The Uber VX

[Maugan_VX]

I agree with Transio. I never understood why they didn't do yellow interiors on the prots.

....just, for the love of god

don't lower it. :P

[transio]

don't lower it. :P

Dude, some day I'm gonna buy the house next door to you and buy a VX and slam it just to piss you off!

[transio]

I would so go for an air suspension if I could figure out how to make one work

The problem with an air suspension is that it replaces springs AND shocks... so you lose a lot of the performance that the stock suspension gets (i.e. it will have a lot of body roll). They also don't have great travel, iirc, so they really perform like crap both on AND off road (kind of the antithesis of the VX if you ask me).

[Ldub]

Dude, some day I'm gonna buy the house next door to you and buy a VX and slam it just to piss you off!

For the full effect, you'll also want to de-badge the house by removing the house numbers.
Also, lowering it by removing the foundation would be a nice touch.

[tbigity]

AND turbocharge it. IE add a commercial central air system to it.

I will look into the alcantera locally, sounds neat. As for the austin meet, count me in...depending on the day. Austin is still 9 hrs away. But i like the idea of that close to tone's shop.

Sticking with the thread, something that makes me wet myself when i see them on VXs is a hood scoop in the hood insert. Does anyone know where to get a functional hood scoop for th vx? I have seen plenty in member photos but have been unsucessful in finding any info bout them in the forum. I would prefer one that is for more than aesthetics, but if that is all that is out there, oh well. I have to do bout $300 worth of work to my insert any way, so might as well scoop it.

[transio]

Ty,

There was a company making aftermarket CF hood inserts with the air induction (scoop) or air extraction shape. I think they stopped, though. It was CF1 or something.

Steve

[tbigity]

I was afraid of that. I searched and searched...literally hours last night. I could find nothing that would be as simple as unbolt the old, install the new. I am prolyl gunna have to do a custom jobber. Might consider cowl induction as it would be easier to make that functional that a ram air style

[transio]

I was afraid of that. I searched and searched...literally hours last night. I could find nothing that would be as simple as unbolt the old, install the new. I am prolyl gunna have to do a custom jobber. Might consider cowl induction as it would be easier to make that functional that a ram air style

Ty, there are some aftermarket products that you can have pretty much glued onto the hood, with a little cut-out, then the whole thing painted. Since you're gonna repaint the hood anyway, you should look into these.

[tbigity]

yeah, that was originally my idea. The body shop I use quoted just over $300. I havent shopped around but it got me thinking (since I read a post a while ago about a stock insert being about $300) why pay that much to repair when I can buy new...or mod it

[transio]

IIRC, the CF air induction hood insert was about $300

[rowhard]

When I bought my carbon fibre insert this spring from user newthings, he had one carbon fibre insert with a WRX scoop left. Not sure if he still has it or wants to sell it, but you could PM him and find out.

[tbigity]

thanks man, I will do that. I saw that thread where you got that form him but figured it wouldnt still be around since it was back in february iirc.