Interesting... Thank you both for your replies... BTW I have 50K miles on the car. Mostly highway. AND I know the shocks will not make the new speeds traveled on the high ways any safer, but as You Stated the car is 9years old... I want the suspension up to snuff (what ever that means) when I am tra...

I have a 2009 VIBE 2.4 L FWD. 17 inch wheels... I’m looking to replace my suspension struts and shocks. But it seems that NOT all brands are available for my car... I decided that i wanted BILSTEIN equipment But NO one sells them for my car. I dont want KYB as from what im reading they are the OEM s...

My car has disk breaks all way round... AND the Emergency hand brake is incorporated into the DISKS in the back. There is NO drum under the disk, or the little hole in the rotor that you can adjust your brakes with. This method involves taking up slack AT THE hand lever in the middle console... MOST...

I have just changed my 2009 pontiac vibe - 2.4 L , front wheel drive -rear disk brakes ... Here are some tips... For all the youtube videos that show a push in caliper piston, this car has a WIND back caliper... AND - for those that have watched videos that say you can do this without the wind back ...

BRAKE PAD CLIPS In watching brake replacement videos, I noticed that there are SOMETIMES clips that go on the brake PADS. MOST times I see pads being installed there Are NO clips on the pads. On one of the video there was ONE clip placed on each pad. I Bought a hardware set and there are four brake ...

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My car is a 2009 vibe 2.4L. Disk brakes front and rear. 17” wheels. I’ve tried to find the torque settings and here is what I found: Torque specs are: 25 ft/lbs Caliper to Bracket 79 ft/lbs Assembly to knuckle I understand the numbers but what part is the assembly and what part is the caliper I DONT...