper control to pop the doors open

Haha, thanks for clearing that up.

With the shaved doors you have a solenoid that attaches to the latch mechanism inside the door and a normally a remote as stated that controls the solenoid.

my setup is a four door setup the control box is a seven function control box so I could control 3 additional functions with my remote if I wire the additional items to the control box. The remote has four buttons and each button controls a door. I don't have the "poppers" in the door jambs. I started to put one in when I got it and some stuff behind panel I was putting it on got in the way. I will get the on just need to work on it.

The "poppers" are normally small spring loaded bars that compress when the door is shut and when you hit the button to activate the solenoid the spring and bar pushes the door out past the latch. The are not needed to open the door though I normally put my finger beind the door and push the button and pull the door to open it.

Looks good. Is that yours that ended up in a magazine, or something to aspire to?

damn he took my idea :emotions122:

pretty sick tho. ii like it!

time to come up with something different now lol

And what was your idea? lol

couple more from last night...
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/...1d7aa7e0_z.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6149/...b0d97dd0_z.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/...e6ed2a0d_z.jpg

having a vip touch to the xd lol ... but ima go a different route now lol

@xd_kidd, Oh ok.

@XBJames, what kind of camera are you using? Those are really sharp pics.

thanks im using just a d5000 for these shots. i used the 50mm and my 12-24mm lens's for these shots

Now if only you lived in the Jacksonville florida area. lol

hey James, what kind of suspension set up are you running? did you have to do any mods or adjustments to make those deep ass wheels fit with that drop?

@kidd-what's wrong with the VIP thing. what other things you gonna do? everyone says mine is VIP, but i don't think it is. lol. i thought i was going for a clean look.
@james-sick, love when rides are put together very clean. like sweet asked what else you got doing on in the xD?

@kidd you shouldnt stop what you were planning on doing. Everyone has different styles and vision on how there car should be set up

@katchkillah - i got some seats im trying to re upholster if that all fails i got some good deals on some leather seat covers. The wheels are from my xb, I did pick up some vsxxx that im trying to rebuild for the xD tho.

looking good, love it....

a few more pics of Nora it was hot as f#%&!! lol

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...abyboi/030.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...abyboi/032.jpg

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...abyboi/031.jpg

I never said I hated them nd I'm jst tryn to do something different is all so everyone chill out lol .. and ii think ima just try autocrossing next yr lol. looks like fun lol

Lookin' good Kevin. :)

Snapped a few pics of the xD the other day with my HTC Thunderbolt...

Scenic:

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...AG0354-1-1.jpg

Avodale Meet & Greet:

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...IMAG0308-1.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...IMAG0307-1.jpg

Nice :)

Sure wish that RS front bumper cover was easily obtainable for us mere mortals.

hey Sub, what is the piece sticking up by your wiper cowl above the hood? is that some kind of air vent or something?

and i am giving the heads up now...dropped off a ton of interior parts for paint yesterday! gonna be sweet! will have pics up in a couple days when i get them back with fresh paint.

heres how i sit as of now. hopefully have those interior pics by next week.

cool. keep us posted.


@kidd-it's all good. just meant do what you feel is right what makes you happy. thats all. :bleh:

Thats exactly what it is. Its mostly for looks but it does function by moving cooler air down into the engine bay. Its a 1 off piece he made awhile back

I would have jokingly guessed that it was a hood/cowl mount tach like used to come on the '70's GTO's :)

[QUOTE=1sweetxd;11460]hey Sub, what is the piece sticking up by your wiper cowl above the hood? is that some kind of air vent or something?

It's a wiper cowl that allows air to flow through to the engine bay...Awhile back my car was to be turbo'd and my turbo was going to sit directly below the vent...Well the turbo never panned out but i liked the look of the cowl plus I have a short ram intake...Any cooler air into the bay must help right...

Here is the original post: http://www.scionxdforum.com/forum/sh...ght=wiper+cowl

sorry for the crappy picture quality. just got them back last night. will hopefully get some overall better pictures up this weekend or something.

looks good

lol very nice.. A LOT OF GREEEEEEEN! My buddy would love it. He has a green lantern themed xB

fyi....also just ordered a new set of springs. its time to get rid of the gap in the fender wells.

getting a set of Tein S-Techs. getting rid of the TRDs.

and a great coincidence....the S-techs are green!! lmao

i'd like to have S-techs, but i'll have to settle with the TRDs on it already. the roads are too rough to go any lower.