For winch ideas check out Spazz and Swordy's galleries. They both have winches very cleverly installed behind the front cladding. As far as suspention Old Man Emu (right in your back yard) has the 912 springs that will lift the back about 2.5-3 inches and the torrsion bars can be turned to lift the front allowing larger off road tires to be used. ARB (also in your back yard) makes lockers that will fit your VX. Those additions will surely make your VX more capable off road than most anything over there! And YES VX's were made for the Asian market in 97 and 98. We had to wait to get one here in the U.S. until 99. Good luck!