What do you want fabricated for your VX?

[VXorado]

One other possibility would be to make a hitch receiver for the front, so a winch could easily be moved from front to rear, or even removed when not wheeling.

I'm thinking this would be an option on the winch plate, a hitch reciever could take the place for the fairlead roller.

[VXorado]

Orion (Greg) custom made some skids exactly like that and him and Jack (pbkid) installed them on Jack's VX in Moab 5/09. Jack has since sold his VX, but maybe he and Greg have pics.

Exactly what i was thinking .

I would like a ful set of skid plates, based on the fiberglass ones.
front, rear, and sides.
They are more for "show" than "go", but that's what I'm looking for. It will basically look like a ground effects kit for the VX

does that give ya any idears?...

Like Marlin said, I'll be making steel accessories mainly for offroad use. IIRC, a fellow VXer can make the fiberglass set for you (at least the front), its in a thread somewhere around here...

[Mile High VX]

Not sure what the status of our window bracket supply is, but you might consider being an alternative in case a decision is made to discontinue...

[Luna X]

While I understand what you are saying, he is talking about making this stuff out of steel, and something all encompassing like what you want would be heavy

yeah.... I was hoping they would stretch their fabricating skills to sheet metal.

I'm not giving up the hunt for those skid plates....

[Luna X]

Not sure what the status of our window bracket supply is, but you might consider being an alternative in case a decision is made to discontinue...

I just spoke with Tim @(SBC) and he still makes them to order... $65

[VXorado]

yeah.... I was hoping they would stretch their fabricating skills to sheet metal.

I'm not giving up the hunt for those skid plates....

I'd love to but that would require the metal to be molded and we don't have that equipment... yet

[RallyDude]

I gotta say, I'm happy this is going on in Colorado. Shipping this stuff can run as much as the products. With a reasonably close proximity to Moab, and so many people going through Vail to get there, it will help a lot of us save some $ on shipping. Any interest in offering installation to local members? I'll have to hold my pinky up when I drink my can of beer, and tell people the best place to get a skid plate is Vail.

Now I know BigMeat VX makes a hitch receiver for the front, possibly he may give you plans? I know he'd probably rather make them, but it seems like a lot of members are doing it as a hobby, and are happy to help members out. Just a thought. Not sure how much engineering goes into something like this? It would be nice to see several fabricators across the country, that way most of the money goes to the fabricator, rather than the shipper. And we all get good prices on mods so we can buy more mods!

[hyperkid]

I wish there was a company that made a really nice brush guard for the VX.

This one for the trooper looks great.

http://www.everythingsuv.com/waag_br...ooper-esuv.asp

There was talk awhile back about a custom order but never got off the ground and I didn't want one then and I do now

http://vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=6818
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ight=group+buy

[Luna X]

I wish there was a company that made a really nice brush guard for the VX.

This one for the trooper looks great.

http://www.everythingsuv.com/waag_br...ooper-esuv.asp

There was talk awhile back about a custom order but never got off the ground and I didn't want one then and I do now

http://vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=6818
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ight=group+buy

That type of brush guard is scary... a little 10-15 mph tap causes twice as much damage. If the guard gets hit/pushed back, you're damaging the hood, headlights, upper radiator support, etc...
I'd rather let the brush give me some "pinstriping" instead...

[vt_maverick]

Wonder how hard it would be for you guys to reproduce the PowerVault PV1 muffler? Heard CobraJet's at the meeting a few weeks ago and it sounded great. I would think fabricating the housing would be the easy part with the equipment you have. But I don't know what else would be required.

Also, can you fabricate a printing press? Manufacturing my own $20's would make all this a lot more affordable.

[VXorado]

I gotta say, I'm happy this is going on in Colorado. Shipping this stuff can run as much as the products. With a reasonably close proximity to Moab, and so many people going through Vail to get there, it will help a lot of us save some $ on shipping. Any interest in offering installation to local members? I'll have to hold my pinky up when I drink my can of beer, and tell people the best place to get a skid plate is Vail.

I'm sure I could give you a hand with any installation, hopefully none of it will be too complicated.

Shipping can be pricey for sure and the Moab meet could be used for exchange to save on shipping.

Wonder how hard it would be for you guys to reproduce the PowerVault PV1 muffler? Heard CobraJet's at the meeting a few weeks ago and it sounded great. I would think fabricating the housing would be the easy part with the equipment you have. But I don't know what else would be required.

Also, can you fabricate a printing press? Manufacturing my own $20's would make all this a lot more affordable.

I know mufflers aren't hard to make but I don't know enough about them to fabricate my own. It's a possiblity but we would need specs from the powervault muffler and lots of interest. Mufflers are pretty cheap so I doubt it would be worth the costs.

Can't make the printing press, too busy looking for money tree seeds

[VXorado]

I wish there was a company that made a really nice brush guard for the VX.

This one for the trooper looks great.

http://www.everythingsuv.com/waag_br...ooper-esuv.asp

check out Jofotoz VX. He has a grill guard from a mercedes (??) with special frame mounts

Luna X is right though, Jo damaged his VX at Moab when the grill guard hit a rock and bend inward onto the body.

[vt_maverick]

I know mufflers aren't hard to make but I don't know enough about them to fabricate my own. It's a possiblity but we would need specs from the powervault muffler and lots of interest. Mufflers are pretty cheap so I doubt it would be worth the costs.

Plus we'd probably need a member to pony up their PV1 for you to cut up and examine. Any takers? Does anyone remember how much the PV1's cost brand new? Cobrajet perhaps?

[tom4bren]

There is a fairly simple part that could prove to be popular to VX owners.

A bracket to raise the rearview mirror should be simple enough to fabricate but you would probably have to purchase a bit to make the proper cut(s). The idea would be to replicate the mounting feature of the mirror mount to slide over the metal piece attached to the windshield & replicate the mating feature at the other end. It should be about 3" long to allow raising the mirror & still allow enough movement to NOT interfere with the sunvisors flipping down.

Many members have mounted their scan guage above the mirror so they wouldn't be interested but there would certainly still have a fair number that would bite.

I talked about it to Welder Guy but he likes working on bigger pieces and wants to leave the little stuff to someone else.

I could try drawing something up if my description is too confusing.

[vt_maverick]

Pics would help. I remember one of my first impressions when test driving the VX was how much the rear view mirror obstructed your view of the road, so anything to lessen that effect would be interesting.