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Hi All,This pulley set is now up for grabs for $60 shipped. That's less than half price without including the shipping! Thanks

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Hi All,This pulley and belt kit is still up for grabs. $85 gets it to your door.

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One more pic.

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We lost power on Friday night at about 10pm and still don't have power. But we've had water and gas almost the whole time. And the cool front the last few days really helped. Anyhow, I'm sending this pic via generator power. It's the view of Hwy. 288 from my townhome development. This is a 4 lane hw...

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On motorweek this weekend, Pat Goss of Goss' Garage discussed how air intake inserts (Tornado), fuel line magnets and water/hydrogen kits available on the market are all junk. I tend to agree with ol' Goss and don't have any of these on my Vibe. There has been a fair amount of discussion here about ...

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Nice!

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I have to second the comment about Shell gas. It's been my experience that their gas makes my Vibe now and my past cars run better!

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I completely agree. I would have done the same thing. Can't wait to see the installed pics.

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The grill remined me of the door molding too. Actually even more so, my brother had a 41 Ford hotrod, and he used a similar product to change the beat up old pot metal lower grill inserts to chrome. He used the 1/2in or 3/4in chrome strip with adhesive backing, a product that can also be bought at y...

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I was just surfing ebay and came across these. Although I have a 2004 VGT, I figured I'd put this up in case anyone may be interested. I think the insert actually looks pretty nice. I like it better than the billet inserts. You can see that the insert complements the chrome trim around the upper gri...

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I have McGards also. Very pleased with them. Also, I have a new set of tuner lugs/valve stems FS. Check them out: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=32286.

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Sorry. They've been sold. I should have posted that info.

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Wow, that's really impressive!

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The Motorweek segment also mentioned the lower ride height.

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Hey thanks for the thread. Wish I had known you had one before I went searching for one. Anyhow, the whole point for doing this is that I WILL be getting an aftermarket radio, and I still want a clock. So, the gaps should disappear with the correct adapter. Also, I think that this one specific aspec...

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Called around Houston the last few days and actually found a matrix radio bezel with the digital clock and A/C control switch included for a really good price. I even pulled out the wiring harness connections from the salvaged Trix. I'll keep you guys posted on if I can get this mod working.

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I have one more exterior project to complete, then I'll offically put up pics in the garage. Shouldn't be long.

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Saw the Matrix Motorweek segment. The new XRS/GT has the 2.4 liter 4 banger. No significant difference in horse powere over the old engine; however, I did notice that the torque is up quite a bit to 162 ft/lbs. Also gas mileage is 21/28. Motorweek averaged ~27.3 during their testing. That added torq...

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The wheels/tires I got put on my vibe at 18x7.5" with a 38mm offsest. Tires are 235/40/18. The front wheel edge sits in the fender about 0.5" from flush. However, the rear was still 1.5" inward from flush. So, I got 1" spacers to make up the difference in the rear, and the look i...

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That's great irony! Love that pic.

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I knew as soon as I set that one on the tee, someone was going to knock it out of the park. LOL!

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Hey thanks for the input. It is in fact a toyota thing.

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The defrost button in the Trix is in fact in the blank position underneath our A/C and recirculation buttons. I like the look better. It looks a little more refined in my opinion. However, I'm not going to buy any of this stuff new. If I should happen to run across it on ebay or elsewhere then maybe.

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I have had my TWM shifter in for a month or so now and absolutely love it. People suggest that it is harder to shift due to the decreased length, but I disagree. However, I did get one of their weighted shift knobs. YES, the threads on the TWM are the same as the stock shifter. The install is really...

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lol. Actually I purposely chose that picture with no flash and a little "off" so that you guys didn't see all the space between the wheels and fenders and say "Nice wheels, but you need to have your car lowered". It's in the works at some point

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You're right. I just figured that out. Here's a pic of a Matrix with the clock and aftermarket radio. Basically, I'd like for my center conole to look like this in my 2004 Vibe. However, I'd have to figure out something to do with the defrost button and I guess I'd have to run power to the clock als...

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Here's the link to his pic: http://forums.genvibe.com/zero...7.JPG

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I've seen several pics with the clock in the place of the defrost and hazard button of the 03-04 models. The guy (Daniel) who posted all the pics of his Voltz, has the bezel with the clock (although his car is a right hand drive). That's just the first pic I could think of that has what I'm talking ...

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Hey Guys,Has anyone switched out their center console bezel around the radio in an 03-04 vibe for the 05+ bezel with the nice clock in it? Just curious, as I am interested in doing this for my 2004. The separate clock looks so much nicer! I just have to find the bezel/clock. They come up on ebay eve...

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Got them off of ebay. They would not be my 1st choice wheel (or tire) to buy, but I buy items for my vibe based on two parameters - likeability AND price. When these two parameters are combined, these wheels/tires quickly shot up to the top of my list. Anyways, the guy on ebay is "wheelz*r*us&q...

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Thanks all! Actually, the Pontiac overlay looks better in person than in the photo. Reflective red always looks orange in pics with flash. The red gives a little accent to the silver/black overall theme.

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lol. Knowing what I paid for the set, I'll do that tedious cleaning with a big ol smile

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Man, painting the grill was a definite improvement. There is much more contrast now!

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Here's one more pic of the car w/o the flash for comparison. Enjoy.

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I've got my stock 17" wheels/tires up for sale, and I just realized I didn't post what I've replaced them with. I got a set of 18" silver Tech 5's wrapped in Nexen N5000 235/40/18s. These came mounted and balanced with lugs and hubcentric rings for $725 shipped! It's by far the best deal I...

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Same here.

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Congrats! Happy to hear all worked out the way it should have. That seems to be the exception rather than the norm these days.

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Thanks satur9. I remember us talking about this a while back, but that is a nice new piece of info. I just don't know who to contact with it. Anyways, if not these covers, I cartainly have many other things on my Vibe list to blow $ on:)

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As for the tail light covers: Does anyone know if they are a factory accessory or an aftermarket part for the Voltz? After this thread reminded me of them, I have since emailed Toyota and Pontiac to the point of harassment to try to find out where these guys actually come from and if they have a par...

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Nice. I guess great minds think alike. I have all the materials except for the overlay. I won't do it until I get the decal, but I'll definitely put a pic up when it's done!

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In fact I took advantage of that "perceived quality problem the domestic manufacturers must overcome" when I purchased my 2004 VGT last September. It's nice to be informed so as to save a few G's and and get the same car. (Actually, I much prefer the Vibe's styling over the Matrix anyways....

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Congrats. CAn't wait for the review, as I'd like to get these too at some point.

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29ft lbs - need to write that down to remember!

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Sorry, just read the other thread where you say that you did notice a difference!

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Sweet. Did it tighten up the front end? Notice any difference? I don't have an upper strut bar yet, but will soon enough. When I put one on my 240SX, which my brother now owns, it really made a nice difference.

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Nice job and nice writeup for the garage door opener. I am going to do this soon, but I was thinking about mounting the switch on the backside of the storage bin in order to save the blank spot above for something else. Just a thought though, as I'll probably wind up doing exactly what you (and othe...

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Thanks. I think I'm going to put the pontiac symbol back on in the middle of the hatch below the license plate with the reflective black overlay. (Kinda like the new Vibes.)

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Yeah, I actually saw your fog lights while searching, but I I've had the materials for this long before that. I am planning to do it for the fogs as well. If it's clean, I think it looks pretty trick - sort of like a poor man's angel eyes!

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I just changed my reverse lights yesterday to the PIAA extreme whites. Very nice. I also applied my reflective black "Pontiac" decal to the hatch. I also debadged the hatch. This all took about 1/2 an hour or so. The last part of this little facelift to my rear was to apply black reflectiv...

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I just changed my reverse lights and figured I'd add to this old thread just in case someone else searches for this info. It's really easy if you remove the light fixture. To do this, use a long screwdriver (about 11" including the handle). When you look up at the fixture from underneath the ca...

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