When I bought my 2006 xB the fuel door did not open, I can hear it releasing but it does not open unless I pop it open with my key.
Should there be a spring or something so that it pops open, or opens enough that I do not have to pop it open with my key?
When I pop it open there is no rezistance when I use my key>
Thanks in advance

Had to post this on the xB site.......now...I am a tC owner but I happened to be racing the wife's xB this weekend, and thought this would be good for all the xB owners to see so they can rubbing it in a little on the tC guys!

Nashville Super Speedway AutoX Event 6/29/09

So for you xB guys....here ya go...final results for the class for the day were:

14 in the class

1T bsp 14 Baker, Daniel Evo 69.491 69.167 66.693 66.013 63.770+1 63.656+1 63.538 54.579
2T gs 78 Suzuki, Taka VW 72.085 68.752 67.125 66.592 66.885 66.824 66.196+2 54.672
3T fsp 31 Marsh, Kevin Scion TC 67.189 67.136 71.194+dsq 55.790
4T fsp 15 Sowders, Brian XB 73.333 71.922 70.375 70.070 69.307 68.680 68.927 57.073
5T gs 55 Anderson, Brandon Cooper S 76.653 73.282 72.001 70.873 70.316 72.288 70.155 57.597
6 hs 43 Szetela, Stephen CRX 84.354+dnf 76.947 75.361+dnf 73.159 72.444 71.962 71.412+dnf 57.713
7 as 16 Jenkins, Tom S2000 74.086 94.286+dnf 70.680 70.534 70.535 69.410 68.749 57.955
8 fsp 18 Sullivan, Shane TC 71.127 69.787+1 71.070+1 71.002+1 71.201 70.988+dnf 70.459 58.551
9 smf 23 Voorhies, Travis TC 73.817+dnf 69.229 69.576+1 71.765+dnf 68.051 68.301+2 68.697 59.000
10 csp 96 Jackson, Tim Miata 77.239 73.141 71.353 70.771 72.922 69.739 69.414 59.834
11 smf 25 Shinaberry, Friday Civic 73.463+1 70.108 84.720+dnf 71.211+1 71.884 69.874 91.680 60.580
12 fsp 21 Leisinger, Ethan TC 77.948 74.495+dnf 73.986 73.254+dsq 61.482
13 ss 35 Houston, Mathew Elise 76.250+dnf 77.060 71.957 69.586+dsq 61.595
14 ss 48 Abel, Gerald Corvette 75.219 72.346+dnf 72.618+dnf 71.010+dsq 64.387

and for those that are interested the Videos are from Go Pro Hero Motorsports Wide Angle Camera.....thing worked AWESOME!!!

All mounting locations w/music
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...9Music.wmv

All mounting locations w/o music
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...Camera.wmv

Run1
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...09Run1.wmv
Run2
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...09Run2.wmv
Run3
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...09Run3.wmv
Run4
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...09Run4.wmv
Run5
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...09Run5.wmv
Run6
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...09Run6.wmv
Run7
http://www.musiccityscions.com/video/Aut...09Run7.wmv

Has anyone colored their OS handles? if so did you paint over them or fabric over them! If painted, what kind did you use? I want to change mine black to match the roof but am def. concerned about paint chipping off from usage!

this is the best wheel & tire calculator I found a few years ago.

so if your thinking of changing your tires and are interested in running a different size, this will help you with all the pros and cons

http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_specs.jsp?postId=906

put the stock size on the left, and what size you want on the right

stock sizes are:

1st gen: 185/60/15 on 15x6.5 38ET
2nd gen not sure, if some tells me ill fill it in
thanks snowjob
205/55/16 on 16x6.5 45ET

Ok so I haven't seen Star Trek yet, should I just wait for it on DVD?

One movie I went to recently not wanting to go but still went to make my 11 year old daughter's day was UP. I have to say, even if you don't have kids, it is a must see! It has an awesome story and its actually funny...

ill try to make this as short as possible. About 15k miles ago i went to Long Scion in El Monte and complained about a squeaking noise coming from the passenger side of the engine bay. I dropped my car off for 2 days, they replaced the alternator belt and still had a squeak so they replaced the power steering belt. I picked up my car and it was all scratched up and looked like someone keyed the entire left side. They investigated the damage and decided to repaint the left side and detail the rest of my car a week later. Another week passes, my car is ready for pickup. I go to pick it up they painted the left side of my car, replaced the left rear side window for painting purposes, and detailed the right side of the car. EVERYTHING in between went untouched! front bumper, hood, roof, tailgate and rear bumper, DIRTY! I complained about the shotty workmanship and they agreed to detail the entire car again after the service advisor said they did the best they could. 3 days later, i picked up my car, looks brand spanking new.....

Present time, the squeak is back. I returned to Longo since they performed the work before and had all my info on record, on top of things my warranty is already up, but since it was a pre-existing problem it was covered. The shop foreman came to look at my car, walked away, came back with a canon SLR, took multiple pictures of my amps, sub, engine compartment, and belts. On top of things, didnt explain a single thing to me.
This is how the shop Foreman Billy, inspected my car and determined that my audio system upgrades has caused my alternator to overwork and in turn cause the belts to squeak, in which they did not fix the squeak.


Sorry for the long post, needed to vent. FYI the squeak is still present and its getting louder. Help?

http://www.explosionsandboobs.com/

ok, so no one needs to get pissed.... just find the humor in it and go with it!

I was just wondering what prep work if any needs to be done for putting 20" (20x7.5) rims on my '06 xB. Can they be tossed on with the factory suspension or do I have to do some mods to the wheel well...? thanks.

this is the look that i am going for as far as the flushness of the wheels...

Hello ALL!

Just got back from Philly and the drive there/back required the AC being that it's now summer weather here in Upstate NY!

On the way down there my g/f noticed the passenger floor was soaked! Thinking she had spilled her water bottle, we had thought nothing more of it! Once we got to philly I got a towel and soaked it all up! On the way back, it did the same thing only got worse, there was like a gallon of it just soaked up in the carpet. So I took a look and it looks like there was a hose connecting from under the dash, into the floor.

Does anyone else know what I'm talking about, and if so, what's that little hose piece called? I need to get a new one so it doesn't do that anymore! Or just find a piece of hose that fits to connect the 2 back up so my floor stops collecting the condensation!

I can take a picture of it and post it if anyone's confused about what/where I'm talking about!