Before and after taking ownership pictures

This thread been a work in progress since taking ownership of the vx from "Kpaske" http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=20380 on May of 2011. Here some of the first pictures taken.... I did take off the yakima load warrior and the spare wheel which was mounted to the rack a day before.

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Pictures after getting the exterior painted everything beside the roof since I was planning on wrapping with 3m cf di noc material

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Some TC Fusion application to the cladding:

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Modification done in the past 9 months:

*16x8 American Racing Wheels Ar23 offset 0
*P265/75R-16 Yokohama Geolandar H/T-S G051
*24 black Alcon closed lugnuts
*Dynomax Super Turbo Muffler
*Thule 696 Xpedition Cargo Basket
*Ron's Clear Front Turn Signal Lenses
*Weathertech visors
*"Rowhard" front skid plate painted Sliver
*"VX" Grill Decal (Reflector Red)
*3M 1080 Brushed Aluminum Vinyl Wrap (Grill Fangs, Door Sills and Bottom Side Cladding)
*3m 1080 Di-Noc CarbonFiber Wrap (Hood Inset,Grill,Mirrors,Half Moon,Gas Cap Door & Door handles)
*Oracal 8300 yellow tint film : Foglights
*Rvinyl light Smoke tint film : All exterior lights beside the headlights (Taillights, top
brake lights, turn signals, front & rear side markers, rear bottom bumper lights)
*All wrapped done professional by Wu Wraps Automotive
*3m 1080 Di-Noc CarbonFiber Wrap (Pillars, Lower seats, Full Bottom Center Console)
* Ironman Edition front seats


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More pictures of the wrapping can be found in this thread:
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=20890

Here the final outcome:

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Good looking so fast, Dawg. You really dressed it up, enjoy it!

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Originally Posted by Vendetta

Good looking so fast, Dawg. You really dressed it up, enjoy it!

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Too late, he already sold it...

That CF wrap is so sick. :thumbup:

Alllllrighty then...! LOL

Hope the new guy enjoys it!

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Originally Posted by vt_maverick

Too late, he already sold it...

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Think I missed that...he sold it already??? :_thinking

Just curious, what happened to that paint? Looks like it lived in Phoenix or Vegas for about 10 years.....

What did you do to the sill plates? They don't appear to be CF, and I couldn't find them listed in your build list.....oops...nevermind...just saw info in other thread.....wouldn't the sills get pretty scuffed up wrapped in vinyl?? :_thinking

I sold the VX over the weekend to someone local and now the newest member on the forum "Amish" . Very nice guy who planning on fabricating some parts for the VX in the near future. I'm buying my first home next month and the vehicross was always my 2nd vehicle I do plan on buying one another down the road but right now I know she in great hands and look forward to seeing progress from Mike.

Kat: The still plates was wrapped in 3M 1080 Brushed Aluminum Vinyl Wrap

Mike here the mod list and all the parts I threw in ..it's a good list to start from

Engine:

*Calmini Hi-Flow Air Filter
*Dynomax Super Turbo Muffler (17748)
*Optima Battery


Suspension:

*OME (Old Man Emu) 912 Trooper Springs (2 1/2 inch lift)
*Rancho RS9000X 9 way adjustable Shocks (F&R)
*SP Performance Slotted/Drilled Rear Rotors
*SP Performance Slotted Front Rotors
*SP Performance Pads (Front and Rear)
*Steel Braided Brake Lines
*G2 Painted Blue Calipers
*Superwinch Manual locking hubs
*16x8 American Racing Wheels Ar23 offset 0 (less than100 miles)
*P265/75R-16 Yokohama Geolandar H/T-S G051 (less than 100 miles)
*24 black Alcon closed lugnuts

*Exterior:

*Thule 696 Xpedition Cargo Basket
*Ron's Clear Front Turn Signal Lenses
*Tone Monday Tow Hitch
*Weathertech visors
*"Rowhard" front skid plate painted Sliver
*"VX" Grill Decal (Reflector Red)
*3M 1080 Brushed Aluminum Vinyl Wrap (Grill Fangs and Bottom Side Cladding)
*3m 1080 Di-Noc CarbonFiber Wrap (Hood Inset,Grill,Mirrors,Half Moon,Gas Cap Door & Door handles)
*Oracal 8300 yellow tint film : Foglights
*Rvinyl light Smoke tint film : All exterior lights beside the headlights (Taillights, top brake lights, turn signals, front & rear side markers, rear bottom bumper lights)
*All wrapped done professional by Wu Wraps Automotive

Interior:

Pioneer DEH P8000R In-Dash CD
Orion Xtreme 500.4 Amplifier
Orian Crossover/Tweeters & Door speakers HCCA series 6.5"
Wires and Fuse Blocks by KnuKonceptz
Vibration Damping by BQuiet
Tint Windows (5% Rear / 20% Front)
Tone Monday Rear Door Popper
Tone Monday 3.5" Passenger Seat Extender
SBC Window Brackets
*3m 1080 Di-Noc CarbonFiber Wrap (Pillars, Lower seats, Full Bottom Center Console)
Viper Ultra 800HF Alarm System featuring Auto Start
Ironman seats




Extras:

Covercraft Hood Protector-Deflector (Brand new)
GTO Smoke Headlights cover (Not installed)
Mechatech CV Boot Repair Kit
x5 Stock Isuzu 16" Oem Vehicross Wheels
x2 OEM Yellow Stock Spare wheels
Front Third Member w/4.78 Gear Set
Diff Drop Brackets
Wheelskins (red and black perforated leather) cover (Brand new)
HId 6000k Headlights Bulbs (Super White) and 8000K ( Blue)
HID Xentec Kit 12000k (Purple/ pink)
G2 Red paint Calipers kit (Brand new)

Very, very, very well done. My compliments x 100.

I gotta wonder if tree sap or something more than 100% outdoor life ruined that paint?

I like (make that love) everything except the exterior door sill wrap. Only because it doesn't continue from wheel-to-wheel.

Grill is killer, Di-Noc interior too. Gotta wonder what that grill insert will look like after a year and how easy Di-noc is to replace if/when necessary.

Great white-lettered tires. Don't see that much anymore.

BTW..where'd you find the window air deflectors? I thought those weren't available anymore!

Great stuff in this thread!!!!

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Nice, looks great!

I couldn't imagine selling the VX after you put all that time restoring & modding it...but you gotta do, what you gotta do.

I can relate to your situation, the VX was my third vehicle... until I sold my truck to save for a house :). Now the VX is the daily driver & gets all my attention ;).

I'm the new and proud owner! :) I'm very excited about finally owning a VX and as David said am going to be fabricating some new fun parts!

Good score, Amish - seems you got a helluva rig from Dawg. Again, welcome aboard!

What kind of parts are you thinking of cooking up? Won't hold your feet to the fire here because, as you'll surely find, these forums are littered with lots of good intentions that never quite made it past the drawing board. But it doesn't hurt to dream. :biggringr
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BTW..where'd you find the window air deflectors? I thought those weren't available anymore!

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The OEM JDM window deflectors are virtually non-existent, but WeatherTech still makes theirs for the VX. I've read the JDM version fits a little bit better than the WeatherTech.

They're available at a few places I think, but Summit Racing always has them.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MNA-70235/

What are the pods on top of the mirrors?

Some unique looking blind spot mirrors =D

Navistar has those mirror "pods". I think they work pretty well!

I got them from this seller "Car Side Blindspot Blind Spot Mirror Wide Angle View"
$3.99 each

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-Side-Bli...beb8a2&vxp=mtr

where did you get all the interior carbon fiber, dress up kit and where did you get the front and Rear/ skid plates send info thanks. bcb9112001@hotmail.com thanks again

hi were did you get the front skid plate

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where did you get all the interior carbon fiber, dress up kit and where did you get the front and Rear/ skid plates send info thanks. bcb9112001@hotmail.com thanks again

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Originally Posted by fredrick remington

hi were did you get the front skid plate

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ANSWER...from one of these two sources:

1) In past years a member named "Ron" made them, out of ABS plastic. He stopped making them several years ago. Sometimes you can find them for sale by another member who is selling their VX. I got my front and rear skid from a member selling his VX.


2) Member "rowhard" currently makes them. He started making the front plate a few years ago, and just lastt year started making the rear skid. Contact him for price and details.

Love the skidplates, anyone know if someone makes them or can make them steel or aluminum or such, Id'e buy that, else I would still buy the abs version...awsome VX by the way, I wanted to do something similar in the way of the di-noc. Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by espidus

Love the skidplates, anyone know if someone makes them or can make them steel or aluminum or such, Id'e buy that, else I would still buy the abs version..

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you can't buy the ABS version new as those were discontinued by Ron....Rowhard makes only fiberglass.

BUT, METAL would be awesome! :thumbup:
Rowhard....are you listening? :thumbup:

Yes, we need a good steel-worker / welder / fabricator in the VX community wanting to make a profit, any takers?

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Yes, we need a good steel-worker / welder / fabricator in the VX community wanting to make a profit, any takers?

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Did somebody say fabrication?
Skid plates? Push bars? Nerf bars?

I really want some black nerf bars...

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Yes, we need a good steel-worker / welder / fabricator in the VX community wanting to make a profit, any takers?

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I thought about... depends on your definition of "good" :laughing:


Seriously though, I had a thread about starting fabrication for VX parts. I still might make a couple things but in reality we (VXers) are unique and typically want different things to make our own look. There's a couple things everyone seem to like... skid plates & the concealed hitch. Fabricating takes a lot of time and effort so you need many buyers to actually make "profit" and for the most part there's just not enough VXs to make that happen.

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I thought about... depends on your definition of "good" :laughing:


Seriously though, I had a thread about starting fabrication for VX parts. I still might make a couple things but in reality we (VXers) are unique and typically want different things to make our own look. There's a couple things everyone seem to like... skid plates & the concealed hitch. Fabricating takes a lot of time and effort so you need many buyers to actually make "profit" and for the most part there's just not enough VXs to make that happen.

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Agreed, but If someone does make a steel skid plate that looks just like the ABS version I'm sure that it could at least sell 50 pieces including to myself, as long as it is good quality. So if JDM or you or someone fabs a prototype and starts a pre-order or commit to buy thread after test fit and pics on their own rig ( they could keep it for themselves it not enough people commit to buy ) I'll be the first one in line.:yesb::yesb::yesb: