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Spyder
02/08/2009, 06:09 PM
Ok I finally finished some of my projects.

The Thunderbird hood scoop finished.
Installed new driving lights.
Installed an indash dvd player.
Cleared them pesky headlights and added them 90/100 watt bulbs.

http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6469.jpg

http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6488.jpg

http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6492.jpg

http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6510.jpg

http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6498.jpg
99VC
02/08/2009, 06:19 PM
Looks Great................
WiSDoM
02/08/2009, 06:29 PM
Very sharp...
TheGanzman
02/08/2009, 06:30 PM
Hood scoop looks OUTSTANDING! I'll bet you could sell a couple of those here, doncha know. Very tastefully done - subtle but "assertive"...
Spyder
02/08/2009, 06:58 PM
Thank You...


This is how we did the hood scoop.

Lucky me, we had a trashed Thunderbird hood at my work.
On the VX I laid paper over the entire hood and taped down the edges.
Then I cut out where the insert would be,
and threw away the center of the paper that was the insert.
Then I untapped the template, then made some center points on the thunderbird. Taped the template on the thunderbird hood, marked the lines to be cut, Then using a sawzall I cut out the template lines leaving about an inch of play all away around. The new scoop was lifted and separated from the original hood, so now it is a small thin hood.(thunder bird hood has a top and bottom layer sandwiched together) We then used an orbital sander around the edges until it fit. It sands quick. The VX hood was cut where the Thunderbird scoop needed to be recessed. Then we lifted the hood with the new insert in place and marked the hood for the location of the new bolts that use the stock nuts. We used some kick butt two part epoxy to mount the bolts. Sand, primer, fake carbon dip, clear coat. Done.

http://www.aaapowersports.net/vxhood1a.jpg

http://www.aaapowersports.net/vxhoodcut.jpg

http://www.aaapowersports.net/vxhood2a.jpg

The Headlights:
My headlights looked hazed all the time, like someone smeared mud on them.
I sanded them with 800 and then 1200.
Sprayed them with 3m plastic primer.
Then two heavy coats of two part automotive clear coat.
Wow, this did very good!
They don't need to be removed to fix, but I was installing driving lights.
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6381.jpg
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6490.jpg
rowhard
02/08/2009, 07:02 PM
Spyder, that is very sweet, espically the hood scoop
Triathlete
02/08/2009, 07:11 PM
THE best hood scoop I have seen on a VX!:cool:
What DVD player is that?
pbkid
02/08/2009, 07:57 PM
ya that looks amazing... very very clean looking....the carbon fiber dip is SICK....how does that work???
crager34
02/08/2009, 08:20 PM
An actual, functional hood scoop.... I am very impressed and it looks great.
Doomer
02/08/2009, 08:27 PM
Su-Weeeet!!!
CrnCnn
02/08/2009, 08:38 PM
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don moore
02/08/2009, 08:44 PM
what kind of lights did you use....for the driving lights:)
tomdietrying
02/08/2009, 08:50 PM
It looks like Foose did it himself.
Peace.
Tom
Jolly Roger VX'er
02/08/2009, 09:31 PM
very well done! Looks AWESOME!:cool:
Ldub
02/08/2009, 11:25 PM
Looks Great................


Very sharp...


Hood scoop looks OUTSTANDING! I'll bet you could sell a couple of those here, doncha know. Very tastefully done - subtle but "assertive"...


Spyder, that is very sweet, espically the hood scoop


THE best hood scoop I have seen on a VX!:cool:
What DVD player is that?


ya that looks amazing... very very clean looking....the carbon fiber dip is SICK....how does that work???


An actual, functional hood scoop.... I am very impressed and it looks great.


It looks like Foose did it himself.
Peace.
Tom


very well done! Looks AWESOME!:cool:

WHAT THEM GUYS SAID...WELL DONE!

right click, save picture as...VX pics...:smilewink
kodiak
02/09/2009, 01:54 AM
X2:eek: Good job!!


WHAT THEM GUYS SAID...WELL DONE!

right click, save picture as...VX pics...:smilewink
VCrossfan
02/09/2009, 05:40 AM
:thumbup:Great Work ! ! !:thumbup:
nfpgasmask
02/09/2009, 08:42 AM
THE best hood scoop I have seen on a VX!:cool:
What DVD player is that?

x2, and definitley spill the beans on the head unit. That thing looks sweet for a single din player with DVD.

NICE.

Bart
PittVXr
02/09/2009, 12:18 PM
Wow, too bad you didn't work for Isuzu back in the 90's. That is the hood insert the VX Should have came with.

Nice Job! :_drool:
lasturbo
02/09/2009, 12:26 PM
Sweet !!!!
OHVX'er
02/09/2009, 01:21 PM
Outstanding job!!! That really looks sharp.
Spyder
02/09/2009, 03:36 PM
WOW! Thanks Guys!
Best Compliments Ever!

To think, I saw that hood laying on the ground, too busted to reuse on a thunderbird.
I look at all hoods now seeing what else might work.


The dvd player is really cool and does so much and the price is perfect.
I didn't get mine from walmart but they have it for $198.86
Touch screen, USB, SD slot, back up camera inputs, blue tooth....
I wanted just a small screen up front and I'm adding a bigger moniter in the back.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8585672

http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6498.jpg

The driving lights came from PEP Boys
They are pilot navigators. NV-538W
I did have to cut the holes out to make them fit.
http://www.pilotautomotive.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=27267&PCID=1066
http://www.pilotautomotive.com/images/products/NV-538W_prod.jpg
don moore
02/09/2009, 07:59 PM
good job mark......looks good .ive been thinking of doing the d/lights also..thx:)
Dumke
02/10/2009, 06:21 AM
Looks very very nice.. Hood scoop is best one I have seen to date and now it has me thinking of doing something similar. I have been looking around for different hood scoops on cars..



Request. Can we get a pic with all the lights on please?
TheUltimateMan
02/10/2009, 10:34 AM
Wow. That looks great. What a damn sexy VX!

I have an off question: How do you keep your cladding SO black???

Nice Job!
VX KAT
02/10/2009, 12:26 PM
yeah man, how the heck d'ya get your cladding that dark! :_wtf: The hood scoop looks fantastic. both are just unbelievable!!;eekp; Did you use CarSystem Restore Refinisher?
Spyder
02/12/2009, 06:06 PM
Thanks Again for the Compliments! :thanx:

I painted the cladding with bumper paint.
It has held up very well, this month makes it two years being painted.
Just the front needs some touch up from the "love bug" mass suicides we have here in the south.
I'm waiting to redo the cladding when I change the color of VX.

Here is the progress pic of when I was painting the cladding.
http://www.aaapowersports.net/VXsilverPainting.jpg

And here is the pic with the lights on:
http://www.aaapowersports.net/IMG_6484.jpg
99VC
02/12/2009, 06:17 PM
Mark what are your plans for a new color??
Spyder
02/13/2009, 05:59 PM
I really want to paint the VX with the newest Porsche Lime Green.
It is very similar to kawasaki green.
I would like to paint the roof itself black and keep the cladding black.
I would also like to do some black graphics to break up the lime even more.

If I don't like it, I can paint it back.

If anyone has any graphics ideas, send them my way.
99VC
02/13/2009, 06:09 PM
That color brings back memories I had a 1972 500 triple that color, fastest production bike for quite a while, amazing I stayed alive with that one.
PHO2GR4
02/13/2009, 06:21 PM
THE best hood scoop I have seen on a VX!:cool:
What DVD player is that?

I have to second this. Absolutely the best hood scoop EVER on a VX.

Also, the world's tiniest DVD screen! :gring:

You'd better start fabbing up some hood scoops for the rest of us peons.

GREAT job.
Ldub
02/13/2009, 07:47 PM
I really want to paint the VX with the newest Porsche Lime Green.
It is very similar to kawasaki green.
I would like to paint the roof itself black and keep the cladding black.
I would also like to do some black graphics to break up the lime even more.

If I don't like it, I can paint it back.

If anyone has any graphics ideas, send them my way.

I've always liked this combination of green & orange, there's just somethin' in my brain that gets all gooey when I see it...:razzgray:
I guess it doesn't hurt matters any that it was one of my faves to drive in Gran Tourismo...:smilewink

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/RMZDA3.jpg
Spyder
02/15/2009, 12:48 PM
Kinda like this:
http://www.aaapowersports.net/greenVX%20copy.jpg
Lizardmen3477
02/15/2009, 10:02 PM
So how much to make me one of them hoods?...lol ....but seriously??
99VC
02/16/2009, 06:45 PM
X2
Riff Raff
02/17/2009, 02:20 AM
Mark, your quality of craftmanship is simply stunning & breathtaking. Don't forget to paint the cladding "bolts" lime-green, too.

In addition, does the T-Bird hood scoop have a "drain hole" for rain water??? Otherwise, you're gonna have a small lake of water where the hood scoop has the "moon crater" in front of the scoop???
Cyrk
02/17/2009, 03:55 AM
Wicked hood... I want one! Your VX looks sweet. Great Job.
Spyder
02/19/2009, 09:44 PM
Thanks very much, :smilewink
I've been looking for another TBird hood...

Surprisingly the scoop doesn't pool water and
I did retain the stock drains for the insert.

I still have the stock insert, I'll bond some kind of scoop to it.

I've been playing with photochop for paint ideas and watching every car show on TV (DVR ROCKS) I want to do something really unique.
The good thing is it doesn't take much paint for our VXs.
Ldub, I do like that color combo too.

This weekend I'm working on my side mirriors.
I'm doing something really neat!
Ldub
02/19/2009, 09:59 PM
The good thing is it doesn't take much paint for our VXs.
Ldub, I do like that color combo too.

This weekend I'm working on my side mirriors.
I'm doing something really neat!

One other thing I wanted to mention, don't black out the "B" pillars, IMO, that's a big part or where the VX gets it's unique appearance.
don moore
02/19/2009, 11:08 PM
this will let you paint your vx..
http://www.autowaretech.net/nextwheels/cwu.htm
BeeVenom
02/21/2009, 09:46 AM
I love the hood scoop. Starting my search for a t-bird hood NOW.
You said you did a carbon fiber 'dip' process? It looks so good! Was it difficult? On with my search. Scott
Riff Raff
02/22/2009, 03:14 AM
this will let you paint your vx..
http://www.autowaretech.net/nextwheels/cwu.htm

Don--- Awesome website!!! Thank you for sharing it with us. I spent hours on it playing with different paint colors, window tint, vehicle height, wheels, and tires. Very entertaining. Let's me know what looks good and what doesn't BEFORE I possibly waste any money.
Bantan
02/24/2009, 04:40 PM
Great Modding skills you got there. I luv the outcome.
What year Tbird hood was that again?
Spyder
02/27/2009, 07:52 PM
Looks like I will be painting my VX new Viper Green.
I'll do all the labor, and I might get some free paint!(fingers crossed)

Thunderbird hood years 2002 to 2005.

Here is the progress of the new mirror installation.
The VX is kinda dirty.
http://aaapowersports.net/VXMirrrorCarbon.jpg