shortbus55

Hey everyone. I'm new here. I did a search on here for this topic but only got a result for the tC not the xB. Anyways, I have a 2005 xB that I'm looking for tires for. I've always been a fan of Tonka toys and my goal is to kinda make my own lifesize Tonka.
I chose the xB because it's different from the rest of the cars out there. What I'm looking for in tires is some that have the raised white letters on the sidewall. I haven't had any luck finding anything online and wasn't sure if anyone out there knew if
they existed in the stock size for my car. I'm going to hopefully get new rims at some point too but right now I can only afford tires and I need them badly as the stock ones are worn down so bad. Anyone have any ideas?

The tires with raised white lettering would help to make my Scion look more like a Tonka like I'm wanting. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them.
Thanks so much! I think I accidentally posted this the first time in the tC section or something. I apologize for that. I'm new

socalscion

i had the same question a few months ago when i was getting tires.
intitally i wanted some goodyears, but they ones i wanted from pictures i've seen weren't available. they make a NASCAR set with raised white letters, but they are pricey.

so what i did get, and i am reely happy with are my BF Goodrich Radial T/A.
i shopped around for this tire to get a good price. most prices wanted to quote me $75 or more per tire. but i was able to fine a dealer that would match the internet price.
if your from LA cali, i can give you the shop info

shortbus55

I'm actually in Maryland but that information helps. I'll try to look them up. Are they the stock size? how do they look? do you have a picture? Thanks so much!!

socalscion

they are a little wider then stock size like a 195 opposed to 185 stock, pics on the way

shortbus55

sweet. They are good tires though right? I don't like the Goodyears that the car came with. they suck in the rain and they wore tread down too quickly. can't wait to see pictures! Thanks so much.

socalscion

here's the pic, sorry's its not that great, but it wll give you the general idea.

the ride good, and are lasting even with aggressive driving. i those these just incase i got 15x8 rims.

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shortbus55

awesome. they look good!! I'll have to check them out online. thanks so much for your help!!

socalscion

ye the stock goodyears only lasted me BARELY 20k, then i had Falken Azenis(for autoX) which i took off because i wanted longevity and a quiter ride. these are BFgoodrich are doing pretty good though. i have more than 20K on em, car has 65K on it

gudluck

grizzly_choppers

OR you can just get any damn tire you want and letter them yourself.

I bought something like this for mine:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180020064086

Only eBay thing on my car actually.

Worked pretty good as long as I don't scrub it off on a curb or in a really tight turn going too fast. Cheap too!



-Alex

shortbus55

If I was any good at doing stuff like that I would but I'd be too afraid they wouldn't come out right! But good idea anyways.

randomsuper

great find grizzly. does the ink or whatever it is wear off with tire dressing?

ChampionJeep

This is my favorite xB. This is the setup I wanted to run but the rims are more than I wanted to pay. But, I just bought some 15x8 and will be running the white raised letters sometime soon

BOXMAN

Its cool to see someone willing to try something different congrats to all who have already done this MOD

shortbus55

That's a cool xB!

I think the raised white letters give it a more rugged look. Like Tonkas Now I'm going to have my own life sized one

RTon20s

Those ATS Cups are by far my favorite 15" wheels for the xB. Only problem is trying to find them in 15x8. Much harder than finding the 15x7 version.

Flecs

you better get it painted yellow!

shortbus55

I went with the BF Goodrich Radial T/A's that SocalScion suggested. I like the way they look on his xB and I think they're exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks so much for your help everyone. Maybe soon I'll have a picture of my toaster on here

Gothbox

Yea I also wanted to white letter tires, so I as well made my own, I am running a 195/50/15 size tire.

ChampionJeep

Finding the 15x8 wasn't the problem. Tunershop could get them I didn't feel lke paying close to $300 a rim was the problem for me. If it wasn't a daily driver I would have been all over it.

RTon20s

Tunershop's price is actualy only $179 ea. plus hsipping for 15x8. They run $321 ea. with tires.