Industrial Interior: Rubber Black Diamond Plate

[mbeach]

Hijack
One of you guys might be the reason that I bought my VX.
When I was stationed at Ft. Wainwright, I used to get to Lewis/McChord about 2x a year. I used to see at least on VX on every trip. I've wanted one ever since.
Hijack off.

I'm going to send off for some samples and practice with the heat gun/oven.
This project will happen, it's just not a priority to get on right away. Gauges/dash must come first.

[kpaske]

Yeah, I often drive over to McChord on the weekends to use the commissary or PX. That would be awesome if I inspired someone to go out and buy one! There is also an Astral and a Foxfire in the Lakewood/Tacoma area, but mine is the only modded Ebony I've seen around. I met a guy from Seattle once with a pretty cool custom hood insert, and I met another guy from Portland (JAFO) a couple of weeks ago. But other than that, outside of the forums I haven't talked to many other VX owners in the area either. We really need to get a meet started up this way. I don't really know of any accessory shops - I purchase nearly everything online. Autozone is usually my first choice for standard parts, but we've also got Napa and Schucks. Sometimes you're just better off going through St. Charles Isuzu for OEM stuff though.

BTW, yes, I'm with 2d Ranger Battalion. Don't believe everything you hear about us!

[mbeach]

BTW, yes, I'm with 2d Ranger Battalion. Don't believe everything you hear about us!

Before I became the S3 Air NCO for the 172d Inf (Alaska airborne) I was a Stinger guy. That's why we went to Lewis so often, to use the MTS at the edge of your compound. We probably know a few of the same people -when did you go through school?

[wekilled]

Here is a local place in the Puget Sound to get black/gray diamond matting:

Pacific Mat

They give out samples and sell ends of rolls too. The product can be had at any commercial mat company though, as its pretty common for industrial use.

mbeach: I left AK back in Jan 95 as I was enlisted then, and got into ROTC at the Univ Fairbanks after coming back from Desert Storm. Probably kpaske who turned you into a VXer. I was a broke college student driving through the ice fog in a 76 celica.

[mbeach]

I was in Fairbanks from 97-2002, so it definately wasn't you.
Could've been kpaske, but the last time I was in Lewis was in 2001 (MRI at McChord as part of MRB -bad jump). One of my old CO's (Cpt Morgan, @your time) became the ROTC commander at UAF, so I used to do the rappel demos (Aussies off of the roof of the library will get some cadets ) and toss 'em from the jump tower at Wainwright.

I think I'll try that mat as a replacement for the floormats, rather than the whole carpeting. It does look very thick.

[kpaske]

I've only been on Lewis since Sept 2002. Prior to that I was at Ft. Benning (from February to September 02), but my VX didn't get there until June. If you haven't been here since 2001, then it wasn't me you saw!