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The Monsoon system has a separate amp located under the passenger seat, has the tweeters in the sails, and the sub in the passenger side fo the hatch area. As far as I know, the standard system runs off of the internal amp on the stereo.From what it sounds, you blew the factory amp (whether it be ac...

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I think she picked up Psycho's off of him.

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With all that blue on the interior, i think someone needs to change the instrument cluster lights lol. From what it looks like, yo ushould have no problem with something like that!

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Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver Â»On the back!The TRD badge and Vibe badge on the front are way too close to each other IMO

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Or if you are ever in Anderson, let me know. I've taken mine off plenty off times and could help you out.

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Quote, originally posted by KITT222 Â»Oddly enough, I was thinking the other day about converting the tail lights to 100% LED. It might be cool. This is something that was going to do at one point in time as well, but money, time, and other priorities has prevented me from getting it done. I bought ...

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Before you go looking for a new hood latch, WD40 the crap out of it. Same thing was happened to mine and I was adjusting the bump stops and everything as well. ONce I sprayed it with WD40 and worked it in, it's worked fine ever since!

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Wolfman came from when I hadn't shaved in a while and my hair was kind long a guy at work called me Wolfman. Off thing washe had a full blown beard to mimic Santa Claus.213 is my favorite number, and Slayer song. The song is in reference to Jeffrey Dahmer which his old appt number is 213.

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Pop off (or at least the bottom part) the radio trim.Pop out thetrim around the shifter/HVAC area. It's all one piece. Best thing is to start down by the shifter and work your way up.Once you get it all loose, you will be able to see the bulb. If you are replacing it with a stock bulb, simply replac...

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WOW!!! What in the world happened to your old pump!?!?!?! Chances are you probably don't know but man it looks like that thing blew up!!

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Not disabling your DRL's while running HIDs will kill them much quicker. I'm sure Keith or joatman could probably give you the specifics on volts and amps and such, but basically yes, if you stil lhave your DRL's active on HID's, you are risking premature failure. Everyone hates stuff that is premat...

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I figured someone else had to have done this before, just couldn't find any threads for it.Yeah I definitely will give an update once I get it flushed. I'm hoping I can have it done next week, but it's all dependent on when the tax money comes in lol

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Yeah I thought it was a great tip as well! It's one of those you hope you don't have to utilize, but def a good thing to know!

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A mechanic that works on my fiances car grabbed the hoses and one was supper hot and the other was about as cold as it was outside. The two hoses that go into the heater core, I simply put the top on the bottom and the bottom on the top. He said that the heater core essentially doesn't care which di...

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Not sure if this had been addressed before or not, here it goes anyways lol.I've not had heat for about two months. Gets kinda irritating driving an hr to work when it's only 10-30 degrees out with no heat. I was able to confirm that the heater core was clogged and the guy told me to swap the hoses ...

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Them directly, no, but all it is is a resistor. It's $60 worth of a less than a dollar resistor. It does nothing for you. I haven't heard or talked to a single person that used on of those that had anything good to say about it. Just a waste of money is all.

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I mainly store my change in the floor board, between the seats, as well as under the seats. I intend on it all going to my pockets, but the change monster has other ideas lol

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What is the dot matrix stuff for anyways?

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ToolGuy (I think) used to sell fog light covers. Had velcro on them and used some form of plastic. Others will be able to chime in that have them. Just haven't seen him on in a while and not sure if he still does them or not.

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lol, yeah def the quart cans.If you aren't doing the sides and tailgate you could probably get by with just one then. It may not hurt to get a second one depending on how many coats you do. I done two coats all around (forgot to mention that I think).

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It's holding up well actually. I do have places where it has chipped some but considering that was done 3 years ago on plastic, I'm happy. My prep for it, at the time, I thought was good. Thinking back though, I would have done some things different. I would have found a way to scuff the plastic bet...

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If you are simply wanting to remove the dummy light for the Air Bag on the instrument panel, then you can remove the led that corresponds to the air bag. Not sure if there is another way, but I know that would work. No clue on the ABS though.

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As much as I hate Apple and the iPhone, that's pretty awesome that you can pre-heat the car from your phone!!!! Glad you are liking it so much and obviously saving a TON on gas. Have you been able to notice a difference in the electric bill yet? If so, what is the difference in increased electricity...

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HAHAHAH, If only it could read higher than 99!

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Cragar's on a Vibe!?!?! I would love to see it, but it's either going to be a major fail or a major win.

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Mine is at 160K and still running strong and I DO NOT baby it either. There are SEVERAL who have reach the odometer limit of 299,999. Just a rough guess, but I'd be willing to bet there are at least 50% of us that has surpassed 100K miles. I know there have been some that have replaced the wheel bea...

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Most likely he does have the Monsoon system. Like VibeBear said, make sure all the wires are connected properly. If so, then it could simply be the stereo isn't pushing properly to the amp. There lies the specific wiring harness needed for the Monsoon system to control the gain. I think BlueCrush do...

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I thought they were in the running for MOTY if they won MOTM.

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LS1: There is red tint behind the HVAC controls. If you look in my garage, I managed to get blue behind the HVAC controls BUT and that is a BIG BUT, you cannot do it by simply replacing them with a standard blue LED. The red will essentially difuse the blue and minimal to no light will pass through....

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You are fine doing that. 52W is peak per channel. Your RMS on that unit is only 17W. Unless you are literally running it full blast non-stop, you have nothing to worry about.

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I had and issue similar to this in a Beretta I had. The spring in the stearing wheel failed and it caused the switch to always be engaged. Although it didn't keep the horn blaring, whenever I did hit the horn, it blew the fuse. I know that's not your symptoms, but just throwing ideas out there. Mayb...

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Nice write up!A word of advice for those of you switching out these bulbs for the LEDs, make sure to test the polarity before putting everything back together. Last thing you want to do is put everything back together just for it not to work and then realize the the bulb need to go another 180 degre...

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Wasn't someone looking for a RH headlamp recently?

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I use this program and have also donated to get the pro version. The backup definitely helped me when my phone crashed on me. This is program is a must for all car drivers whether casual or hardcore. It's the easiest way to document what you've done to the car as well as get reminders when maintenan...

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I'd recommend using a philips screwdriver, overwise you will tear into the headlamp using a flat head. I figured that out the hard way. Didn't even think of a philips until I read a post by Keith, then it was a face meet palm moment lol

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It will shift into OD, but it's more of a fail-safe for the internals. The most I've got it to RPM wise has been about 4250 and that was flooring it in 1st. From there is will only go to about 4K. It's normal and saves on the internals for idiots like me that don't care how cold it is and floor it r...

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Welcome to GVC!!!Quote, originally posted by NascarXprt Â»oh and be careful around here, there is a nasty little bug going around. It's called the "Mod Bug" symptoms usually consist of loss of income and new parts slowly start to appear on vehicle. It's very contagious. Rumor has it they m...

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WOW!!! That's awesome!! Def going to help them out this year, and us for that matter.

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Congrats on your soon to be purchase!! Sounds like you are really getting a good deal and great that the current owner is getting those things taken care of for you as well.

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This issue with the floods from Oznium is that one LED isn't going to get the coverage that you are looking for. LED can be used for brake lights or turn signals and be plenty bright and have good coverage; that being said, multiple LEDs are being used in order to achieve this. Single LEDs are meant...

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Serj22 nailed it as far as the LED not flooding the area. I had an exrtemely bright LED for my reverse lamps and it was ok, but I switched to SilverStar and the output is much greater. At least with these SilverStars not being ran nonstop like a headlight, I would imagine they will last for quite a ...

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SublimeWind had schematics for the Vibe. Do a search for him and his sig had the link(s) to it. I would think joatman has them too. Joatman is still active on here whereas Sublime isn't.

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I don't have any but I plan on tearing into the Vibe this weekend and will try to remember to take some.

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Quote, originally posted by MotoAce51 Â»Wow thats crazy. And I am suprised the paint wasn't damaged as well.+1 esp with the poor paint quality we have

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The factory sub is actually a 6.5. I've placed and aftermarket 6.5 in the factory sub housing and IIRC, you could possibly fabricate it enough to fit an 8 if it's a shallow mount (very skeptical though), but I seriously doubt you'll be able to fit a 10 into the factory housing.

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Congrats Brandon!!

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If you are thinking about simply replacing the factory sub, one thing you will miss is some of the mid-bass it provide. That was the first thing that I noticed. Second thing is that, and this may just be the particular sub I used Kicker 6 1/2) there's not really a happy median with the bass sounding...

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Don't have pics right now, but my drivers side is mounted on the slat of extra metal just sitting there. Don't really tell anyone much if you haven't taken of the bumper though lol, but I'm sure you know where I'm talking about. Passenger side, I honestly can't remember.

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lol, yes there are. There are ppl that change plenty more than just a bulb, like doing complete LED overhauls, such as the gauge cluster and all other interior bulbs..... Some ppl aren't comfortable with it. Some ppl like to experiment. I like to try things and experiment. But my skills are nowhere ...

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Quote, originally posted by lovemyraffe Â»IMO, AutoZone, O'Reilly, Parts+, CarQuest, etc. the parts are extremely similar. It's the staff of the store that makes it good.+1I prefer Autozone, but not for any particular reason. If one place doesn't have what I'm looking for, I simply hit them all up t...

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