Fruits of this afternoon's labours

[alanbradley]

Well... I've been looking at the pics of Moab and was getting jealous so I thought I'd stick up some of mine.

The "new" wheels I fitted this afternoon have Cooper Discoverer SSTs on. I think its a good look... :cool:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01256.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01253.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01259.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01254.jpg

I like that last one best...

I have a Trooper A-bar for the front, but I'm not sure if it will "work". I also want the rear 3 windows done in a dark smoke - as much to keep my luggage out of sight as to make the outside look more cohesive.

Thoughts/opinions/abuse welcome!

Cheers,

A

[tomdietrying]

Sweet! Looks great!
Peace.
Tom
012009

[kodiak]

Looks Great, I love the JDMs! You need to ship that overhear and go to Moab next year.:p

[Knivx]

I've always wondered what a vx would look like with some "basic" steel wheels. Very cool. The fact that its a jdm makes it even better. They look like 16's, at least i assume? A white vx with the white spoke wheels would look neat too. Anyone got a photo of that?

[alanbradley]

Looks Great, I love the JDMs! You need to ship that overhear and go to Moab next year.:p

Hah! I wouldn't want to make you all jealous of my power-folding wing mirrors and cloth seats! :p

It would be great to bring it to Moab and if I win the lottery then I'll be there!

Yeah, the steels work well - I think its because they're chromed and add to the general "moon buggy" look. I bought them off a guy who had them on his Pajero/Montero/Shogun and they've seen some serious action. I did have to "modify" the wheel well lining slightly to eliminate any rubbing at half-lock. Well worth it though! I'm not sure how white would work (maybe a little agricultural), but black ones are pretty neat too.

Cheers for the compliments guys - I'm off to look at more Moab piccys :bwgy:

A

[So-CalVX]

those rims are quite nice. And I love the clean shaven look of the whole VX. The grill is great. I did the same thing. One question though... Are the windows behind the doors tinted? Looks like they're the only ones tinted but I've been wrong before

[alanbradley]

No no, you're right. For some reason those ones are tinted but the rest of the rear isn't. The DPO (and I think its had a run of dumbass previous owners) fitted a dual-screen DVD system (but not a good one - an e-bay special that "sort of" works) and the only reason I can think of for the tinting was to keep the glare off the 15" drop-down screen.

That was the same dpo that installed (or had installed) a £30 e-bay alarm with remote start and to get it to "work" sliced the entire wiring loom to the steering wheel and - somehow - seemed to get the engine to run +ve earth. But lets not go there...

A

[alanbradley]

Cheers folks!

Its a nice night here so a mate and I decided we'd have a look at the axle articulation so popped along to our local industrial estate tame boulder collection to have a play...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01261.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01263.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01262.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01265.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01266.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/alanbradley/VehiCross%20Stuff/DSC01267.jpg

It would seem that axle articulation won't be a problem during my forthcoming trip to Wales 8-)

A

[kodiak]

You could articulate on someone’s Mini copper. :p