First Round of Mods: Scion xB Wheels, Tint, Exhaust Tip, Undercoating

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Originally Posted by henrylee

This is my wife's car we bought a month ago 8/11.
Got around to do the 1st set of mods on my list:

Scion xB Wheels- 15x6 et39 Bridgestone Potenza 185/60/15 with TPMS

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Already ordered the Toyota Center Caps, should be here next week. And hopefully Fogs and Springs will be next...

Just a little "heads up"/advice. I put the same wheels on my liftback after it's first winter when I lived in New York. The first thing I noticed after putting them on is there is enough space between the spokes that you can really notice the brakes. In my case, after one winter they looked like shit. Rusty and covered with brake dust. My wife noticed (and she's not into cars at all) and asked why it looked so bad. Needless to say, I painted the calipers and drums this summer.

Here's what they looked like when I got em. OEM Scion 7 Spoke wheels on my Yaris. NICE - View Single Post.

And here's what they looked like while I was painting them Painted the Calipers - View Single Post (I don't have a pic of before all of my prep work, but it wasn't pretty and I ended up using a lot of caliper cleaner, a wire brush, sandpaper and a lot of elbow grease to prep them for painting).

Since you live in Massachusetts, it might be worth it to paint them before winter sets in. I'm sure red on a red car would look good, and if that's not your thing they also have a few other less vibrant colors available (at least I know they make silver and black kits). For the back drums I just used a can of black spray-on caliper paint.

Just something to think about, and it's a cheap mod that shows some real attention to detail without standing out at all.