joholste-2003 frosty two-tone base

[joholste]

2003 Base Vibe updated pics on 2nd page

Frosty (white) Two-Tone

4-Speed Auto transmission
Slate (dark) interior fabric
16" Alloy Rims
purchased 20AUG2003

Performance Mods

Cosmo Racing Cold Air Intake
Borla Exhaust
Throttle Body Spacer
Springtech 1.75" Lowering Springs
Megan Racing Strut Tower Bar
Ebay-ground wire modification

Non performance mods

Two blue neons under front Seats
Jensen CD-Player
XM Skyfi-2 with center console mount
CBR racing seat covers (blue)
Heavy duty rear compartment mats
Blue Pinstripe Fade
Painted Calipers and Drums Blue
Decals for Genvibe and matrixvibe.net
3rd Brake Light vibe vinyl

Maintenance/Repair

Lots of oil changes, only use Mobil 1
Replaced stock Continental tires with Bridgestone Potenza G009 at 30K
Replaced Stock POS battery with Diehard Gold series
Wiper blades replaced

Planned Future Mods
Install the LED underbody lighting.
Custom Exhaust
would like to get a turbo

My lowering springs and Painted caliper

My engine bay before i installed the throttle body spacer

[joholste]

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[joholste]

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[joholste]

picture montage

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[joholste]

new picture


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[ArcsVibe]

Quote, originally posted by joholste »

picture montage

Nice! I like it alot!!

[joholste]

ok and here is a picture of my hood right now prior to me having to paint it.


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[AKLGT]

when you getting the hood done? looking good and coming a long nicely!

[tcam]

And when r u gonna make it functional?

no rush. just curious

[joholste]

well to answer your questions...i'm probably gonna get it painted after the 15th... and i'm waiting on my SR to come in and then i'll start designing an cutting that and i'll probably be ordering in my K&N Xstream Filter shortly.

[slvrvibes]

Looking forward to seeing that great hood painted.

[VforVIBE]

Quote, originally posted by joholste »

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I love what you did to the fuse box, looks good.

[joholste]

ok so this is my hood now that i have put hood pins in it and gotten the gap adjusted. it will be painted shortly after the 15th of July


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[drunkenmaxx]

i've always wondered, what the hell are those pins for?

[Mrizzle05]

They are so when he hits mach 1, he doesnt loose the hood!

But the hood is lighter then stock and they keep the hood from flying up to the windshield

[drunkenmaxx]

ok, so they are connected underneath?

[ToolGuy]

Quote, originally posted by drunkenmaxx »

ok, so they are connected underneath?

Yep! There is a rod that goes through the center of the disk on the hood, from under the hood. Both rods are usually mounted on the horizontal metal support the headlamp screws to. The pin with the wire cable to it goes through the rod, thus holding it down.

You mostly see these on cars where the hood is removable or if it does not have a latch.

[joholste]

Quote, originally posted by drunkenmaxx »

i've always wondered, what the hell are those pins for?

well mi-vibe toolguy got it right on the head... i'm removing the stock latch because the hood's hook for the latch was too short so it wouldn't sit flush with the front of the car. I'll take a picture in a little bit of where i have the rods attached.

[SuperSpeedWagon]

yeah show some more install pix i want to see where you mouted it and stuff thanx

[joholste]

will do right now i'm waiting on my car to get out of the body shop where it's hood is being painted. i have the pictures on my camera at home but i'm at work sooo i'll try to get my girlfriend to bring my camera when she brings the makings for burritoes for dinner today

[joholste]

ok here are the pics of my mounting points

[joholste]

well i went in to the body shop today to pick up my car.... and they had rushed through it and left some major paint flaws in the paint there was 3 places where they paint was just completely cracked through, and other places where it looked like they had gone over the primerwith 80grit and had left it at that before painting...very dissappointed.

[Mrizzle05]

RIP them a new one and get it fixed.... you cant just drop the hood off since they now know what the color is and all that good stuff so you not without a car?

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by joholste »

well i went in to the body shop today to pick up my car.... and they had rushed through it and left some major paint flaws in the paint there was 3 places where they paint was just completely cracked through, and other places where it looked like they had gone over the primerwith 80grit and had left it at that before painting...very dissappointed.

That sux, I'd be pissed!

[NascarXprt]

Ditto

[joholste]

ok i finally got it painted and it still has some imperfections but here are some pics.

[SuperSpeedWagon]

looking good bro

[joholste]

new sig

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[joholste]

most recent pics of my car

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[tangerine]

Looks good, though with the 'agressive' hood I
d have painted the black cladding to give it a better look.

[joholste]

I'm actually thinking about painting the whole car but first i have to do my performance modifications. and since i have bought the turbo, and now my house needs a new a/c, i may have to forego some of the internals to the engine and just upgrade my tranny via Levelten.com they've got a billet TC and some other stuff for the tranny so i'll probably end up doing that. and save the internals for later.

[ramenboy...]

joe, dude,

that slp hood is bad (removed). i zipped through this thread...did your hood come with the short ram?

beautiful car

nice work

[joholste]

no i put the short ram on at the ohio meet last year....I still need to hook it up to the hood and make it functional ram air. I'm thinking I may do that as part of my turbo install, if not then maybe I can get the SC tube so that i can fit the filter on straight

[joholste]

new sig

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[tribalman]

nice car, and are you serving in the military? i'm going to assume so because of the sig. which branch? and also, thank you! remain safe wherever you go.

[lovemyraffe]

I dig your new sig!

And I must say the most sincere THANK YOU! I appreciate your service.

[joholste]

Yes I am in the Army and currently on a deployment to africa for 15 months. The sunset was taken by a guard shack here on my camp. and as far as the thank yous... you are most welcome. I'm a little over halfway done with my second tour of service and am fully planning on it being my last enlistment....but things do change.

[keithvibe]

yea how are you going to mod if your always on deployment.... lol common I want to see those HID's in and working... lol

[joholste]

Oh trust me this is killing me. i wish I wasn't deployed I wanna tinker with my car soooo much but I can't cuz i can't even see my car*sad* but it's ok i guess i get to drive some cool looking "Green Machines" The only thing that is going to be good about the extra 3 months that i'm deployed is that i'm going to be getting an extra thousand a month for the last three months that i'm out here.

[keithvibe]

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[joholste]

actually it just looks like his tire weren't bald just filled with that slimy red mud. was he in the pennsylvania national guard?? just trying to figure out the patch

[keithvibe]

army national guard stationed in kingston PA

this should give ya a good idea...

[BigKamm]

Not sure if you are on here anymore but if you are.... My name is Cameron. I have a 2003 vibe gt (Black) and am searching for the unicorn SLP hood. If you by chance still have the hood and want to sell it I'm your man. PLEASE hit me up anytime. Text is cool too.

My number is

Cameron Clark
608-800-2710

located in Madison WI