Got My Brand New Used Replacement VX

[Mark Miller]

Finally got my replacement VX this week:



Now to do everything I had already done to my other VX plus the things I didn't get to.
Couple Highlights:
Paint the Cladding.
Sub Install: (in the spare tire, retaining the spare tire.)
Hood scoop, Older Celica.

[k4tmc]

Mark,

Looks nice! Did you get it from someone here on the forum?

I would like to hear more about the sub inside the spare tire. I was thinking of that also, but had not come up with a good solution yet. I was also considering a small thin powered sub under the driver seat, but want to put a CD changer there also.

Henry

[Kenny]

Finally got my replacement VX this week:

Now to do everything I had already done to my other VX plus the things I didn't get to.
Couple Highlights:
Paint the Cladding.
Sub Install: (in the spare tire, retaining the spare tire.)
Hood scoop, Older Celica.

Nice going!

I was once looking at shallow woofers for the spare tire area while trying to keep the spare. (i.e. Blaupunkt ODw1000, Earthquake SWS...) If you make a fiberglass box that goes into the spare spokes and possibly replace the wheel cover, you might just be able to keep the spare...

But I gave up the idea once I decided I wanted a full size spare, then took out the tire and made a box for an ODW1200 shallow woofer.

Also, are you talking about the Gen 5 Turbo Celica for hood scoop? I had a '91 AWD Turbo Celica with the stock hood scoop and grilles - I loved that look!! I have been trying to figure out how to get that look for the VX, grilles and scoop.. Good Luck!

[Ldub]

Well Done...glad to see you back in a VX so soon...& SUCH a nice color !

[biju]

congrats. Ditto what dub said!

-biju

[nbvolks]

I don't know how you'd get the ST185 (aka:Celica All-trac) scoop on there since the bulbous part of the scoop is an integrated part of the hood itself. Only the inlet lip is a separate piece. You'd have to do a lot of metal grafting to get it done right and complete.

[Mark Miller]

Thanks guys, Glad to be back so soon.
I started looking at a lot of pickup trucks and I decided I was not going to be happy with anything else but another VX.

On the sub, just a small one. 10" (i've gotten older and deaf from the old days)
Part fiberglass, part wood.
I have the amp and speaker ready.

On the scoop, using the hood insert, they make a universal scoop styled after the celica:


Here is some photo shop fun, with kinda the look.