I know, it would have been nice to be able to take it off without tools, but hey it is nice to take you bikes across country and not worry about them behind

Mine doesn't move a bit, that anti wobble bolt pushes against rack tube and it is 100% tight.Roads we took this weekend were bumpy and tight, and with three bikes on the rack it was steady, just little springing motion.

I am glad that is all it was, you know those are drums so anything bigger then 1/8 of an inch cant fall out if it gets lose.

thank PAULCLASSA you, i painted my vibe, my vibe came with unpainted cladding, i did a lot of work on it,this summer i will paint the rest of it, you can see my driver side door handle i painted with silver metal flake, just like rear view mirrors. My mother has 04 base, that is why i bought vibe in...

I had relative with 2007 vibe with rear drum brakes happen same thing, it was chunks of rust got loose, they don't have anyway of getting out, you have to take drums off and clean it all out. most likely you don't have to bother replacing shoes.Hope this helps.

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Took my 2003 vibe gt with new bike rack and trailer hitch for spin today, we took nice bike ride, this is Allen three bike rack, it worked great, did not move a bit.

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Thank you kostby

Thank you guys, vibe is great car, easy to paint.

this is trailer hitch painted yesterday, i am planing on using it for 3 bike rack this summer. wanted to taint it because i seen all of them rust and i thought it might be nice to make it match the car with flake. in the background on the table i have front tag holder flaked also

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these are couple of fiberglass speaker boxes i made, this was taken right after i was done clear coating over the airbrush i just did.this was made for my other car,just so you know i don't even listen to loud music, just like to make stuff.I am not putting anything in vibe, part of vibe is utility,...

this is my mom in laws vibe i airbrushed realistic smoke, she gets a lots of comments on it, her vibe is what got me into buying myself one.

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this is door handle on the car.

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this is my door handle i just did yesterday, i got new one, because my driver side handle piece that is around key hole was cracked so i painted one first and now will be doing the rest of them, changing door handle on our cars is quicker then changing oil.

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this is during my painting last year, i know i don't have greatest environment for painting but it works, it keeps dust and after several years of practice you learn how to utilize what you have, and also what materials to use.

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here is photo right day after i unmasked vibe after painting cladding.with matching PPG and clear.

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Thank you guys, and thank you for invitations, yes i will post pics as soon as i figure out how, this summer i will be doing more work to it, i am getting ready to paint some more, just waiting for nice weather, this winter was really nice for us up here in western NY.Yesterday i finished painting m...

Hello everyone great I just want to say hello i am new to the forum, i have been visiting for a year now, finally got some time to join.Today was nice day here in western new york so i did some painting on my vibe.I am in process of installing trailer hitch but decided to paint it with ppg color mat...

I like manual, it makes you more engaged in driving, it is not just fun factor for me, when i am driving automatic i feel like i am in passenger seat.With our smaller engines it is better to have manual, we don't loose power through torque converter, cheaper to fix.Also i am originally from Europe w...