Hi Cascabel or neighbor I guess you could say..

Was in a rush today otherwise would have stopped and yaked more ..other than at each stop light....good to see another VX out in the SCV(Santa Clarita Valley, CA)...Your gonna love your car. We have another one out here too its a Proton like mine..

And yes you made the right choice(IMO) as far as the Nitto tires.

I have heard Nitto is going to a "mud terrain" tread but haven't released it in 285X18 configuration, as far as I know. Might be a little noisy for my taste, but probably a good choice for our varied terrain and conditions we get out here.

The winch I installed in September came off my 1989 Isuzu Amigo(She didn't need it anymore at 240K miles and still going) The exterior assembly is from CalMini. I rebuilt the old winch and put on new cable with new solenoids in the control box...and Viola!!!

I took pics of the install and have them on a floppy disc but havn't figured how to post them on this site, otherwise I would. I have. also put in a Pioneer AVIC-1 Navigation system with a rear back-up camera....awesome in every phase...really quiets down the cockpit... getting prompted by a soft sexy female voice telling me to, "make a left then a right onto I-5 south". Of course the back-up cam is a self-evident advantage...You've had the car a week or two now right??

This is a great site with very helpful/knowledgable and polite people....no question is too stupid.....and boy have I seen real whopper's here but its all handled nicely..... abiet a few snickers and giggles maybe....


John McManus

Ps. Pleasure meeting you today and hope we meet again!