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Welcome Red! Your VX reputation precedes you as several of my friends have told me about the mystery Ebony VX they have seen tooling around southern Baldwin County AL. Look forward to seeing your ride sometime! If you see a Kaiser Silver VX down here, that's definitely me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
Welcome, SouthJ1! I saw your Vehicross video on YouTube the other day and I was wondering if you would join us here. I was gonna leave a message for ya to join us, but now you're here. You're gonna have a lotta fun with your VX and on the forums here. :yesy:
Mark
ahh you found me on youtube :D youtube.com/SouthavenJ i love my vx so far its great.. i have officially named my VX "Catfish" because it looks so much like a catfish in the front
this coming may i would like to try to make it out to the zu zoo meet if i can do it
Just a closer look for ya. She looks so much better in person. Look in member pics' under "Red" See ya fellow VX'ersQuote:
Originally Posted by Grif
Nice... now all you need are smoked turn lenses, marker lights, and tail lights, and the black theme will be complete!
I still have both my VX's.....how is yours the same last 4 as mine??Quote:
Originally Posted by RamAirZ
The last four digits in our VINs are NOT unique. There's a few characters in the middle of the VIN that correspond to year of manufacture I believe.
Wow, gotta agree with that.:thumbup::thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
VX looks good too.:p;)
And painted cladding.
Wonder where the nickname came from???:confused:
Don't worry about me Red, I am just the old guy from Down Under.:cool!::angel::angel:
Welcome aboard.
Errrrh - sorry Sue - I will go back in my box now.:looky::shygray::sady:
PK
Hehe, thanks for the pics Red! I think you need more flake in that paint... hehehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
Yeah its a nice ride, does not look at all like I recall it tho. Damn memory must be failing me. Did you always have the black rims?
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Originally Posted by PK
:laugho::laugho:
That's OK PK, just don't be talking about her rack! ;)
[QUOTE=sleveritt;204575]Be careful what you wish for. After looking up a previous owner of my 1999 Ironman that was registered here, I was dismayed to see he drove almost 9 mos. with a leaking intake gasket. Several folks mentioned it to him, but he was always content to throw more "carb clehaner" in the tank and take it back to his "mechanic". Same problem month after month. Just never would listen to the knowledge of the group.
Though this was before the shop manual was made available for downloading to all.
Oh well, the 5.3L CSB is already mounted, so I don't have to worry about those MIL errors popping up every couple of months and costing a couple hundred it time to make it go off.[/QUOTE
Hey Sam. Chris in Fort Myers. How are you marrying a Chevy engine to the isuzu trans? I'm interested in knowing.
I got the rear end you shipped. Thank you...but guess what. On the advice of 3 seperate mechanics i did this and it did not fix my rattle/grind. Now I know that those who read this will think I'm not so smart but I was under that VX a dozen times yanking on U-joints and so forth trying to nail it down. Last night I crawled underneath again and bingo - I found some play this time in the front U joint of the rear driveshaft. I also can get instability that I can feel and hear when I grab the north and south halves of the drive shaft and yank it around where it telescopes (from the splines). So I went up to the auto parts store and got a greasegun and greased the heck out of that joint and the drive shaft. Today the rattle is less audible but there. I think I found the problem. New universal soon. Do any readers have any other thoughts other than looking to the bearings in the transfer case.????
For those who would comment on my rattle grind. It resonates at its worst when backing off the excellerator at about 40 -45 MPH. When there is neutral load on the drive train. I pulled the hub locks off last week to make the front free wheel. It had no effect. Mechanics were convinced it was a differential problem or a bearing in the rear axle. One thought it could be in the transfer case. I always thought it behaves womewhat like a bad U joint but could never prove it by feeling for play or slack in the joints. Well any thoughts are appreciated. Especially if anyones knows of common reasons that are unique to the VX.
[QUOTE=Ebenezr;204795]You can use a Fiero adapter but you would still need a way to control the 4L30E, I think he is changing transmissions too as the 4L30E wouldn't last long behind a V8. I plan on doing a similar swap down the line and I'm gonna use the Isuzu MUA5 manual from a 2.8/3.1 V6 truckQuote:
Originally Posted by sleveritt
I'm not far away from you guys, I still think we should get a meet together. I've got an 01' Ebony that just joined our group here in town.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
Hahahahah - no worries Sue.Quote:
Originally Posted by VX KAT
You will always be the "Queen of Racks" on this forum.:heart::heart::evil::naughty:
PK
Mine is a full driveline swap - 5.3L CSB (iron), Turbo 400 transmission, Dana 300 transfer case, going to Dana 44 Scout solid axles, ARB's, alloy shafts, new rotors & discs. Only a couple more months (years?) of work left. Once we got the rear tires mounted (37" Wrangler MT/R), had to lengthen the trailing links. So geometry is getting reworked now.
sounds like it's gonna be awesome!
Wow..yes Awesome and it sounds like a very fun and rewarding project. Is that why you need the second job????? Ha ha ha ha. good luck.!
Hi all,
My name is AJ, I jumped throw A LOT of hoops (it's worth it :) ) and I am officially a owner of a VX with BC Canada plate on it. Going to have a customize plate soon.
Just want to say hi to everybody here.
HI AJ, Welcome. I am new as well joined 2 weeks ago and bought my VX 1 month ago. Hope you like it as much as I do. I still enjoy just staring at my truck....Chris. (Ebenezr)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hide
What's up my new fam? I'm Mike, and I'm in the ATX. Tomorrow I'll be taking possession of a '99 Ebony black VX w/some pretty decent mileage. When I finish modding my other car, I'll be working on this one. I have some pretty interesting ideas of what I'd like to do. I've found a wealth of information on this board, and I'll be contributing as I get involved w/my projects.
Welcome Mike!
Lots of great fam down in Austin and I'm there at least once a month.
Rock on!
Picked it up today! The good:
1) ONE OWNER VEHICLE. The person that I got it from was the original owner!
2) THEY HAD ALL THE SERVICE RECORDS! Every fluid change, every tire replacement, everything. I was a bit wary of the windows, but @ 53k, they had the window regulators and run channels replaced! The receipts right here. They even have the PDI report and the window sticker!
3) No accidents. Ever.
4) Seats not torn
The bad:
1) Idles kinda high. I'll take a look at that tomorrow.
2) Condensation in the front head- and fog lights. Not a biggie as I am going to bake them apart to install HIDs in the headlights, and I intend the replace the bumper fogs w/some Hellas modded w/HIDs, as well.
3) 6 disc changer doesn't work. Not a biggie as I'm planning on installing a CarPC @ some point.
That's about it. I'm pretty pleased w/the purchase and the mileage (82k).
Welcome aboard eternal! A VX with all service records and one owner...truely a rarity! You might want to check out the "VX KAT Questionnaire" we put together a few months ago as it covers many issues that are common to the VX (like the CD player crapping out), I realize you have the VX now, but it will give you many issues to check out on your new toy.
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...12&postcount=3
After reading 18 months of posts by the previous owner of my VX complaining about high and erratic idling, it turned out to be a leaking gasket. Not sure if it was intake gasket or head gasket, but it costs quite a few bucks to replace those because of the labor involved. Might consider the timing belt and water pump at the same time to save on labor costs. Just a thought.
Sam
Thanks for the information. Yup, ERR3, *lol* Glad I'm planning on changing that out *lol*Quote:
Originally Posted by VX KAT
Thanks for the tip, Sam. The previous owner told me that it just started, so they replaced the TPS sensor yesterday, right before I picked it up. I'm a DIYer, so I don't mind getting my hands dirty. If it's a gasket issue, I'll knock them out myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by sleveritt
Where does it usually idle?
Spec is 750.
My Name is James and I just bought a 1999 VehiCross in Dallas and my best friend is probably gonna drive it out to LA for me.
I am very excited. My brother in Dallas handled the deal for me and as a result is now a dedicated VehiCross enthusiast. Which makes me even more excited about the VehiCle because he's a car freak.
So another week or so with the Wrangler and then it's VehiCross heaven.
Welcome James.
Have fun with your VX. I've had mine about 10 months and this site has great guys/gals that are helpful, informative, and a bit certifiable...:bwgy::smilewink:bgwb:
Welcome James, and gratz!
Write down the millage when you get it, then come back and tell us how many you put on it in your first month :)
My best friend passed away and left me his Vehicross. He was the second owner and in helping him research and decide which one to get I got Vehicross fever and almost sold my tricked out Jeep Cherokee to buy a Proton Vehicross.
Sanity returned when I realized the VX wouldn't be as good a kayak hauler as my Jeep, so I installed a pair of Recaro knock-offs and called it even.
I have been a "car guy" since I was 10 years old and hung out with my father when he entered his 1951 Ford Victoria mild custom in various car shows around the country. I have even been professionally involved in car restoration, specializing in auto trim. I currently have two 914-6 Porsches, one a street legal race car that is scary fast, the other a comfortable tourer, and the aforementioned Jeep. My first passion is sea kayaking and I have kayaked N.America, S. America, Europe and New Zealand.
I first showed my friend Jim the Vehicross when it was on the auto show circuit in 1996[?] from a picture in Autoweek. I think we both lusted after one from then but he was the one who got it and now it's mine.
The first owner lived in the upper midwest so it has some pretty serious
rust going on under the cladding, will be looking for advise on that later.
My biggest issue right now is finding a combination switch as the turn signal lever is broken and dangling. If I fumble around with it I can get the signal on but I'd really like to either get a new one or fix this one.
I've already put on new wheels and tires thanks to Little Laurie's trial and error with her many sets of wheels and tires mine look great.
I have already bought Bilsteen's a Magnaflow muffler and K&N airfilter a new
sound system with powered sub. Want to install a rear door popper but am trying to figure out the best kit to get. I also have purchased a Westin bull bar and Hella lights and now just need the time to install everyting.
I'll go post a request on the parts/modifications threads asking for help location that combination switch
Janodes
Welcome aboard Janodes, always good to see a new Foxfire owner join the club!
I just flew out to Ohio to pick up my '99 VX. I got to know her pretty well on the drive back to Austin, TX. She's got a few issues that we will have to fix, but overall I am very happy with the purchase. ~134K
I started working on cars with my Dad as soon as I could hold a wrench and always wanted to learn as much as possible. I never wanted to be one of those women waiting on the side of the road for help... or one that got taken advantage of with car issues. I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty and I look forward to learning all about the VX.
Hello to all of you!
I am super excited about joining the family! :bwgy:
Another Austinite. Welcome!
And we have another model as a member here. Welcome.
Mark Griffin
Figured that out quick ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by deermagnet
hi, i'm nino and new here. wanted to get a vx since they came out, just couldn't afford it at the time. went on cars.com and found a 2001 for 6 g's and got it. always loved the vx. just has the regular wear and tear, window issue and body/light fading, about it otherwise it's in mint condition.
nice to be on a great community, lots of great info on here, so all those little wear and tear issues will be gone by spring time.
O.K., so I have wanted a VX for about 6 long years and as of yesterday I finally brought home my very own Proton. So far it has a bit of an issue but to be honest I just don't care. No other vehicle on the planet looks like a VehiCROSS and to this day I can't imagine what it would be like not owning one. Needless to say I've been dreaming about this since the first day I saw an Ebony almost 6 years ago. And I can truly say that I am in love.
I've had mine for about a year and still smile everyday. You're just down the highway and we'll have to get together soon.
Lots of great guys and gals here to help you with whatever issues you may encounter. Did you pick up the Proton from the guy in Rye, CO?