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most definitely,i think the warranty runs out in june.have to make the best use of that warranty.

hman33

yeah, i'm kind of lucky. i get to drive my work truck home and not use my car to drive back and forth. i checked around the engine compartment and didn't see any fluid orther than the drips form the water pump.

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well, i just crawled out from under my vibe to see what was leaking. i thought it might be the tranny since i just recently had the oil changed at the Pontiac dealer. i thought maybe they loosened the wrong bolt. to my suprise i found a drop coming out of the water pump below the pulley. the car is ...

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I used Krylon Fusion Paint for Plastic on the plastic engine parts.worked great. the paint bonds with the plastic.

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thanks for the 411. i just got a sponsor kit in the mail last week for them. i was contemplating signing up. i guess i'll wait awhile or look for another sponsor. the $90 will go for something else now.

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my wife had a 94 sunbird se wit 3.1 and a 5 speed that i ended up driving for a while. it was a great little car. only probs is had was the alt. kept goin bad. other than some rust great little car. traded it in with 90k miles on it.

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thanks guys, i'll have to give them a call. i can't wait to get it on and hear it.

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i'm finally ready to buy a magnaflow exhaust. does anybody know if someone is running any deals?

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Just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Since I'm stuck at work today ,thought I'd log on and throw that out there.

hman33

sometimes when i'm runnin' hard i've missed 3rd gear,and sometimes when not paying attention i've missed 5th , but that's user error.

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sounds good in theory. i'll have to give it a try. always looking for cheap ways to increase horsepower. and free sounds pretty cheap to me. one question though. does the hood rattle at all with the seal missing?

hman33

i bought my gt in june "03 and have 10,500 miles on it. it's gonna really slow down now that i bring the van from work home.

hman33

10,500 miles and the only thing replaced was the rubber molding around the driver's window. Knock on wood nothing else has gone wrong.

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thanks for the info guys. i haven't done any suspension mods yet, so i guess it's not worth buying one yet. that means more money for other mods.

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thanks, wasn't sure how many people would look in this thread.

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anyone know a good to place to buy a strut tower brace at a reasonable price?

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and so the fever spreads yet again! great to have you aboard.

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we had a mouse or something living in between the runners of the intake on my wife's old sunbird. it chewed the positve wire on the altenator. not a good thing! it almost fried the computer.

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just wondering if anyone had any probs with after painting their calipers? like the paint flaking off and gouging the pads and/or rotors. i'm getting ready to paint mine and i had some friends tell me about this happening to them.

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how do you go about resetting the ecu? just curious in case i have to do it sometime.

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last week 93 octane was about $1.99-$2.03 a gallon here in Cleveland,Oh. Pretty soon i'm going to have to slow down. lol.

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first mod was a K& N Typhoon cai, then grafxwerx overlays and inlay. workin' on an exhaust. and in my dreams a turbo.

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33 going on 16 in july.lol

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my vote is for the moons and tunes. you won't be sorry.as for the wheels you can pick up a set later and probably cheaper than the option. aftermarket sunroof could equal distater.

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i agree. i bought my vibe with 175 miles on it. i've put 7,500 more miles on it so far. knock on wood, no probs. if the car was titled already then you're probably gonna get stuck with used car rates for financing.

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i've had a typhoon on my '03 gt for some time now. love it. yes it is a little noisey at start up, but man it sounds great in lift. haven't noticed a significant change in milage. really haven't been paying to much attention to it. lol. i've been havin to much fun with the car. $191 CDN sounds like ...

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thanks mike, i've been waiting for $5 coupons to come in the mail. guess i don't have to wait ant longer. thanks for being the guinuea pig and trying it, and thanks for the review.

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mine to, just noticed last week. it sqeaks when i push it in and when i let it out. only have 7,600 miles on it. when the weather gets better i'll have to try the wd-40 or the silicone spray.

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ragingfish, it'll be interesting to hear how it works out for you. keep us posted.

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checkin' in from Elyria. about 30 mi west of cleveland. sorry it took so long to check in. just realized there's an ohio fourm.

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i've used castrol gtx in all my vehicles with no probs. had a '88 daytona with 100,000 mi. a '92 daytona with 150,000 mi. and my wife's '94 sunbird with 90,000 mi. i try to change the between 3,000 and 5,000 mi. i also use fram oil filters.

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looks like you had to cut the exhust pipe to get it on. did you have to cut it and was it difficult?

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i run 93 octane which is about $1.90 in Oh.

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how does the ionizer work, i guess i mean does it work well.

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thanks for all the input. still not sure if i'm gonna try it when it warms up. $8 after every 8 washes is going to get expensive.

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has anyone tried the Mr. Clean Auto Dry System? supposedly you wash your car with this system and there's no need for hand drying. it also claims no spots. i was just woundering if anyone has tried this and how does it work. you can check it out at http://www.autodry.com.thanks.

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I wash mine once a week in the winter. luckily i have a heated garage at work. in the summer i try to wash once a week. if not i dust it with a car duster every other day. keeps it shinin'.

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i've had mine since june '03, just looked at the odometer 7,200 smiles or is it miles.lol.

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I've had a Typhoon kit on my GT for about 5,000 miles now. I noticed power gains right away and it sounds great when lift kicks in.Not sure if gas milage increased, but not to worried about that. Knock on wood, no cel yet. Now working on getting a Borla exhaust for it.

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sounds good, you just made up my mind. I know which muffler I'm gonna get.

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6 month's, 7000 mi. no clutch probs. I had a little bit of smell in the begining. Probably from figuring the 6-speed tranny. No smell's recently.

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