The lug nuts that come with the allow wheels have a sheet metal cover. This cover gets deformed by shops using impact guns and over-tightening the nuts. They become "swollen" and a 21mm socket will no longer fit. A socket has to be beat on with a hammer and then the nut won't come out of t...

This past Thanksgiving, the power went out in the house we were all gathered in. There were ~50 of us, dinner was cooked and there was plenty of daylight to eat by. There was however a margarita mixer that was without power. It drew way more power than the Vibe was meant to handle, and it did trip a...

You can make them out of plexiglass. Pribably $20 worth of material. Only requires a saw, drill and heatgun to shape the plexi...http://forums.genvibe.com/zerofile/1630 ... ro...e.JPG

it's january in Philadelphia?

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2007 Vibe, base, 5 speed. The upper grill was covered 100% with duct tape and a coroplast belly pan was added. The bellpan went back to just-before the cross member behind the engine.Results WITHOUT the grille cover & belly pan.Idle 58db2500 RPM (same RPM as 65MPH) (not moving) 64db65MPH 75db (a...

Today was one of those shocking days where I found myself with 6 whole hours that were not yet spoken for. Armed with a Lowes gift card (from Christmas) and half a sheet of coroplast (left over from rennovating the guinea pig cages), I set out to make my base '07 Vibe a little more fuel efficient. T...

For the archives - This effects 2003 to 2007 Vibe and Matrix. Under the car, beneath the rear passenger seating area hangs the gas tank and exhaust. Their is a heat shield between them which is held on with four small bolts. Three of them are in the front and screw into the car's body, the single re...

I've had my 2007 Base for about a month now. Full synthetic oils in the motor & trans. New spark plugs and air filter. Tires at 35psi and are in good shape. Bone stock. Mostly urban driving, in and around Philadelphia with the A/C cranked up... between 29 and 31 mpg.

Gladly. Crutchfield Item #469GM12AX2... $60.http://www.crutchfield.com/S-R....html

My 2007 has the hole for a cigarette lighter outlet in the center console but it looks like there was never an outlet in it. I went to Pepboys and picked up a "universal" dash mount outlet and it was a near-perfect fit. The hole had to be trimmer a hair but it is even keyed to properly fit...

I just hooked it up and it worked fine. The PIE box has 3 jumpers... Blank, CD & XM. CD worked witht he CD/AUX button and acted like it was playing a CD. Blank & XM worked with the BAND button and the display showed them as AUX. I used Blue/White for the 12+ and Brown as the 12-... Both off ...

In the past, I've used hard-wired FM modulators and they work great. The hard-wired ones plug into the antenna wire and I can't tell the difference between them and an aux-input. To use these on GM vehicles usually requires an additional adapter because GM tends to use a smaller antenna plug (no big...

Just a few days ago I picked up a 2007 Vibe, white, 5 speed. It was chosen because I wanted an American station wagon or small van which got good mileage. A Focus wagon was the first choice but they feel kind of "cheap". The Vibe could use a little more cargo capacity but otherwise it's pe...