moon buggy
06/28/2005, 05:28 PM
Well signed off on a 97 JDM VX yesterday here in Australia, 60,000kms everything works in the car [dodgey passenger window ..what's new!!], ...
....but then we will be starting our transformation ...its currently red burgundy], and as there were no black/ebony available thats the colour she's going to...in fact BMW black schwartz, not the cladding but we'll be doing the mirrors, the center of the bonnet as well, door frames, not the roof rails..hopefully she'll be straight into the paint shop in 3 days for a week of pampering into its new suit.
.....we're also looking really hard [here in Oz] for some decent 20s, frustrating to see the choices you guys get overseas.
.....then from there to the next shop for a Hollandia 300L roof, tint, parking sensors, rear door popper, alarm , immobilser..
.....and then to the stereo guy to nut out the JDM Addzest..add a stacker [none fitted] under the passenger seat..perhaps that can play DVD and use the current screen [we're PAL but NTSC /PAL converters are now available...but thats there's job to come up with the best options]..
......oh also to leather trimmer to remove the pizza style cloth on the JDM recaros for some decent leather and also will get the trimmer to make a sturdy elastised pocket across the back of each seat for maps, gameboys etc....we're interested updating the CF door trims as well, looking for some 'subtle' dash instrument highlighting, also the Momo wheel..the centre trim is fairly worn has anyone done something to that..this ones faded and it looks like crap as its one of the first things you see when you look in the car..???.
.....AND of course the obligatory side steps, nudge bar front and perhaps hitch/step at the back pricing is good from Tone but in converting to AUD + our GST 10% + 15% import duty..its not S/S but bloody gold dipped !!...
Now I 've read the paint horror stories so we are concerned but all I can say is the dealer I've bought our VX from has a VX for his wife as well, and is always going nuts on the JDM cars he sells, paint, kits etc, he originally sold theirs to a guy and gave his wife a 'fullsik mate' Lexus, which she drove for 3 days and hated it .."she wanted her VX back" ..but he sold it ..but he eventually bought it back...now we've got him going with our VX project. he's now helping us out with paint .possibly wheels, so when ours is done he'll show her so he can get the green light to go nuts on hers !!
Sorry for the rave but we feel an important project worthy of sharing..these VX are super rare in Oz [~10 in captivity ..if that],..even in the red people 'gather around'..so turn this into a street tuff black one should do nicely !!!
We'll let you know how we are progressing
David Down Under
....but then we will be starting our transformation ...its currently red burgundy], and as there were no black/ebony available thats the colour she's going to...in fact BMW black schwartz, not the cladding but we'll be doing the mirrors, the center of the bonnet as well, door frames, not the roof rails..hopefully she'll be straight into the paint shop in 3 days for a week of pampering into its new suit.
.....we're also looking really hard [here in Oz] for some decent 20s, frustrating to see the choices you guys get overseas.
.....then from there to the next shop for a Hollandia 300L roof, tint, parking sensors, rear door popper, alarm , immobilser..
.....and then to the stereo guy to nut out the JDM Addzest..add a stacker [none fitted] under the passenger seat..perhaps that can play DVD and use the current screen [we're PAL but NTSC /PAL converters are now available...but thats there's job to come up with the best options]..
......oh also to leather trimmer to remove the pizza style cloth on the JDM recaros for some decent leather and also will get the trimmer to make a sturdy elastised pocket across the back of each seat for maps, gameboys etc....we're interested updating the CF door trims as well, looking for some 'subtle' dash instrument highlighting, also the Momo wheel..the centre trim is fairly worn has anyone done something to that..this ones faded and it looks like crap as its one of the first things you see when you look in the car..???.
.....AND of course the obligatory side steps, nudge bar front and perhaps hitch/step at the back pricing is good from Tone but in converting to AUD + our GST 10% + 15% import duty..its not S/S but bloody gold dipped !!...
Now I 've read the paint horror stories so we are concerned but all I can say is the dealer I've bought our VX from has a VX for his wife as well, and is always going nuts on the JDM cars he sells, paint, kits etc, he originally sold theirs to a guy and gave his wife a 'fullsik mate' Lexus, which she drove for 3 days and hated it .."she wanted her VX back" ..but he sold it ..but he eventually bought it back...now we've got him going with our VX project. he's now helping us out with paint .possibly wheels, so when ours is done he'll show her so he can get the green light to go nuts on hers !!
Sorry for the rave but we feel an important project worthy of sharing..these VX are super rare in Oz [~10 in captivity ..if that],..even in the red people 'gather around'..so turn this into a street tuff black one should do nicely !!!
We'll let you know how we are progressing
David Down Under