You stand corrected.
You have to cut a large hole in the headliner. I'll try to get around to scanning the instructions tonight and putting them up so you can see what I'm talking about.

 

oh plz do roxor~ i'm really thinkin of gettin one but if it's too much of a hassle i'd just rather not. hah.. i'm lazy.

 

Just to throw a little more confusion into the mix...

Sometime in the last couple of days the Scion dealers-only web site finally got a picture of the overhead box. Not a very good or detailed picture, but it does not match the pictures posted earlier in this thread. So I wonder if it has recently been redesigned? My dealer is ordering one so we can have a look at it. If I like it, it will go in my new 2008 xB.

Ordered the xB yesterday, expect it in 2-6 weeks. Teal, 5-speed manual, nav, XM, fog lights, and a few other odds and ends.

Drooling...

Mike

 

Mine showed up this morning (thanks trdsparks) Took less than 30 minutes to install,(pics to follow) the hardest part was getting up the nerve to make that first cut into my headliner, once you start, there's no turning back. The best advice, make sure the template is nice and flat, and centered per the instructions. That blue painters tape holds the template up nicely. I just used a pencil to mark the headliner (slip once with a sharpie....) and a plain ol xacto knife for the cuts. Of course, while you're doing this, you may as well swap out the map light bulbs with leds like I forgot to.

 

I wonder if you saw the one for the xD. It is similar but slightly smaller.
http://www.scion.com/#xDAccessories_interior_consoleBox

Nice to hear it is not too bad lvbitwiz. I still have mine sitting in the box. Still unable to make the decision to cut the big hole. I'm afraid I won't like it and there is no going back as you said.

roykim, sorry I got the dang instructions scanned but have not put them up so I can link them here yet.

 

The console is a good idea. Dont store small stuff up there tho, it will slide around. It is great for cd holders, garage door openers and such.
We put one in our demo xb and it is great, no distractions, looks right at home up there.

 

Photos of the competed install

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n.../overhead3.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n.../overhead2.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n.../overhead1.jpg


oh yeah, and I had the tint done yesterday

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n29/bitwiz/xb.jpg

maybe I'll take one out in the sun next time

 

Ok that pic looks good. You've convinced me to put my console in lvbitwiz. :D

I have been contemplating this and looking at the Homelink mod somebody (Malibu Rapper maybe) did a while back. This console looks like the ideal place for a Homelink install.

And better late than never, here is the part of the instructions that shows the template use and what areas of the headliner have to be cut out. The dark shaded areas within the template have to be cut out. lvbitwiz gave a nice description of how he did that above. Other than this part it is pretty much a piece of cake.

 

You see that shaded part that looks like a fat L? cut that out first leaving the little square. Reach up insie and untabe the map light wires and move them forward, then you can safely cut out the rest without risking a knick.

 

I got it and I like it. Match's headliner...

 

Seems you may be right. I looked at the one the dealer ordered in for me to look over and it does match the photos in this thread. And the xD link you posted does look like what I saw on the dealers-only web site. So evidently either the dealer looked it up wrong or the wrong pic got posted on the site.

Got kinda mixed feelings about it. Think I'll go take another look.

Mike

 

Is this a stock option installed by the dealer, or is this considered an aftermarket part? I wasn't even offered this when I bought mine.

 

It's not on the scion.com web site, which seems an oversight. I discovered it in looking through my dealer's printed option list, and have also seen it on lots of other dealer web site option lists.

 

You can get it through you dealer and have them install it, *or*but if you're feeling brave DIY it, grab one from trdsparks.com (great people to deal with btw) and hack up that headliner!

 

sounds good