Ok I finally finished some of my projects.
- The Thunderbird hood scoop finished.
- Installed new driving lights.
- Installed an indash dvd player.
- Cleared them pesky headlights and added them 90/100 watt bulbs.
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6469.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6488.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6492.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6510.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6498.jpg
Looks Great................
Very sharp...
Hood scoop looks OUTSTANDING! I'll bet you could sell a couple of those here, doncha know. Very tastefully done - subtle but "assertive"...
Thank You...
This is how we did the hood scoop.
Lucky me, we had a trashed Thunderbird hood at my work.
On the VX I laid paper over the entire hood and taped down the edges.
Then I cut out where the insert would be,
and threw away the center of the paper that was the insert.
Then I untapped the template, then made some center points on the thunderbird. Taped the template on the thunderbird hood, marked the lines to be cut, Then using a sawzall I cut out the template lines leaving about an inch of play all away around. The new scoop was lifted and separated from the original hood, so now it is a small thin hood.(thunder bird hood has a top and bottom layer sandwiched together) We then used an orbital sander around the edges until it fit. It sands quick. The VX hood was cut where the Thunderbird scoop needed to be recessed. Then we lifted the hood with the new insert in place and marked the hood for the location of the new bolts that use the stock nuts. We used some kick butt two part epoxy to mount the bolts. Sand, primer, fake carbon dip, clear coat. Done.
http://www.aaapowersports.net/vxhood1a.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/vxhoodcut.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/vxhood2a.jpg
The Headlights:
My headlights looked hazed all the time, like someone smeared mud on them.
I sanded them with 800 and then 1200.
Sprayed them with 3m plastic primer.
Then two heavy coats of two part automotive clear coat.
Wow, this did very good!
They don't need to be removed to fix, but I was installing driving lights.
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6381.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6490.jpg
Spyder, that is very sweet, espically the hood scoop
THE best hood scoop I have seen on a VX!:cool:
What DVD player is that?
ya that looks amazing... very very clean looking....the carbon fiber dip is SICK....how does that work???
An actual, functional hood scoop.... I am very impressed and it looks great.
Su-Weeeet!!!
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what kind of lights did you use....for the driving lights:)
It looks like Foose did it himself.
Peace.
Tom
very well done! Looks AWESOME!:cool:
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right click, save picture as...VX pics...:smilewink
X2:eek: Good job!!
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:thumbup:Great Work ! ! !:thumbup:
x2, and definitley spill the beans on the head unit. That thing looks sweet for a single din player with DVD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Triathlete
NICE.
Bart
Wow, too bad you didn't work for Isuzu back in the 90's. That is the hood insert the VX Should have came with.
Nice Job! :_drool:
Sweet !!!!
Outstanding job!!! That really looks sharp.
WOW! Thanks Guys!
Best Compliments Ever!
To think, I saw that hood laying on the ground, too busted to reuse on a thunderbird.
I look at all hoods now seeing what else might work.
The dvd player is really cool and does so much and the price is perfect.
I didn't get mine from walmart but they have it for $198.86
Touch screen, USB, SD slot, back up camera inputs, blue tooth....
I wanted just a small screen up front and I'm adding a bigger moniter in the back.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=8585672
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6498.jpg
The driving lights came from PEP Boys
They are pilot navigators. NV-538W
I did have to cut the holes out to make them fit.
http://www.pilotautomotive.com/Produ...7267&PCID=1066
http://www.pilotautomotive.com/image...-538W_prod.jpg
good job mark......looks good .ive been thinking of doing the d/lights also..thx:)
Looks very very nice.. Hood scoop is best one I have seen to date and now it has me thinking of doing something similar. I have been looking around for different hood scoops on cars..
Request. Can we get a pic with all the lights on please?
Wow. That looks great. What a damn sexy VX!
I have an off question: How do you keep your cladding SO black???
Nice Job!
yeah man, how the heck d'ya get your cladding that dark! :_wtf: The hood scoop looks fantastic. both are just unbelievable!!;eekp; Did you use CarSystem Restore Refinisher?
Thanks Again for the Compliments! :thanx:
I painted the cladding with bumper paint.
It has held up very well, this month makes it two years being painted.
Just the front needs some touch up from the "love bug" mass suicides we have here in the south.
I'm waiting to redo the cladding when I change the color of VX.
Here is the progress pic of when I was painting the cladding.
http://www.aaapowersports.net/VXsilverPainting.jpg
And here is the pic with the lights on:
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6484.jpg
Mark what are your plans for a new color??
I really want to paint the VX with the newest Porsche Lime Green.
It is very similar to kawasaki green.
I would like to paint the roof itself black and keep the cladding black.
I would also like to do some black graphics to break up the lime even more.
If I don't like it, I can paint it back.
If anyone has any graphics ideas, send them my way.
That color brings back memories I had a 1972 500 triple that color, fastest production bike for quite a while, amazing I stayed alive with that one.
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Also, the world's tiniest DVD screen! :gring:
You'd better start fabbing up some hood scoops for the rest of us peons.
GREAT job.
I've always liked this combination of green & orange, there's just somethin' in my brain that gets all gooey when I see it...:razzgray:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spyder
I guess it doesn't hurt matters any that it was one of my faves to drive in Gran Tourismo...:smilewink
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/RMZDA3.jpg
Kinda like this:
http://www.aaapowersports.net/greenVX%20copy.jpg
So how much to make me one of them hoods?...lol ....but seriously??
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Mark, your quality of craftmanship is simply stunning & breathtaking. Don't forget to paint the cladding "bolts" lime-green, too.
In addition, does the T-Bird hood scoop have a "drain hole" for rain water??? Otherwise, you're gonna have a small lake of water where the hood scoop has the "moon crater" in front of the scoop???
Wicked hood... I want one! Your VX looks sweet. Great Job.
Thanks very much, :smilewink
I've been looking for another TBird hood...
Surprisingly the scoop doesn't pool water and
I did retain the stock drains for the insert.
I still have the stock insert, I'll bond some kind of scoop to it.
I've been playing with photochop for paint ideas and watching every car show on TV (DVR ROCKS) I want to do something really unique.
The good thing is it doesn't take much paint for our VXs.
Ldub, I do like that color combo too.
This weekend I'm working on my side mirriors.
I'm doing something really neat!
One other thing I wanted to mention, don't black out the "B" pillars, IMO, that's a big part or where the VX gets it's unique appearance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spyder
this will let you paint your vx..
http://www.autowaretech.net/nextwheels/cwu.htm