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.
Super VXer
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.
Spyder aka Mark Miller
Super VXer
Looks Great................
Super VXer
Very sharp...
Super VXer
Hood scoop looks OUTSTANDING! I'll bet you could sell a couple of those here, doncha know. Very tastefully done - subtle but "assertive"...
Super VXer
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.
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.
Last edited by Spyder : 02/08/2009 at 08:08 PM Reason: added more pics and info :)
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Spyder, that is very sweet, espically the hood scoop
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Super VXer
THE best hood scoop I have seen on a VX!
What DVD player is that?
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ya that looks amazing... very very clean looking....the carbon fiber dip is SICK....how does that work???
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An actual, functional hood scoop.... I am very impressed and it looks great.
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Su-Weeeet!!!
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Super VXer
what kind of lights did you use....for the driving lights
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]...
Super VXer
It looks like Foose did it himself.
Peace.
Tom
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very well done! Looks AWESOME!
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Originally Posted by 99VC
THE best hood scoop I have seen on a VX!
What DVD player is that?WHAT THEM GUYS SAID...WELL DONE!very well done! Looks AWESOME!
right click, save picture as...VX pics...
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