Mission

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The goal is to set a higher standard for styling and modifying the 1st Gen Scion tC.  My passion for detail coupled with DIY experience and access to newer technologies such as 3D scanning, 3D printing, and other processes (not readily available or affordable when the tC was first released) allow me to pursue a different approach with enhancements and upgrades.  I hope to inspire other tC owners with a fresh take on what's possible with this platform. 

Stand out by not standing out.   I keep a clean, "less is more" mentality to modification. Not everyone will agree with this, but this is the direction I take in my journey.  I consider my approach OEM Plus or OEMish.  I'm obsessed with over engineered things.  I enjoy doing things on budget but I'm also not afraid to try new processes or spend up to achieve a certain look.  I try not to do what everyone else is doing.

Lots of info, lots of pictures.  I'm here to provide the community of TC1 owners with one site for all things related to the 2005-2010 Scion TC.  I created this site to share my experience.

I've dived DEEP into other car communities in the past.  Starting with Hondas in the 1990s, I was around when Honda enthusiasts were first doing B16 swaps and there was little to NO information on it.  It was all "learn by doing".  Yes, early internet days!

In the early 2000s, I got into Lifted Toyota Tacomas and the 5VZ-FE.  Then I drank the Audi coolaid for almost 10 years starting off with an 1.8T B6 A4 Avant.  I soon fell in love with the Inline-5 20-valve AAN engine.  I owned a 1990 Coupe Quattro (1 of 1730 units imported), a 1993 Audi UrS4 Turbo (1 of 3400 in US/Canada), and a 1984 Gobi UrQ VIN WAUDC0854DA900065, 1 of 664. I know a thing or two about "rarity".  Gave my last run with the 2005 Audi Allroad V8.  Came back to a 2015 Honda CRV, and now the 2006 Scion TC, 2.4L 2AZ-FE engine.

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