Powder-coating looks awesome and really sets you apart from "everyone's got it" chrome. We're getting ready to sell Kathy's '01 Trooper and I'm swapping the '99 IronMan's chromes for her silvers (same style) so we can get them powder-coated the same white as the IronMan, which will really give it that rally look. Plus, with a good coat of wax over clear powder over the white it'll clean up like super-easy.

One thing you may want to think about, especially if you off-road the VX at all, is picking up a set of Nissan or Trooper/Rodeo/Amigo wheels in 16" and throwing on a set of BFG All-Terrains or Mud-Terrains. Plentiful and always on-sale somewhere, they're fine on the highway for as long as you need to do stuff with the other wheels. I picked up a brand-new set of Nissan Frontier alloys for $200 off eBay and they look great in addition to working well.

If you don't mind, please share the info on your powder-coater since I'll be needing one myself for the IronMan wheels and haven't started looking around yet. :bgwg: