The other day I got to wondering what happened to our XA we built back in the day for the Scion Tuner Challenge. I have emailed Scion in the past trying to locate it but I never really got an answer. Unfortunately this time when I emailed I got an answer. Apparently our cars were not vinned for US and had to be shipped back to Japan. So the car is either crushed or stored in some warehouse with the Arc of the Covenant.
So since we can’t have the car I thought it would be fun to relive the past through the pictures we took to document the build. This build is probably one of my fondest memories of being in Jade. This was the very first time that Scion held the team challenge. The basics of the contest were that 3 crews would get the same Scion and $15,000 cash to modify it. You could use any sponsors you had or could get and other than that there were no other rules.
To maximize what we could do to it we did most of the work ourselves. The main highlights of the build were a the first in the US TF Racing Body kit, House of kolor candy red paint, a greddy turbo kit and a ton of products from ARC, Project U, Tein and GTSPEC.
This build took tons of long nights, many phone calls and tons of hard work. The car came out fantastic and I wish we could have kept it.
Opening the Parts:
Installing the Parts:
Body Kit and Paint:
Interior Parts:
Finishing the Build Up:
The Finished Product:
