Thanks Incogneato, for your insight.
I agree especially on grips, I love my CZ-75 and RAMI cross-hatched rubber grips just the way they are. Although the VP-9 grip straps and side panels can be changed to customize; they slipped around awfully. I added Talon wrap grip and that helped a lot.
I will say that after ~2400 rounds the VP-9 has not had a single hiccup; running mostly FMJ's and some JHP's.
My orig. recoil spring (red) started getting a little wimpy, but after calling their customer service they sent me a free upgrade to the firmer 40S&W spring which is now standard on all VP's both 9 and 40.