Maybe there's value to having a JDM rack bought from an original JDM Isuzu dealer? Doesn't say whether the seller would consider shipping overseas, but can't hurt to ask right? Check it out, and for reference:
5000 Yen = $60.92 USD = L37.37 = $59.93 AUD = $81.09 NZD
http://translate.google.com/translat...090237&act=url
http://img177.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/u...9nqn782885.jpg
Seriously, are the JDM cross members different than ours? Wow, I didn't know that.
Looks like the metal bracket that graps the rails is the same, and maybe the plastic towers....
My JDM catalog shows these cross bars as being a dealer option, along with a rectangular, aluminum Thule roof basket. I assume they redesigned the cross bars and stopped offering the basket for the 1999 model year.
Here's a pic of the Thule basket:
http://www.carbase.jp/carbase/DATA/1...910910022I.jpg
Unfortunately the ad says international shipping please do not respond to. To bad this is a nice rack. Maybe there are still Thule towers available that fit the VX though?
Sold for 3300Y, or about $40.33 USD.