Fitting new Drilled & Grooved Discs, Front Wheel Bearings (Inner & Outer), Seals, Stainless Steel Brake Hoses, Lower Ball Joints and painting my calipers red and its been a pig of a job so far!
My only hope is the otherside will be easier?
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Fitting new Drilled & Grooved Discs, Front Wheel Bearings (Inner & Outer), Seals, Stainless Steel Brake Hoses, Lower Ball Joints and painting my calipers red and its been a pig of a job so far!
My only hope is the otherside will be easier?
I hope to get time to fully detail the truck, like remove the rack parts and clean down under them, use a little rubbing compound to remove some swirl marks and take off the step bars and list them for sale too. Really for now just cleaning it up, oh, and I forgot I ordered that hitch, I'll have to try to install that this weekend too.
I love this thread. Makes me want to go in to a modding frenzy.:drool2:
Wifey hasta work on Saturday so I hope to use the time to re-install my hitch & take measurements for the new design (frame to frame to increase the tongue weight capacity).
Well, she's in the shop. Brakes being done and.... fitted for Brembos. If my current wheels will work with them, it's a go.... if not.... staying stock. Like my wheels to much. I should find out today.
Looking forward to pics/results for future reference. What offset are your wheels? With 40mm extra offset from stock with my Borbets I'd think I could fit some pretty massive calipers if required...Quote:
Originally Posted by WormGod
The job was completed but now I feel beat up......
my center link had a torn boot and looked worn, so I replaced it and that did help the steering a little.
Then I gave the adjustment screw on the steering box close to half-turn, and took the VX around the block. The steering felt nice and tight again... no more "boat" feeling :bwgy:
........... time for a nap!
Well, no can do. Looks like I will be sticking to the OEM calipers. For now at least. Without a spacer, guesstimated about 10-12mm, just not enough depth. My Enkeis have a 0 offset but that really has little to do with the clearance. Were the spokes more curved/concave, they would work. Was worth the try. At least I will be getting the slotted rotors, pads, and braided lines in.Quote:
Originally Posted by vt_maverick
Is that concave from the inside or outside? The Borbets are concave from the outside, in other words, the spokes lean outward from the center cap.Quote:
Originally Posted by WormGod
Tomorrow: Window Tint! I'm not used to driving around without tint. I feel like I'm cruising the Pope-mobile and getting a sunburn every time I drive. My big frickin' tires (General Grabber AT2 275/65/18) arrive tomorrow, too! I feel like it's Christmas and may not sleep at all tonight. I will soon have some very nice new street tires for sale (Yokohama YK520 255/55/18).
Saturday early a.m.: I'd bunged up my driver's door latch while fixing the window on that side, but at least I finally got it to open from the exterior. I think I know what to do to get it working from both sides - all I need is to be able to work when it's under 110 deg in the garage.
Sunday early a.m.: I'm with Bob Barker - looking forward to a good polish & wax. I've spot-tested a few sections with heavy swirls and it's going to be a big, easy improvement. Hope my VX doesn't freak out from the attention of getting it's first wax in years (or first wax ever?) I LOVE DETAILING!
Here's an idea for when it gets over 100 deg & you need an indoor activity...:yesgray:Quote:
Originally Posted by RickOKC
Change your av from mustang to VX...:smilewink
LOL...someone needed to say it...:laughing:
Oh no, you di-unt! LMAO :laughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
Yeah, I gotta change the Av - heck it doesn't even accurately represent the Mustang any more since I changed the hood!
Until then, I'll steal Circmand's comment: "Everybody knows what a VX looks like" So... neener, neener, neener!
:laughing:...:laughing:...:thumbup:...:laughing:.. .:laughing:
You two gett'in your kink on? :?: :naughty: :_huh: :rotate: :laughing::laughing:Quote:
Originally Posted by RickOKC
Don't let ur jealousy show so much, man!
In the words of George Takei, "OHHH, MYYYYY!!!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Triathlete
http://members.cox.net/radams28/GeorgeT.jpg
Seriously though.... this thread is making my Christmas card list grow smaller every few minutes :p
lol, well here is my list for this week/weekend:
Today: Gave ol' Sylvia an oil change, rewired the trailer lights since the jacka$$ before me didn't know what he was doing (now they actually work), cleaned up the inside a tad, gave her a good wash (no wax though, ran out of time tonight), and put the passenger seat back in lol
This weekend: Meet up with Bob and Alo247 for an O-town VX meet and enjoy being able to relax for a few days in Orlando while my sister-in-law watches the kids back home lol. Maybe do a little offroading with some friends
Outward. Something similar to the Rota Grid Offroads, but those only come in 16's or 20's. 16's won't wrap the caliper and 20's are for for rap videos.Quote:
Originally Posted by WormGod
20's may have been in rap videoes, say, 10 years ago... now you'd have to be rollin' 24's to get that street cred... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by WormGod
I had to say this 'cuz I have 20's on my VX and they really don't look big at all. The VX's wheel wells are huge.
LunaX keeps it gangsta 24/7 bishes!
dat's right!.... gotta keep rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
WormGod... what'cha gonna do with those calipers now that they won't work for ya?
Got my Apex stainless steel/kevlar/red brake lines in today!! Now I gotta find time to swap em. Also ordered an Aussie front locker for the wife's trooper RS. Once that thing gets delivered (the whole truck) , the VX will be in background for awhile. A new toy to play with!!!! Yippeee!!!!!!! Putting the trooper wide stance upper control arms and lower ball joints is first up on the list.
I cleaned those smoky scratched head lights and installed that PITA hitch tonight. But I'm proud of myself for saving all that money I would have paid some shop to do it. So proud infact I bought some Polk Audio component 6 & 1/2" speakers and I'm gonna get a small amp to push them after I move the Poineer 3 way 6&1/2" speakers to the back seat spots and wire it all up to the factory radio... for now. Maybe one day I'll have some money saved for a nice new touch screen unit... maybe. Next I get to wait for my springs to come in and then order some new rims and off road wheels.
Just so you know, that will require some modest modification, the rear factory mounts are 4.5". I have a set of Polk 4.5" speakers available from when I gutted my rear and went to 6x9s. 40 bucks shipped if you want them. They were back there a bit over a year, less than 5K miles:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Barker
Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to try to figure out how to get these 6&1/2's mounted since they will handle a little bit of power from the speakers amp I want to put in.
I was just looking at the factory steel plate, I don't think there is enough room, to cut it out to fit a 6.5". You would have to fab a complete mounting spot on your own. As long as you can do some simple metal working, you should be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Barker
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...3&postcount=11Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Barker
Search "6.5" speaker" for more...:yesgray:
That's the thread I had in mind when I decided to move mine to the back. I remembered someone had already done it and posted how to do it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
Wow, thats an old thread...diggin through the archives:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
Sitting on them. I may get new wheels one day. You never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna X
I had to ask.... they would look sweet under my set-up. (plus give x-tra stopping power)
Here are some pics from my weekend in Orlando:
Met up with Alo from the boards (real nice guy!):
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Wifey took the VX out to lunch to meet her boss:
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Went shooting at a friends farm and then played on the big dirt hill (waiting for some better pics to come to me but these will work)
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Then picked up a 1968 Mustang for my wife in Jacksonville to top the week off. Who said the VX can't tow!
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a few days ago i put on my repowdercoated hitch before it wasted away to nothing. and i also added an extra 12v outlet in the front. I had one of my tires resealed beacause of a slow leak, and i gave the moonrover a crazy wash and wax. The wash must of taken over 3 hours trying to remove the superman grime that accumlated in the curves and where the cladding meets the paint.http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/IMAG0023.jpghttp://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/IMAG0022.jpg
Stainless Steel brake lines go on today. After taking my brother's Xterra for a test drive this past weekend, I realized that my brake pedal is way too mushy. Hopefully these firm things up a bit.
I had fun scubbing cladding all morning. :rolleyes: The previous owner had used that awful Bondo Restore Black that has been mentioned here. It was always blotchy, uneven and had swirls and streaks. I went through a roll of paper towels while using SuperClean Cleaner/Degreaser. It's kind of messy so I used Windex to remove the residue it left. The end result was some good looking cladding! The previous owner said it was faded, but if that's right, it is very minimal. I was happy with the results... and then thrilled after wiping it down with some Meguiar's Natural Shine. It looks new! Unfortunately, it got too hot so I still have the passenger side to do.
So the moral to this story - do your best to talk people out of using the Bondo product and point them to SuperClean if they don't listen (or inherit it like me.)
Need pics Rick... ;)
I'm not sure which product you mean...Quote:
Originally Posted by RickOKC
We've discussed
~Refinish/Restorer
~Meguiar's Back to Black
~can't recall any Bondo product :_thinking
I'll have to do that tomorrow (hopefully before it hits triple digits outside!)Quote:
Originally Posted by vt_maverick
Oops... I didn't notice that those threads from my search were from back in 2007. One person liked it, but everybody else thought it was terrible. Etlsport tried it on one fender and reported that it looked bad for at least a year (could have been longer, but the 1 year mark was the last update.)Quote:
Originally Posted by VX KAT
The previous owner sent me home with the unused portion. It's a thick, black gel applied with a foam brush. I tried to touch up a couple spots, but that just made it look worse so I decided it just needed to go away. The same night I drove it home, I used a towel to remove the thick layer of bugs from the front cladding. It looked different from the rest ever since and I ruined the towel - turned it black. Some of it got on the painted areas right above the cladding when it was applied. I'm glad this cleaner worked.