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VXIRONwoMAN
06/06/2007, 08:13 PM
So after many weeks of sitting in the holy Moab red dust...I finally broke down and got my baby sparkling clean! I took her to an amazing detail shop...referred to me from Gill...Thanks again by the way. And they were working on Ferrari's and Lambos...etc....I handed the keys over and $400 and 5 hours later...she came back a beauty. Oh did I mention that the clients were checking out my VX over the Ferrari's and Lambo's! We Rock!!!! Check her out!!! They even did the under the hood!!! She is better than brand new!!! I am sooooo EXCITED!!!!! EEEEEKKKKKKkkk! before and after shots...:cool:
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_001.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_001.jpg)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_013.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_013.jpg)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_002.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_002.jpg)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_027.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_027.jpg)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_021.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_021.jpg)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_012.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_012.jpg)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_019.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_019.jpg)http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Vxdetail_030.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/Vxdetail_030.jpg)

Dino
06/06/2007, 08:17 PM
Ahhhhhhh!
A good detail job is like gettin a new car all over again!!

Sweet! :cool:

djkymar
06/06/2007, 08:24 PM
im going to do mine tomorrow then will post pics.
400$ oh laa laa thats big money

Ldub
06/06/2007, 08:29 PM
Lookin' good Chi-Chi...those guys must be in about the same league as Beej. :cool:

ZEUS
06/06/2007, 09:00 PM
Very nice! Off the subject... have you ever thought about replacing the Ironman logo with a custom IronWoman logo? :)

VXIRONwoMAN
06/06/2007, 09:15 PM
Very nice! Off the subject... have you ever thought about replacing the Ironman logo with a custom IronWoman logo? :)

Yeah...I just have to find the right people to design it...Do you know anyone...I want it to be the same logo but as "VX" to the front and a "W" next to the face over the "M".

VXIRONwoMAN
06/06/2007, 09:27 PM
Very nice! Off the subject... have you ever thought about replacing the Ironman logo with a custom IronWoman logo? :)


I made this logo just now in like 2 minutes...just to give you an idea of what i am looking for. comments/critiques?

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/ironman_logo.jpg

ZEUS
06/06/2007, 09:54 PM
Hmm... interesting, I like that... or where it could go when allowed more than 2 minutes, anyway. Go for it! :cool:

etlsport
06/06/2007, 09:54 PM
vx looks awesome...

i think somethin like this would look nicer....

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/ironman_logo_copy.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/ironman_logo_copy.jpg)

Dino
06/06/2007, 10:17 PM
and with the VX added to the front and the W on top like she said... lol :rolleyes: ;)

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/VXIRONWoMAN-logo.jpg


I did some time as a graphic designer in my 20s.... it's kinda fun to rework logos.

OK who's next? :p :p

VXIRONwoMAN
06/06/2007, 10:28 PM
somethin like this with the man upside down for the "W"... and the W downsized...

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/ironwoman_logo.JPG

Knigh7s
06/06/2007, 11:30 PM
Are you really in Vegas? Cuz I just can't Keep my baby clean! And after that dust storm yesterday, She's now sporting a new color, with that layer of sand and dust :( I clean her up on the weekends, by wednesday she looks just the way she was before I cleaned her up... I can't imagine paying $400 for any car wash :( (prolly cuz I would never aford it!)

Knigh7s
06/06/2007, 11:36 PM
Ooh, and give me several minutes, I can have a HIGH RES of your ironwoman sticker thats you can take to a sign shop and have them cut it for you.

Knigh7s
06/07/2007, 12:10 AM
http://lobbynetworks.net/images/vxironwoman_outline.png

Let me know what you would like modified or fixed, I have a High Res version that you can have to take to the sign shop.

How long (in inches) is the sticker on the hood anyways?

johnnyapollo
06/07/2007, 03:54 AM
Personally I don't like the "M" used as an inverted "W" - the IronMan Logo is supposed to suggest a human form with the "M" topped by the dot for a head. My Inverting the "M" for the "W" it's hard to read for me, and changes the intent of the original "M." I think etlsport is on the right track, however if the "W" is more like the existing font it would look better, in my opinion (I spent several years doing logo design for a graphic design company).

Moving parts of the lettering above the plane doesn't work for me either - your eye doesn't flow across the logo so it's not intuitive what the logo says. For the hood logo, if you're just modifying the existing logo that is an easy way to do it, however. If you're updating the side logos too, I don't think it would look right. I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings so don't take this the wrong way - just my personal opinion.

-- John

biju
06/07/2007, 06:18 AM
Lookin' good Chi-Chi...those guys must be in about the same league as Beej. :cool:
yeah - except they did it in 5 hours!! - instead of an entire weekend. wtf? (how'd they do that much detailing in 5 hours?) did they have a small crew work on it, or was it just one lad?

either way, nice job. NOTHING beats a detailed, spotless, clean VX. NOTHING. It's okay to see her dirty after playing, but when play time is over ~ back to spotless is a requirement.

BIG kudos.

-biju.

VXIRONwoMAN
06/07/2007, 09:22 AM
I had 5 guys working on it there! So yea i had a crew working on my baby making her all spotless and shiny!!! YIPPY!!! :p

BTW...Knigh7s got an awesome logo for me! ;) I am putting the logo on hold for now though...I may be getting a Proton...

Triathlete
06/07/2007, 01:00 PM
Thats one pricey car wash! For $100 less you could of got some rock sliders to protect your VX from those big bad rocks! :smack:

JHarris1385
06/07/2007, 01:06 PM
For that price, they better have used brillo pads on all of the undercarriage, and made the WHOLE thing spotless.

JHarris1385
06/07/2007, 01:07 PM
For that price, they better have used brillo pads on all of the undercarriage, and made the WHOLE thing spotless. There is guy down the road that owns a detail shop and does a car per day for $65 in and out, but of course I dont live in vegas.

biju
06/07/2007, 01:40 PM
For that price, they better have used brillo pads on all of the undercarriage, and made the WHOLE thing spotless. There is guy down the road that owns a detail shop and does a car per day for $65 in and out, but of course I dont live in vegas.
omg, that poor guy. :( all that work for $65 a day? i spend that just on supplies per cleaning (well, not really - but you get the point). ... how does he survive?

-biju.

djkymar
06/07/2007, 07:58 PM
Here is what i did to my VX today all my job...

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_00025.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_00033.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_00044.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_00063.jpg

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_00083.jpg

and again my baby
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_00053.jpg

VXIRONwoMAN
06/07/2007, 10:40 PM
Here is what i did to my VX today all my job...



It looks great but I don't think yours was caked in HOLY Moab Red Dust and many thousands of bugs...so I wasn't about to even attempt to make it look this good on my own...because that would take a week and some days. I am a perfectionist when it comes to these things. They even cleaned my gas cap!!!! did you clean yours?

Triathlete
06/07/2007, 10:43 PM
omg, that poor guy. :( all that work for $65 a day? i spend that just on supplies per cleaning (well, not really - but you get the point). ... how does he survive?

-biju.

I invested in a hose. I may even use it some day to get the large collection of bugs off my VX that I collected on a trip to a race last weekend.