Looks Great! Glad to hear about the improvements in handling. Hua!

 

The only things that I messed up were the front lower spring isolators. I did not see them attached to the old struts and didn't swap them over. I didn't hear any squeaking or other noise, so I am going to leave them out for now. I may put them in later if I am feeling adventurous.

 

u got another xb emlem? cause i want to do my stock grill like yours and move the scion emblem off

 

I don't have any more emblems and my grill is not stock..I think the stock grill would look crappy without the emblem, there is a big plastic backing built into the grill.

 

wow, very nice. so much in such a short time

 

Tell me about it...after 7 hours under the car yesterday, I am really sore today. The front swaybar was the hardest part. The control arm bolts have like 140 lbft of torque on them, and one is impossible to access with an impact. I could not get much of a breaker bar on it either, I had to use a jack under the end of the bar to break it loose. The front bar alone took 2 hours.

The rear bar gave me problems too. It did not swing up into place in the axle just right. I ended having to jack it up to get it to slide in before I could get the bolt-down brackets on.

 

New pics are up:



In a previous post, I measured my car with the stock springs:
I measured my car today, and the drop is definitely more than advertised. The front height was about 25" even and the rear was 25.25". Adjusted for differences in tire diameter (previous measurements with summer tires) and wear, figure something like 25.25" front and 25.5" rear to compare with the earlier measurements. I am glad the rear is still a little higher than the front; if I hadn't forgotten to install the lower isolators in the front, the car would be very close to level.

For the record, Eibach claims 1.25" F and 2.25" rear drop. My drop was roughly 1.5" front and 3" rear. A little lower than I would have liked, but overall, I think it looks good.

 

big the soarness is a sign you getting old man...lol do you grunt when you get up off the ground...lol

nice work so far. warming up so you can go spring and summer wheels now???

 

I hope so. I am so tired of these ugly hubcaps and squishy tires!

 

you drop looks nice.

saw and interesting thing on street tuners about how they make the springs. i think it was on street turner challenge on speed tv. the new ones with the skyline and the VW. was eibach preformance springs

 

Eibach and Tanabe cold-wind their springs, so they never sag or "settle". I tried many, many springs on my Fiero before I finally found Eibachs. I will never go back to an inferior brand.

 

xb2's look so aggressive after they have been lowered. Cant wait till winters over and you put your rims back on. Its gona look hot, keep up the mods yours is looking nice.

 

I am sorry to bring up the grill, but that is something I want to do. I know you said it was hard to install the grill, but can you elaborate? Also, the bumper cover, do you have pics of that? What does that actuall consist of, a piece of plastic adhesed (sp) to the bumper?

Thanks.

 

Also, where did you get the fogs? How much did that dent your wallet?

 

I did not take detailed pics during the grill install, but it was "hard" because I had to drill like 30 holes in the bumper, which is very scary. You slip small zip ties through the holes in the bumper and the grill and pull them down, that is how the grill is retained.

The fog lights are stock units from trdsparks.com, they are like $225 or something near that.

 

I don't think that drilling is going to do it for me. My fridge is a lease, so I don't think the dealership will be too thrilled with tiny holes in there. Thanks for the quick response!

 

The holes are invisible once the stock grills are reinstalled. The only way to see them is to take off the front bumper and remove the stock grills.

 

Looks real nice sitting down that low!

 

Thats gona look so nice when u get ur rims back on, is winter killin ya or what? My new rims have been sittin for weeks and weeks it eatin me up inside. So those are Eibach Sportlines right? That a good drop Im on Eibach Pro-kit in my Malibu nothin rides better than Eibach. Hey keep us updated k looks great.

 

Update:

I finally got the summer wheels back on. The difference is really noticible. The car corners SO much better, I guess the suspension can make much better use of these tires than the original suspension could. In other words, the difference between the snow tires and the summer tires is much more noticable with the new suspension than it was with the stock setup. Also, it looks great...

The only problem is that it is almost too low now. The summer tires are supposed to be a little bigger in diameter than the stockers, and they certainly seem to fill out the wheel wells better. However, the front mudflaps seem to scrape much more easily with these tires...not catastrophically so, just a little. Hard, high-speed turns are enough to make them drag all the way around, especially with my fat ___ on the outside.

However, I think it looks spectacular...just the right height, not obviously lowered to someone not familiar with xBs. Overall, I think I achieved my goal of making my car look like it could have come stock the way it is, but still much better looking than a stock xB. Anyway, on with the pics.