Posted Feb 17 2009, 09:05 AM by Antonio Alvendia with 22 comment(s)

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Welcome to Las Vegas, Nevada... the city of lights and sin; built on gambling money, financed 40+ years ago by by some pretty entrepreneurial gangsters. It's only fitting that Sin City is turning out to be the home of some pretty gangster wheel fitment, as made evident by Paolo Luna and his other friends from the Royal Flush crew. I first met Paolo last year through Vegas Ray, the Royal Flush ringleader and owner of a pretty crazy fitment-having S13. Their crew has quite a few nicely done cars with aggressive stance - just look at the way Paolo's xB sits! Tons of rear camber!

Outside the car, Paolo chose to install a KBD lip kit, which looks very clean and subtle. What really gets my attention though, is the incredibly stylish Gialla front grill, with its horizontal chrome accent fins matching some of the other chrome accents around the car - the door handles and other small details. If you look directly above the grill, you'll notice a small Garson crystal hood emblem, which match the crystal clear sidemarkers, chrome sidemarker trim, and Japanese OEM bB headlights with LED city lights and HID headlights and foglights.

Let's check out the wheels - 17x8 (+6 offset) SSR Vienna Dish wheels up front, with 17x9 (+11 offset) in the rear. Amazing! Such aggressive sizes and offsets on a Scion xB! I really hope this setup inspires other Scion owners take Paolo's lead and step up their wheel game! This presents a dilemma though - how on earth does one find 4x100 PCD wheels in such sizes? After all, it's hard to find 17inch 4x100 wheels in super low offsets like that. I'll let you in on a little secret. Paolo's xB actually sits on 4x114.3 wheels; he converted it using a 25mm conversion spacer. That's the key right there - Scion owners take note!

The back of the car looks stylish with its LED Sonar taillights and Japan-spec chrome bB badge. If you look very closely, you'll also spot the chrome door handles and minute chrome trimpieces surrounding the rear side markers.

However, what grabs my attention most is the way the car sits.Paolo dropped the xB with a prototype Stance lower kit, polyurethane bushings, and an Evolved Concepts -5 degree camber shim modified to -9 degrees. Crazy! Paolo's xB has more rear camber than most people run on the front of their cars.

Inside the car, Paolo chose a Nardi woodgrain steering wheel connected to a quick release, with a clear Japanese bubble shift knob screwed into the shifter to match the Japanese OEM crystal AC knobs in the center console. In the foreground, you can see the Orataro front table with cupholder, which also adds a touch of VIP styling to Paolo's xB. Very cool!

To add a bit of upscale VIP style to a car that most people consider an econobox, Paolo added Vistoso curtains to his B-pillars, ESAM window visors, and chrome exterior mirror covers from a Japanese OEM Toyota bB.

In the rear passenger area, Paolo has a custom wooden/chrome table mounted with suede pillows for some comfortable back seat action.

Notice anything different about the rear seats? Aside from Junction Produce headrest pillows, look at how the seats recline. Those aren't normal xB rear seats! They're actually another pair of xB front seats, which have been mounted in the rear of the car! Very cool.

Paolo's xB is full of cool little details. Outside, the chrome Japanese bB bumper cover adds a little class to the rear; while inside, you might notice the extremely bright LED dome light, which greatly contrasts to the weak yellowish "uplights" which set the mood when you're riding in the car. 

We don't normally cover ICE on Speedhunters, but since we're staring right at it, I'll just fill you in. We're looking at an Alpine Type R 12inch subwoofer, Infinity Reference rear speakers (actually there are Infinity Kappa speakers all over the car), 300 watt Infinity Mono amp, and a Rockford Fosgate wiring kit.

This xB is well done all around. Together with the other members of the Royal Flush crew and bB Squad, Paolo definitely represents Sin City the right way. Respect!

-Antonio Alvendia

 


Comments

Joshua Herron said:

Dope feature Antonio! I'm actually filming a short little feature on Paolo's car right now! hahaha.

February 17, 2009 10:18 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Antonio Alvendia said:

Send me a msg on fb or twitter when ur done! lets put it up on SH!

February 17, 2009 10:28 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

F3INT said:

That is so sick that's what VIP is all about IMO

February 17, 2009 10:31 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Section09 said:

Now this is hot! Love the bB's small car gangsterness.

February 17, 2009 11:13 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

nismomax said:

That is sick!!! He needs to rep the seats in leather, it would look a ton better.

February 17, 2009 11:46 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Yukio said:

This is how an xB should look like. I judge so many Scion shows and I get tired of seeing the same thing over and over again. This xB would be a dream to judge at a show. Details detail details!!!!

February 17, 2009 11:52 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Naga_Ten said:

Man, the rear seats make it look like your inside a small airplane or something. That's really cool! Real awesome xB

Also, info bite - Vistoso means something that's "eye-catching" in portuguese! This car definitely qualifies ^_^

February 17, 2009 11:57 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Greg Martin said:

Gotta love the 1st gen's.

bB Squad has some of the sickest xB's ever.

Reminds me of my friends BCP xB...he upgraded to a baller IS250 platform, but I wish he still had that old box still. Something about those are just...cool.

February 17, 2009 12:12 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Scionpro said:

Paolo, thanks for sporting my chrome mirror covers and chrome hatch handle for this article. The photos are sick. Your ride has set the bar for defining a truly clean, stylish xB!

February 17, 2009 12:43 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Val_N said:

Thanks for the tip with the spacers/converters... My car runs 4x100 and I was searching like crazy for some 17x8 rims with low offset for it.

Also, I love the rear seat conversion and that ridiculous camber at the rear! That is unreal!

February 17, 2009 1:02 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

spencer said:

Pretty sweet bB.   I wonder if he can have any passengers in his car!

February 17, 2009 4:17 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Erik Wilson said:

That wheel fitment just looks silly.  Like someone tried to recreate a cartoon in real life.

February 17, 2009 5:27 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

spookiez said:

nice touch with the rear seats, love it!!

February 17, 2009 6:54 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

J.....Rockaveli said:

Big Ballerrific son...what else....

Shouts out to P and the whole Royal Flush/Bb Squad.

also great photog by Antonio.

Imma Sin City nikka wit some sin city ways

Man, it get hot on them sin city days

Sin City getting money

Sin City getting paid

this is Sin City

but, you can call it The Veg

February 17, 2009 7:15 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Paolo Luna said:

Big ups to the homie antonio for the feature and the gangster pics. Thanks errone.

February 17, 2009 8:31 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Cobalt_Griffin said:

I think that we just need a full set of features on the Royal Flush guys and their cars.

February 17, 2009 8:37 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

ryoga81 said:

I'm really diggin' the VIP style.

What do you think? : VIP Mustang GT?  (^_^ )

February 18, 2009 7:57 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Levistey0! said:

I just saw this Xb rollin' down the street from my pad a week ago.

clean ride!

February 18, 2009 10:19 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Antonio Alvendia said:

Nice J Rockaveli, haha

yeah Royal Flush is dope. You'll be seeing more of them real soon, don't worry!

February 18, 2009 4:04 PM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Mike Ma said:

paolos is as gay as his car is hot.

February 19, 2009 5:55 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

kiymo said:

niiiiiiiice pics

March 3, 2009 7:01 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters

Graco Nautilus 3 In 1 Car Seat said:

In addition to the double strollers, we are considering the sit and stand (or 1- 1/ 2 seat) strollers. There’ s really only two choices and they run about the same price. The main difference is size and this is an important difference. The Joovy is smaller

May 2, 2010 10:12 AM [flag as inappropriate] Speedhunters