Flex - The life of a box. ( Updated 13/01/2014 )

[flexin]

Hey guys, Nice to meet you all.. my name is Jim.. i mainly post on the specified rukus part of this forum but i thought id also contribute to this part of this forum also, i bought this rukus brand new last year, build 3 in super white, i fell in love with the car.. i was always a fan of boxy ( square cars, straight lines look ), thats what got me hooked into this, from the first day i bought the car as soon as i took it home i debadged the rear rukus emblem to give it a clean look, so from then on here are a list of mods, could be more that i cant remember at the moment..

Engine Bay -

Added K&N air filter / Typhoon Series

Trd front strut bar ( Powdercoated white )

Cleaned up all the wiring ( also used corrugated tubing for a cleaner look )

Painted the heatshield in a hi-temp matt black

Custom aluminium engine cover

Vinyl wrapped the ( engine cover, air filter cap, fuse box, coolant container, strut bar )

Added a bigger dry cell battery ( also removed the decals off it )

Added thick earth cables for the audio setup



Wheels & Suspension -

4 x 19”x 8.5 Xxr 962’s ( custom spraypainted )

Tannabe df210 springs

Trd rear sway bar ( powdercoated white )

Sprayed calipers matt black ( also added white vinyl TRD decals on them )

Grenade valve caps



Exterior -

Arctic camo inspired full wrap

Matt black wrap roof

Black wrapped the trunk chrome bezel

Fully functional sharkfin antenna

Tinted headlights , foglights, vent drls, taillights & rear bar lights

Mafia series eyelids

Custom mesh bottom grill

Colour coded both front grills, also the backplate of the front toyota badge

Plasti-dipped front / rear toyota badges

Custom modded headlights ( drl tubes, sprayed black inside )

Removed rukus badge

Removed A pillar decals

Tinted front windows to match rear

Added soft front lip

Added white led strips for bottom & upper grill ( wired into dome light )

Added white leds in rear plates

Personalised number plates ( FLEX )



Exhaust -

Removed one cat

Added resonator

2.5” stainless piping

Stainless x-force muffler

Dual exhaust 3.5” quad turn-up tips

Tips ceramic coated in matt black



Interior -

Plasti-dipped orange blaze headunit bezel

Plasti-dipped orange blaze subwoofer bezels

Brushed stainless trd bolt on car mat plates

Aftermarket knuckbuster shift knob with orange blaze plasti-dipped spikes

Added realistic rc shell look alike of my rukus sitting on woofer box



Exterior & Interior Lighting -

100% custom vent drl seqential indicators with switchback drls

Custom modded taillights ( badboy look brake lights, half cut indicators with reverse in CREE leds

Added white VIP puddle lights wired into the dome light circuit to fade in/out

Oznium 3rd brake light

Rear bar fully functional brake lights

Added USDM foglights

6000k hid’s in headlights & foglights

Added white leds into dome / map, footwells & cargo light



Audio & Visual -

Pioneer Avh-x5550bt headunit

4 x 6.5” Rockford splits

4 x 1” Rockford tweeters

2 x Rockford amp

2 x 12” Rockford p3 woofers in a custom made ported box

4 x Headrest monitors 10”

1 x Standalone monitor on the rear sub box



Some pics -



Before -







Now -





































Enjoy..!



- Jim

Edited January 12, 2014 by flexin

[Defyant]

_{Hope you guys enjoy! - Jim}

WOW and I did! amazing looking rukus Jim, by far the best ive seen. The white suits these cars perfect.

[4ABHGE]

Looks awesome man!! When are you gonna put it on bags? :p

[jeffy]

lovin that black and white <3

[flexin]

_{Hope you guys enjoy! - Jim}

WOW and I did! amazing looking rukus Jim, by far the best ive seen. The white suits these cars perfect.

Thanks for the kind words mate, i love white on cars.. your car looks sex also!

Looks awesome man!! When are you gonna put it on bags? :P

Hahaha thanks bro, i cant see the price justificiation.. yeah they would be awesome but i really don't think it's worth the money, possible mod sometime down the track though, for now ill stick with my tannabe df springs!

lovin that black and white <3

Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback!

[cductn]

Bout time Jim....

Hope next time I'm up in sydney I can see it though....

[JJCRU23R]

wow! If the Rukus had 7 seats I might not have bought my Cube! Looks awesome!

[Defyant]

If the Cube had had 9 seats I might not have brought my iload! lol not :D

Who did the cool flex stickers? You need some custom LED work on this.

[JJCRU23R]

iLoad? How much family do you need to cart around?

Have you not been able to see the similarities between the Cube and the Rukus? wtf dude

[flexin]

Bout time Jim....

Hope next time I'm up in sydney I can see it though....

Forsure man!, you know half the car was stripped LOL.. wasn't going to take group shots with my baby half naked, just msg me when your down

wow! If the Rukus had 7 seats I might not have bought my Cube! Looks awesome!

Yeah mate, i fell in love with it as soon as i knew about them.. i knew they had potential.. its definetly not everyones cup of tea but it sure is mine, & there are still more mods in the works :)

If the Cube had had 9 seats I might not have brought my iload! lol not :D

Who did the cool flex stickers? You need some custom LED work on this.

One of the guys on the american forum that own these cars ( they go by the name scion xb )

he owns a printing company and he got them custom printed for me.. the quality of the vinyl is amazing, its very thick and pliable at the same time, i was very happy with the product and what he did for me.. leds would look cool too

[Defyant]

One of the guys on the american forum that own these cars ( they go by the name scion xb )

he owns a printing company and he got them custom printed for me.. the quality of the vinyl is amazing, its very thick and pliable at the same time, i was very happy with the product and what he did for me.. leds would look cool too

they look way cool, I could see the same thing but with "defyant mods" on my aurion :)

iLoad? How much family do you need to cart around?

Have you not been able to see the similarities between the Cube and the Rukus? wtf dude

8 ppl 3 dogs cube just missed out by 1 seat :(

[fivese7en]

God damn that sexy Rukus - so clean, love it.

[flexin]

thanks brah, getting some vinyl work done next week.. will def be a stand out!.. ill post some pics when its done. - Jim

[Defyant]

Just spotted your a massive pro vinyl customer.

[flexin]

lol, i got my last wrap work done from pro vinyl.. not this time, there work is excellent.. just had some friends suggest another place that i will try out

[Rebz]

Really nice and clean man... What other mods are you thinking of doing besides the vinyl ?

[flexin]

im changing the exhaust within the next couple of weeks mainly due to the excessive size of these cannon exhausts, they scrape everywhere and the bottom of them are buckled, with that said im getting a dual exhaust with the muffler set further back 2 pipes running off each side with 2 x twin turn up tips 3.5" , also getting rid of one of the cats as well and adding a resonator, ill be able to get a louder deeper noise.. i am also going to be getting 5 monitors installed purely for cosmetics, more to come also.. stay tuned! nice ride also bro

[Rebz]

Nice nice.

haha 5 ?

Doing pimp my ride or something your job must be giving you lots of $$$$ ??

[flexin]

actually 6 if you include the screen on the headunit, i am basically going for a clean custom look, trying to get it virtually the same way i imagined it in my head, also wouldnt mind getting a shoot done and entering a couple shows when im done,

and lol im not loaded mate but i do alright! i got a missus :p but she lets me spend money on my toys

[flexin]

here's the new look of my rukus, with a camo inspired appearance.., i
got this done @ carbon demon, Mike is amazing and very talented, he
exactly knew what i had in my head and how i wanted the shapes and
contrast / tones, he used matt black, matt silver, and matt dark gray
& with that said he made sure the whole car had a flow effect as you
will see via the pictures, its very random and at the same very
intricate.. the roof i got rewrapped in matt black, i only got it back
today and the car is definitely more of a head turner than it was
before!, i wanted something different and it exceeded my expectations,
ill post some proper pics once i get the car washed etc! more mods to
come..

- Jim

[juvenile]

Holy **** that's awesome, I spot you all the time,it's going to be harder to see you now :D lovin it........

[Defyant]

That's pretty amazing looking Jim truly the coolest looking Rukus ive seen anywhere just too cool.

[flexin]

Holy **** that's awesome, I spot you all the time,it's going to be harder to see you now :D lovin it........

haha thanks man, if you ever pull up beside me give me a yell or something!, introduce yourself you stalker :D

That's pretty amazing looking Jim truly the coolest looking Rukus ive seen anywhere just too cool.

Thanks Luke, its very one of a kind now

[Rebz]

I can't see the last three pictures!!! All I see is a bush ;)

You'll be so easy to spot now. Except during the night

[flexin]

lols yea, took it out for a drive today with my wife.. def gets more stares haha