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Well I couldn't wait so I got it on my lunch hr. & holy shniky! this puppy scoots, and I haven't even really dipped into it. I'm not supossed to go over 5K rpms until at least 500 miles. but even short shifting this thing is a beast. (will post pics).FYI: my vibe is now gracing the front of the ...

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Hey guys and gals,The vibe is gone tomarrow at 5:00, and its EVO city. Man its gonna be a long day until 5:00. Its been nice chatting w/ you all and meeting some of you in person. Hope to see you come spring at the local car shows and import nights. Too bad nobody took me up on the vibe sale I let i...

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Rides like a tank (tight suspension) but pulls like all get out! I'm in luv! Now they jsut need to work the numbers.Only weird thing was they want 1500.00 for a pitpass? e.g. they will chnge oil and due certain maintinace for a year (guess they don't trust us to do it). but I can live w/ thatI shoul...

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Yup everyones right (re: awd system failure) myrecomnedation find an old Celica All-trac and use its componets to beef it up. Another ride w/ a good center diff is the old Mazda 323 GTX. Most these parts can be gottne from rally car builders. See Vermont rally car they are awesome. FYI also new half...

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maybe I can help?http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=6640

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I know I got a call from the salesman I bought my 99 RS and 02 WRX from the other day saying they had a silver sti (w/ gold wheels yik) if I was interested. I bet they are uping the no. of sti's they are shipping. Thats what happened w/ the first wrx's. They allocated 12,000 cars but pre-orders almo...

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well as a former owner of a 69 GTO, all I can say is:THEY (Pontiac) can keep it. Why couldn't they do something like the upcoming mustang (e.g. very late 60's early 70's looking). Then I'd be interested. the only simlarilty w/ the new "goat" is the 66-67 looking badge.

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First off b4 ne1 grips, I did do a search for previous topics w/o finding what I was looking 4, so............with that said:has ne1 tried replacing the dark plasitc cover over the light sensor in the dash w/ a clear plastic one? I would hope this would "fool" the sensor into thinking it i...

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Yeah Thats the one I was thinking about (awd w/twin spools) that was sooooooo pricey (but worth it in my book). I always liked the stealth rather than the VR-4 looks-wiseFYI: pearl is way kewl! til you gotta touch it up. My dad had a lexus sc400 in whilte pearl that got backed into in a parking lot....

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I dig the stealth is it an RT? those were sweet cars, too bad they were kinda pricey and didn't sell well (RT was signfigantly more $$ than the ES or base model cuz of the go fast x-tras) They were/are awd aren't they?

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not that diamond star doesn't make kewl cars but.....buy an STI! or even better buy a turbo forester and soup it up to sti perf. levels (BTW: not too hard to do)

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Its be more impresive w/o the wood block holding it in place reminds me of those http://www.hemmings.com ads w/ "in mint cond!" and you see the brick by a wheel hummmmm.

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Yeah! and this one is kinda weird in that it has Ford marked on the tailgate, and a ford manufactouer plaque on the dash (made in April 43). It also has the army slit headlights and "visors" over the gauages (so they couldn't be spotted by planes). not to mention the gun swival mount in th...

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The jeep is under a tarp in a friends garage. Its completely rust free, but needs some work (tires dry rotted). It was my grandfathers and the last plate on it was 1953. It ran last two summers ago. Its my next project (was suppose to do it this summer but..ran outta time). All it needs is a new coa...

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Dam! I wish I could have made it! One of my "little ones" was sick Friday night so....Oh well next time. FYI: he (Ryan 4 yrs old) really wanted to go too. I thinkIm in trouble his first word was car, he knows what a checkered flag is for and walks around w/ a 1/43 scale turbo XS WRX "...

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my favorite was a 308 ferrari w/ the plate "NO WIFE"I also saw a Rolls w/ "TAX DODGE"

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sale dwindles to almost nothing so.....it wasn't worth continuing. The interesting thing re: the prowler was that it was originally to be sold in primer! letting customers paint it (flames, scalops...etc) the way they want. UNfortunly they didn't know most true hot rodders want more than custome pai...

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The total for the kit (installed) was 2200, I didn't use the top wing and got 300 for it. so....1900. I lowered it b4 the kit, only cuz it took awhile for the kit to get here. it all worked well, the hood was a bit of a pain. It was chipguarded under neath and the hood insullation put back on so it ...

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Here's a picture a friend of mine shot while at a show last weekend. This time its clean and its not pink (dam my crappy digi camera)

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I saw it was on autoweek last night (speed vison). the exhaust "note" is awesome. they even said think of it as a benz under 40K.

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I know they didn't even hide the fact that the dash is lifted right from the CLK (jsut a different gauge faces and silver rather than wood in the center). Even the engine cover is the same (well so is a vibes to a matrix) but you know what I mean. I guess its one way to keep cost down (e.g. steal as...

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I saw my fisrt one this weekend Black. They're abit smaller than I had thought. No it's not really my "cup-o-tea" but you gotta remeber who these type of rides are marketed towards. they're definiitly NOT to the import croud.the one thing it has going for it is the powertrain (all MB baby,...

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Dude, I was browsing thru Hemming.com and ran across that same wagon (at least from the outside). it was lowered w/ dubs and a modern powertrain - kinda done up like a hot rod power tour car SWEEEEET!

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then don't read it!

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Its a carbon fiber hood painted white to line up w/ the contuors of the hood/grill while being bare CF in the center (actually its all clear coated too),

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D-OH! sorry for the big pic.

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http://www.autoweek.nl/newsdisp.php?cache=no&ID=1653I dunno looks mighty similar to a Vibe!

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1. Wrx-2_Vibe2. Dave Hughes3. Mercer, PA4. None yet (the WRX was "REX)Car Info:5. 20036. Vibe 7. AWD8. Frosty9. Eibach Springs, 18's (fox 5 Sports editions), Sports package, cabon fibre (1/2 painted) hood

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Sup! Hey Im most likely heading to robinson Sunday, and a friend of mine w/ a 73 Lemans sport (a.k.a. GTO wanna-be) is heading out too.

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sticks like glue! take a few on/off ramps at high spped/g-force. it rides abit rough-er but sticks

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kewl!

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Mines AWD and lowered w/o any issuesSee: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=5202for pic's

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I was thinking of heading down that way to check out the croud (see if any of my subie pals are there). NE1 else interested?

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I got it at carflair.com and it was about 480-490. It did require a few coats of clear to make it that shinny and the hood latch needed to be moved a little.

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Yeah or the miror glaize too, them polish after it drys. I'd try this b4 the rubbing compound. fyi: I used the old fishing line trick to remove mine, then used orange clean (same as goo gone) for the small spot, but I didb't have any problems (matbe cuz mines white?)

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Too kewl! one day after the "fix-up" and I got a thumbs up from a Matrix driver.

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funny you should say that the guys at shop suggested that too.me bing a big speed racer fan was thinking of having a red mach 5 kinda decal put on in the center section (his ride was white too )Hey do you know if any AWD owners have grafted a borla on successfully? or are thet too different even to ...

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yeah looking at it now I shoould have gpne clear back to the windshield w/ the cf.

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yeah cheap digi-camera. I've been meaning to get a new one

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yeah those didn't come out so great

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another view

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Got it back from the shop tonight, and DAAAMMM the hood came out nice (w/ several coats of clear). They even did the underside (replaced padding and chip guarded it)

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I smoke in mine, but I hate to let others (I know thats not kewl). if somethings gonna git f-ed up I'd perfer to be the one to do it! HOwever I'm trying to quite so...fingers crossed it shouldn't be an issues much longer.

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Yeah baby! I dig it! Now I can't wait to get my car back (see: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=5042 )I hope to get it tonight, will this day never end!!!!

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Its probably for the euro version (if they do one). In europe many cars have a small red rear fog light. the idea is to make the car "more" visible so you don't get rear-ended. You see them a lot on 911's and I've even noticed them on some US Audi A6's (next time you see one look at the re...

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Will the waiting never end? I went yesterday to pick it up and found out the rest of the ground effects showed up (yehaw, finally) so.....I don't get the car back til Friday now. Oh-well

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I use to be a vDud-er (both air and h20 cooled). Looks Sweet! BTW: have yuo seen the next gen passat? it too is looking good, to bad they dropped the w-8 form the engine line-up

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hummmm I might jet out that way!13

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well at least by the end of the day the hood and wing will be onI just need the rest (e.g. rear apron, side skirts, and fronts) to show up. It may be a bit dirty (I don't think they'll wash it) but I'll snag some pics!

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Kewl, Will do!

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