Nah, just start The Western Slope Escort Service! Make Vicki the company vehicle and all repairs and mods will be tax write offs and you'll have a job!Originally Posted by MSHardeman
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Nah, just start The Western Slope Escort Service! Make Vicki the company vehicle and all repairs and mods will be tax write offs and you'll have a job!
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Justin, not a bad idea. I mean, what woman wouldn't want to be seen in a VX? I could put Western Slope Escort Services window decals on Vicki and really start raking in the dough. I'm just concerned about the "jobs" I would have to do....
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
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Here is the damn-age to Vicki.I don't have any picture of her in the hole because I was running around like a father whose daughter had fallen into a well, and I wasn't thinking of anything but getting her OUT.
The overall view. She's scarred from one wheel well to the other.
Closer. You can see that the cladding behind the front wheel well was shoved forward when I tried to back her out of the hole.
Close up of the front, right behind the front wheel well.
Close up of the back, right in front of the rear wheel well.
I even ended up scarring the center caps of both wheels. (this is the rear)
I put this one up of the undamaged side because I was really paying attention to the gaps around the car to see what I had screwed up on the passenger side, and it looks like I have a large gap between the front fender cladding and the door cladding on the drivers side. Is this the same on everyone's VX? It seems that if you had a light color (Astral, Proton, etc.) you would be able to see some of the body color in this gap.
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OUCH! You know I sprayed bedliner on my cladding to cover some minor scuffs. You have any interest in rolling on some Herculiner on all yours? I have been considering Herculiner for mine. I found a complete kit at Ace for $80! Texture sample is on the package... A bit of sanding to get the scuffs down and to promote adhesion, then apply.
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mark... if you decide for sure you are going to buy new cladding...
lets heat gun it first.. i have gotten scratches out of mine with a heat gun, leaves a spot that is a hair bit darker, but i think it will fade to normal color in time..
ps- looks like a blast guys!!! hopefully we can meet up for some camping next weekend huh?
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I agree with Jack on this one, before giving up on the cladding we should try the heat gun and possibly fine sandpaper. Let me know if you want to give it a try soon and I will drive down your way to help out. Also, I have center caps from the 16" rims. I guess they will fit yoursand if so you can have the best looking one. I'll trade for your scratched one.
Dont worry Mark,
we will get Vicki back to perfect in no time!
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pretty sure the center caps arent interchangable...I agree with Jack on this one, before giving up on the cladding we should try the heat gun and possibly fine sandpaper. Let me know if you want to give it a try soon and I will drive down your way to help out. Also, I have center caps from the 16" rims. I guess they will fit yours
Dont worry Mark,
we will get Vicki back to perfect in no time!
mark, let us know and we will help you get vicki back into shape
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huh uh, huh uh, he said jobs, huh uh, uh huh
Sorry she got banged....
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