2008 Scion XB Release Series 6.0

She is red.

Jason Carroll

I bought Scarlet new, in July of 2009. I had a passion for this car from the beginning, and for six years. she was intended to be nothing more than a nice daily driver. As time went by, and the mods kept coming, she started to take on my interests and personality. you can see plenty of modern aspects in her, but there are is also old school mixed in. If you were to ask, most people who are familiar with her, they would say the main feature of the car is all of the lighting features combined. They wouldn't be wrong, but in fact, my focus is based upon Rat Fink and keeping the memory of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth alive. His work had a big impact on me, as a child, growing up in the hot rod atmosphere. He had an outrageous view, which came out in his designs and car cartoon characters. I think a little of that comes out in Scarlet, at least I hope so. I want to be sure that today's younger generation has some level of exposure to the culture that Ed Roth left behind, even if it's just coming up to me and asking "What's with the rat stuff?" which they do. All of the old timers know exactly what Rat Fink is all about.

I started with small mods, right from the beginning, but in 2015 Jim Boitnott, the best custom paint and body guy in our area, told me that it was time to get another daily driver and it was time to convert Scarlet to a full time show car. When Jim speaks, I listen, so when I say that I have been working on her for ten years, the biggest changes have come about in the last four years. I get asked all the time if she's finished. My answer is always, she'll never really be finished, just at different levels of the build.

I have never had another show car, so Scarlet is my first and only. With that being said, I have been a car enthusiast since the 60's. I have build drag cars, dirt and asphalt oval cars, demolition derby cars, rail buggies and just about anything else that I could make go faster. Scarlet has helped me keep my passion for cars alive, when my old body is telling me that I'm not so young anymore, and it's okay to have a hobby that allows a slower, less demanding hobby.

I'm not really tied into any specific car clubs, but I enjoy hanging out with any that will allow me. I will say that my favorite club is Toyota Enthusiasts of Ohio, run by Anthony and Aubrey Reed. They have the best group of people I've had the fortune to meet, in all the time I've been racing or showing.

I really don't plan much. I get an idea and I go with it, so my next move could be just about anything.

I bought Scarlet new, ten years ago. Sponsors include: Boitnott's Custom Body and Paint Meguiar's Car Care Products NOWA Automotive Accessories Sickspeed Auto Parts

Thank you to my amazing wife, Mara, for putting up with all of the long hours it takes, to build, maintain and show Scarlet. Thanks to Jim Boitnott, for the amazing custom paint and body work. Thanks to Wilgus Sallie, for showing his 2006 Scion XB, Toasta, right next to me and Scarlet, at most of our shows.

No previous show cars, but so many race cars.

Scion 2009

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2.4 liters

Carbon fiber engine cover. Killerglass lighted glass radiator hose. NOWA Automotive Accessories complete silicone hose set (purple). Customized Sickspeed center caps, made into caps for oil fill, radiator cap and washer fluid reservoir. wrapped exhaust, K&N Typhoon cold air intake. The engine bay is flooded with red lighting. Stainless steel cowl cover. 275 Amp alternator with chrome cover. Big three cables. Unichip programmable performance module. Borla exhaust.

Factory

Broken bumpers, thanks to the K-Sport Air Suspension. Drilled and slotted brake rotors.

Dual Viair 480 C compressors.

K-Sport Pro Plus digital air suspension system

Front - K-Sport, Rear - Universal Air

-3 rear camber plates

American Racing Torq Thrust M, with programmable led light rings

American Racing Torq Thrust M, with programmable led light rings

20" x 8.5" +32

20" x 8.5" +32

20" x 225/30

20" x 225/30

Absolutely Red (factory color)

Pearl metallic true ghost flames. Custom fabricated Rat Fink / Scarlet mural plate under the hood, with red flashing eyes.

Jim Boitnott

Jim Boitnott

Custom made 4 piece grille, made by me

Duraflex GT Concept bumpers and side skirts

Seibon carbon fiber

Factory carbon fiber side window trim. X-Gangster carbon fiber front visor. Carbon fiber rear hatch handle. Carbon fiber side view mirrore. Programmable Dream Chasing led rings inside of wheels. Weathertech side window deflectors, Rear wiper delete. Chrome Redline gas damper hood props. Oznium 30 led third brake light assembly. Opt7 led headlights. Dragon Laminates Neo Chrome headlight film. Eight different remote control horns, including atrain, Tug Boat, Semi-Truck, Air Raid Siren, Cow Call, La Cucaracha, Super Horns and factory horns.

Jim Boitnott

Custom, built-in light box feature in cubby hole

Custom gauge faces

Factory

Factory

Pioneer AVIC-8100NEX

Rockford Fosgate R1200-1D and P600X4

Rockford Fosgate P3-2X12, and Pioneer speakers.

43" 4K UHD Samsung TV with UHD 4K Blu Ray player

Me

Light-up vintage microphone shifter, made by me

Diamond quilted red stitch Clazzio seat covers

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Diamond quilted red stitch Clazzio seat covers with matching door panels and floor mats. Carbon fiber parts throughout. Black and reflective red diamond pattern headliner, with programmable Dream Chaser lights shining from below and reflecting downward. under dash and under seat lighting. Color changing, speed changing light feature built into the cubby hole in the dash. Dream Chaser light bar mounted behind the TV. Red dome light, map lights and red flood lighting in hatch area.

Me