matt_a

Nice! If I were to ship you a car, would you be able to do another Solar Yellow one? How much?
Also, do you know where I can find one that looks a little more stock? My wife would want one that looks more like her actual car...not quite so slammed.

n2htwlz

Im not sure if there is a stock looking diecast car of the xb. I know there is a plastic model kit availabe. Check ebay maybe. Placing a price on painting such a small item is hard, concidering the cost of the paint and all. I painted Tims at the same time I painted the interior parts. It still needs to be taken apart, sanded and door panels masked off with tape the glued back together bacause all the tabs have to be ground off with a dremel. Its a big job for a small car for what you would be wanting to pay.

YELOSUB

Step #1: Disconnect the battery (most important step, I disconnected both + and -)
Step #2: Loosen the two torx srews on the steering wheel. They do not need to be
completely removed. Lift airbag away but remember it is connected by wires
still. Pull it far enough out so that you can get to the wires
Step #3: Unplug the wire that goes from the air bag unit into the steering column
Step #4: Next you will see two plugs that plug into the back of the air bag. One is
Black and the other is Orange. Lift up the yellow tab/clip looking thing on
the Black one. It will only lift about an 1/8 of an inch. Now pull the Black
plug off of the air bag. Do the same for the Orange clip. You should be
done and the air bag is now in your hand
Step #5: Tape the loose wires with electrical type to keep them from touching
(not sure anything will happen if they touch but I taped mine to be safe)
Step #6: Reconnect the battery
Step #7: Your air bag light will remain on, no big deal. It will go off when you
reinstall the air bag. If your maintenance light or check engine light
comes on, reset it by making sure your odometer is set to show your
vehicle mileage, not your trip mileage. Turn off car. Push in and hold
your odometer reset button and turn the key to on position. Hold it for
approx 5 seconds, your odometer will return to your vehicle mileage and
the light should be out
Step #8: Find your nearest painter.
Step #9: To reinstall, follow these steps in reverse order. Good luck

eggie

I agree with the too much yellow, but the engine bay looks good.

Prototype_xB

maybe too much yellow, but certainly accents the ride!



btw, where'd you find the toy car!? Is it a Jada toy?

YELOSUB

I'm really not sure what toy xB that is. I thought it was the DUB City one but n2htwlz wrote above that it was an import racer xB so I'm really not sure. I got it for free and it was a bright blue color. As far as too much yellow, there is so much more of the interior to paint if someone wanted to but I just had him paint the accented parts. For example, I have seen where the entire speedo pod cluster has been painted but n2htwlz came up with the idea to just two-tone it.

DelayedTurbo

I'm surprised you didn't get the xB emblem on the dash painted yellow.

jayrod

That information helped a great deal! I finished the paint work this evening and it looks awesome. Thanks again for your help!

Big_hungry

Thats a great step by step there. I am about to take of fmy sterring wheel off to paint it and just happened to stumble across that. my lucky night lol

YELOSUB

Hey I just looked at the bottom of the mini xB and it is in fact a Jada toys....

n2htwlz

Yup, made by Jada. Import racer has the interchangeable hood and wheels, the Dubcity has just the car without all the graphics. If you need another set of wheels to paint for your mini xb I have a few sitting here.

YELOSUB

Chris, If I screw up painting the wheels, I will contact you for the extra set

Just_a_Girl

Great job. I wish I lived closer. It was just enough not to overdo it. It really looks good.

It'd be a good time for mine to go in the shop for work like that, both feet in a cast.

XtremeBox05

jsa3mm

I think it the paint looks great. I just think you should get the rearview mirror painted yellow too. Look up into that mirror and...BAM!...yellow rim. It's the small things that count in big ways.

n2htwlz

Ive done that. I can paint the mirror. Just need to ask.


Or how about the shift ****.

Parts painting is all up to the imagination.
I feel the same as some of you do about over doing it with interior paint, the way I see it is if it is already painted then your not over doing it. All the silver trim in the scions are painted silver for those who didnt know.

bBlover

That looks good. The IR xB looks good too!! Is that SY that the IR xB is painted or something else??? I was planning on coloring my Fujimi bB when it comes some sort of yellow.

squirrel

Very nice!

TrappedInABox

looks good but i would have painted the letters on the engine cover black so they dont just blend in. looks great tho.

designone

Wow, thats a lot of yellow. Reminds me of bigbird. Nicely done.