battlebox

good luck man, what seller did you order from?

Reactor

Specrracing. It better be good cuz i'm not nice when i'm not happy.

pandaslayer

WeeMan

biggest waste of money... for me was my cold air intake. i spent bux to get it, and paint it... now its peeling and looks terrible. lucky for me the have CF ones on Ebay now for about the same amount. shoulda just spent the bux to get one that wa actually finished, and not made by me. another mod i hated were my rims. i shoulda waited, not rushed into buying them, and actually saved and shopped around. i bought a set without tires off ebay, and had a pain in the ___ time buying tires locally, only to find out a nicer pair of Rays G-Games would have cost 300 bux less look better, and be a better rim all in all!

cheap headlight bulbs, replaced headlights, had to buy new bulbs, still bought cheap-os, and now regretting the whole headlight swap! coulda saved 200 bux in bulbs and new headlights, and just gotten HID kit!!!! or NICE headlights.

DaveKennedy

What is it about the cargo cover that is bad? Is it poorly made? Does it not roll up easily? Does it break quickly? Any specifics would be great since I'm sure I'll have to get one. I carry lots of gear in my car and I have to have something as a "view block".

Ghost_1

Got the same grill from ebay. I had plans to mod it anyway, but the three grills I have had on the xB so far all need to be mod'd. Buyers beware lol. All I can say is the grill I got is primer color, close to TCM. It's not chrome nor does it fit right. Luckily I got some patience with stuff like that and soon I'll be taking it apart and doing some stuff to it.

and yes so far it's the biggest waste but for 35 bucks I can't complain. I'd rather spend fun time with the B and save 250 for the supercharger fund. lol

vintage42

The strut bar. Installed it at 500 miles and immediately felt no difference. Removed it at 5000 miles and again immediately felt no difference. I saw no reason to keep it in view of these disadvantages:
1. Made it more difficult to install the cruise control module.
2. Prevented the air cleaner lid from being removed, making it more difficult to install the air filter.
3. Interfered with adding fluid to the brake fluid reservoir, making spills more likely.
4. Blocked access to the power steering fluid reservoir.
5. Rubbed against a rubber hose coming out of the engine cover.

Sciontuner

buying a knock-off bodykit, the extra 600 bucks for the real deal is worth it. dont waste 500 on a kit and a grand on a repaint for 2 years of headaches.

SecretAgentMonkey

I bought a pack of three these plastic L-shaped load holder things at Walmart for $10 and I love them. The have velcro on one side so they fasten to the cargo bed easily and they hold all my cargo perfectly still.

SecretAgentMonkey

I'm curious about the quick shift from the dealer. One person on this thread said he liked it. Anyone else wanna chime in on it?

pooder

It's mostly that the dang thing is hard to install and remove, and when it's installed it's in the way all the time. That, and its flexibility makes it fit poorly and not look as good as a ridgid piece would look. Of course, it wouldn't roll up if it were ridgid . . . .

I liked the setup on my '76 VW Rabbit; that was ridgid and there were cables that hoisted it out of the way when the hatch opened and let it back down when the hatch closed. When I get a round tuit, I'm going to modify my cargo cover to work like that, if I can......

kitkit201

I'll have to argue with the fact that the cargo cover is useless and poorly made and hard to install. You just have to hook the left side frist and then pull over to the right... how hard is that... :?

miacub88

I spent a few bucks on a "dask overlay kit," which turned out to be a flimsy sticker as someone else has posted. I actually put it on, and needless to say was very cheesy. I eventually took it off.