VX hood insert???

[Triathlete]

First off...Welcome to the obsession! To answer your ?? the person you bought the VX from must have painted it since they are not painted from the factory. You have several options. You can repaint it, replace it with an OEM insert (try St. Charles for a better price...see links section), replace it with a used one (allhyundaiisuzu in the links sestion), have it sprayed with a bed liner (I think LineX looks the best), or there is a vendor that make carbon fiber inserts (do a search you will find a lot on here). Good luck and let us know which option you choose.

[Raque Thomas]

To answer your ?? the person you bought the VX from must have painted it since they are not painted from the factory.

Actually, they are painted (or coated) from the factory. If you remove it, it is white on the back side; and I have a rock chip on mine that only removed the paint, no damage to the finish of the insert - it is white under that grey paint or finish. From the back, it looks like those old fiberglass chairs everyone had in the '60's (showing my age!), with the exposed fiberglass chop or strands. Leads me to believe it could be worked with by a good bodyman to mold in a hood scoop!

I second, third, or whatever the comments on Tone's hitch - good instructions, and straight forward installation that anyone with at least limited handyman skills can tackle. As far as towing - it will do the job!!