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hey everyone havent been on here in a long time finally got both of my vibes running at the same time silver 04 was down with a timing chain replacement and belt tensioner. 03 blue was purchased wrecked still needs fender painted but have some really nice wheels and its all sorted mechanically now b...

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yeah i had originally intended to just use it for parts for my silver car but after looking at it its in great shape i have an uncle whos a master mechanic at a pontiac, gm, caddy dealership so hes gonna look it over but ive already checked the frame it looks straight seriously its just minor cosmet...

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hey guys i am now the proud owner of 2 vibes. my silver 04 vibe has been having a few issues lately( air idle control valve, fuel pressure regulator, belt tensioner...arggh) well a family member run into an 03 blue vibe that was "wrecked" for $1000 dollars well went to look at in monday an...

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i removed the resonators on my 04 vibe and replaced them with a small glass pack of course im also running a vibrant metal core cat and vibrant tpv turbo muffler but it sounds pretty good the exhuast itself doesnt resonate too bad and it sounds more like a modded 2L car than a 1.8

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sorry i havent posted those pics and sound clips yet had a rather extended stay in the hospital was there the better part of two weeks had some severe internal bleeding issues with a ruptured ulcer. anyway im looking to post some good clips and pics here soon

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how can that be closer to the vibe when it doesnt even appear to carry any similar body panels while the verso has a clearly recognizable greenhouse. actually i must apologize the magazine i looked at had a 3/4 view of the verso in which it looked identical to the new vibe just with a different gril...

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oh forgot heres a link http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bi...VERSO

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actually on this topic i happen to pickup evo magazine and top gear magazine quite often( these are both british car mags) and i happened to notice in the back of one they have a complete breakdown of car models and toyota sells a car called the verso in europe which is plainly just a rebadged vibe ...

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hey guys havent been on in a long long time moved a couple of times and my job didnt allow much personal time at home but anyway i have made a few new mods to my vibe so here they go. i plan on getting a couple of movies and some sound clips on here now since i can capture high quality clips with my...

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i started learning to drive on back roads in florida and kentucky( ok ill admit floridas a little easy go straight turn on to new road go straight...lol jk)when i was 10... my parents believed that in cases of emergency i should be able to handle my self and not panic and an emergency could include ...

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Peter boyle the actor from everybody loves raymond and classics such as young frankenstien passed away. he was suffering from heart disease and multiple myeloma.he was 71.

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yeah that would be a good idea. we need to get a head count of how many people think they might need a hotel room and if we have enough we might could get a package deal or group buy on the rooms.

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just got my grafxweks installed sunday and they look great gonna get some pics on here first sunny day. might even get some sound clips if i can find something to record it with.

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got the grafxwerks installed they look sweet also got a helix throttle body spacer and installed it at the same time. I promise some pics next pretty day and maybe just maybe some sound clips if i can get something to record it with

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yeah VB sounds like a good idea to me. and hopefully by this spring ill have my wheels on and it'll be dropped by then too! if we do get together we need to plan some activities to do and scope out some local spots for food and fun and such. not sure if anyone on here is from VB ive been there but n...

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im a little far out being in main eastern ky( right at the ky/wv/va line but i would be willing to come if its when i can get time off. this site has been such a great help and id love to get together with some of the other members, my vibes not the best looking (im doing performance first looks sec...

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when i had my custom exhuast done i had the secondary cat and the resonators cut off. now since the second cat is behind the second O2 sensor this hasnt caused any problems but im wanting to put a aftermarket high flow cat and header on it. my question is does anyone make a single cat unit or does a...

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dont mean to steal the thread but i have a quick question... when i had my custom exhuast done i had the second cat cut off because it is behind the second o2 sensor and i didnt think it would bother any readings(which it hasnt) anyway my question is does anyone make just a single cat that bolts on ...

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i can attest to that lol... when i lived in florida we had a pink toed tarantula, a large iguana, a black widow(until it had about 200 babies... then we got rid of it), barn owl that our neighbor had shot, a kennel of chow's, a small bermese python, and other assorted strays adoptions and generally ...

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ok shew this is a long list lol....1. shetland sheepdog... sampson... hes old fat and barks a lot like most shelties..2. border collie/whippet mix...tess...our little crackhead we rescued from the animal shelter3. german shepard...gabby... our 115pd lapdog 4.havanese(bishon relative)...hershey.... o...

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ive been married for three years and my wife and i began looking for a new car after our old lumina was run over by a beer truck... anyway when looking i was trying to find a car with good room decent fuel milage and good looks. i started looking at used nissan maximas and olds aurora's but when my ...

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i think most people would be happy with any of the three. i am just glad to see a trend back to rear wheel drive. i know i know our vibes/matrixs are fwd for the most part but i still prefer how a rwd handles at the limit i would rather be able to control the back end with the throttle and not have ...

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Both are beautiful cars but give me my new 6 speed 6.1 hemi CHALLENGER please!!

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thanks guys. hey 4azdmunky how much do you want for the one you have? I live in eastern ky the zip here is 41501 if you can give me an estimate of what you would need including shipping i might just buy the one off you.

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Im 6'4" and about 325 pds and my wife is only about 5'2" and we have both made the 4.5 to 5 hour drive from bowling green to main eastern kentucky where most of our family live. and compared to other vehicles which ive made the trip in the vibe is the most comfortable( others include 96 lu...

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as stated above will the throttle body spacer for a 2004 celica 1zz fit on a 2004 base vibe auto? any help would be appreciated need to know soon friend has one for sale and if it will wokr im buying it before he puts in on ebay

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hey just added myself. over here in the middle of nowhere in eastern ky lol.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all. Looks like i will be spending as much time in my vibe this year as i will actually getting to visit family and friends cause I have to eat dinner at 3 different places! giving thanks to freinds family and all the men and women in the armed forces who make this country safe...

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sorry stuck out here in main eastern kentucky now. Used to live in bowlinggreen also. worked in madisonville and etown and occasionally made trips to louisville. now im stuck in pikeville ky in the middle of nowhere

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thanks bluecrush didnt know exactly how to find them, i just assumed that since i hadnt seen it in my serach for vibe parts that i may have to look for aftermarket parts to fit celicas or other 1zz engine apps. anyway thanks much for that like ive said in other places i plan on doing all i can as fa...

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thanks guys. where can you find them or will i just have to look around under celica parts to get one?

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just got my grafxwerks in gonna install them this weekend if the weather permits.

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do they make those for base vibes? i have a 04 base and i would be interested if i could find one. also does it work in conjuction with the unichip? thanks as always for any ahelp

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If you are planning on a highy modded NA 1zz would larger injectors be beneficial? and do they just bolt right on in place of the stock units? i am planning on about every bolt-on known to man and maybe even some internal head work and probably be using the Unichip. any opinions on this?

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does anyone know of any options as far as a larger throttle body for a 2004 base vibe? is there any difference in the gt and base throttle bodies? or barring that no one makes a larger throttle body does anyone make a throttle body spacer? any help would be appreciated

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just got all my decals in from grafxwerks will install them first sunny day off. have pics coming then also. ordered vibe decal overlays, pontiac symbol overlay, rear hatch "pontiac" overlay, flame exhuast overlay, flame overlays for behind the vibe badges, and last but not least 2 genvibe...

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i agree if you can do both at the same time you will notice a bigger difference. i done my exhuast first with a flowmaster and just a drop in k&n and then changed my exhuast around twice and finally settled and got the intake. the intake made a big difference down low and it seems to rev smoothe...

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that isnt too bad. i mean this thing looked like it should have been a fifth wheel camper it was huge. so how does the vibe do towing? ive never towed but i used to work as a manufacturers rep and i have hauled about 10 80pd bags of concrete and myself and another passenger in mine and it squatted t...

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not sure search around on here i know ive seen a couple people running upgraded internals. check under the forced induction forums

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just be careful if you have an aftermarket intake that has an exposed filter you really dont wanna get it wet or get that tire foam on it . i imagine it would be a pain to get off of filter material and might possibly get sucked in the engine

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if you were wanting to change transmissions it might be easier ( not necessarily cheaper) to find a wrecked one and take engine, tranny, and all cause you will also need a new ecu and other electrical connections

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join the crowd i was just getting ready to post a topic on this exact problem. for no reason one day the left half of my radio display just went kaput. now you can only see it good at night. out of warranty and afriad it would be a pain to fix ive just been kinda ignoring it.

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i once passed an older couple in a vibe towing a pop-up camper that was easily twice the size of the car. all i could think of was a chihuaha trying to pull a bull mastiff. it looked so pitiful i felt sorry for the car i would hate to see what happened if they hit an incline

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yeah when i first got mine you didnt see a whole lot so i always parked next to one if i saw one but now i can count 2 or 3 at any intersection it seems like

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nice vibe gotta get some pics of mine on here soon

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nice vibe a got a mild 1.5 inch drop planned for mine i figure that with a set of 17's should give it a good look without killing me on the rough roads around here

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heh just ordered decal overlays, badge overlay, exhuast flames, badge flames and rear decklid badging all in dark metallic blue. hopefully they offset the silver color and the silver flames on the headlights and rear quarter windows

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Hey all just ordered a (removed) load of graphics from grafxwerks.... will have them installed soon and hopefully get some pictures up then. may do before and after pics.

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the interior resonance is a little louder than i would like but suprisingly where i kept the pipes to only a quarter inch larger than stock it has a real deep tone down low and a nice sharp bark above 4000rpm.

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yeah im sure a dual 2" or single 2.5" would be more than enough on most smaller standard displacement engines they dont flow enough air for the piping to play any major role in power most of your gains are from the bends and from the muffler and cats. i can tell you i have a 94 ram with a ...

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