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Thanks.

They still look great to this day. Pictures dont capture how nice as it looks in person.

A lot of awesome cars were made in that era. I'm also fond of the 4th gen firebirds and cameros. They looked aerodynamic then.

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Thanks! Its a lot of fun. I just put new rubber on it.
We're even considering getting a second Z. 370z to be specific. That one would be an automatic with convertible for the wife..

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Aha. Found you. Im baaaaaaack!

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Here's my 300zx Twin Turbo. I bought it 2007 so ive actually had it longer than my 09 vibe. We (wife and I) dont know but we're thinking about calling it lady emerald.. we're still unsure on the name. Its called MouserZ by me. 20250515_111100~2.jpg 20240622_145424.jpg 20250514_153133~3.jpg That Pic ...

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If look around at junk yards and see if you can find an AWD 09 vibe. They should be able to extract the part for you. Another good place to look is ebay. There you'll find a treasure trove of parts from totaled vibes and matrixes.. or matrices?

Could you show us pictures of the broken thing?

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I just ordered some stuff form this website. https://www.toyotapartsdeal.com/ It looks like they had a pretty good selection of oem Toyota parts. I needed a new hose clamp for my air intake hose. Its a very specific part. They had it. They had a good variety of other oem hose clamps and clips. But m...

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Hey this reply might be eight months late but your wheels look good. At one point I spray painted my oem steel wheels high gloss black too. It looks pretty good with tuner lugs.. my hubcaps have been long gone for awhile. I also really like your backup camera vibenation I have thought about ordering...

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The matrix part would definitely fit.

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I joined in Jan 2010 and am ashamed that this is my first post. I still come here and really enjoy the site. There's lots of good info here. I'm an old fart and bought my first Vibe, a new silver 2009, when I retired and still have it and love it. I'm from Michigan but have never driven it in the w...

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It's neat to read everyone's stories about their vibes. I really like this car. Im pretty stubborn about replacing it. If I did I might even get another toyota compact such as the corolla hatch. On the otherhand I wouldn't mind something different entirely. Our vibe is named Earl grey. We are star t...

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Hey, I'm late seeing this post. Did you ever get you clutch installed? We used Duralast Clutch Set NU72456-1 on my 2.4l. I agree wjth jolt. maybe that pilot bearing is needed for some other toyota build cars such as scion, tc or Xb. The clutch set i bought didnt include one. It just had the throw ou...

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How was the car running before you did the work to it? What promoted you the replace the torque converter solenoid? If possible, maybe you can undo what you did. Put the old solenoid back on. Maybe that new one isn't working as intended and is causing the engine to hang up. I don't have any experien...

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My car does this when I'm using the AC. Its a 2.4l 5 spd. It happens whenever the car is in neutral and idling.. so it's happening often when the car is stopped. It also start to happen if I'm coasting down the road in neutral. the RPMs start dropping to around 500 and it makes the car shake and my ...

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The backing plates for the rear rotors have rusted off completely on my car. I remember one was flopping around and I just ripped it off during a brake job. The car still passes inspection without them but I have had to replace 3 rear brake calipers. I don't believe the missing backing plates were t...

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Miguelpyroman wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 9:02 am I’d like to get another 150,000 kms (she’s at 258,000)

Wow. That's incredible milage.

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Thanks. Yea, I don't think I could have done without those guys. This sort of part replacement ended up being difficult in the end. I was glad for their help. Hey that's an awesome G8! :) I always liked those. Has it been a pain to get parts for it being a holden? Those are such neat cars, also neat...

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Do you still have the vibe. I bought the cheapest clutch I could for the 2.4l from autozone. Its the Duralast Clutch Set NU72456-1. Flywheel was LUK LFW245 from rock auto. I've probably passed 20k miles on this new clutch and it's been perfect. I did notice the pressure place was a little easier tha...

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Old thread I know but I'm bumping becuase this is an interesting topic. I know how tight to torque my wheels as I change them twice a year. I used to use a torque wrench but that takes a long time. Lately I can guestimate pretty well when I have about 80 90 ft lbs. One thing that irks me is when I f...

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I have had bad experiences using cheaper tires. Lately I only buy continental. Cheaper tires tend to wear down too fast and have a higher chance of going flat. The conties last way longer. There's Michelin, Good Year etc...

I order from discount tire direct too. Nice tire website.

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I'm curious what the average life of a starter is on these vehicles. I have a 2007 vibe with just over 100K miles. So far it has been reliable with no issues. The other day it refused to start while I was at a mall Tried multiple times and could only hear clicking. The mall is within walking distan...

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Glad to read you bought the car. My 2.4l has treated me well. The 2AZ-FE is the camry engine. It's known for legendary reliability. Mine drinks a little oil too in between changes. No big deal. I've switched to mobile1 high milage oil. I guess it has some extra additive in there.

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The car is back to running great now. I'll finish off with pic of starter chunks. That was fun. :roll: I appreciated those guys for lending me their time.. I swept my friends garage for him after that was done. Least I could do right? The car was in his garage for about 4 days.. when things were get...

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Things started going more in our favor at this point. Here's the new flywheel and pressure plate. I torqued the flywheel on nice and evenly with my electronic torque wrench and gave a good blast to brake clean to wipe the packaging residue off with a towel. The one pic shows the green jack which we ...

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Here's closer pic of the transmission. There still one peice of the starter in there! We had to gently pop that out with a hammer.. I ordered a new starter off Amazon for $80.

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So to get the trans out a whole bunch of stuff needed to get taken apart. At this phase I became more of a helper with the job. Now, I can do basic stuff with cars but doing a full clutch job was going past my skill level of what I can do on my own. I had two very talented guys to do the job here. O...

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So at about 107k miles my clutch was slipping. The clutch would hold well enough to still drive but it would slip the whole way until it got up to speed. It didn't feel nice to drive the car like this. It's a weird feeling of being disconnected to the road. The clutch replacement was necessary to co...

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Hello, I found some pics from the clutch install we did on my 09 24.l vibe. This wasn't a fun. It's really tight underneath the 2.4l vibe. There's wasn't a lot of room for our wrenches. We also did this laying on our backs as it was a diy situation with stands stands. Heres the pics!

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I just checked mine 121614 on the odo. Its a 2009 2.4l. My car has lower than average milage becuase of my job on a tugboat. It sits in a parking lot for 6 months out of the year. You see, we work for 14 days and then have 14 days off. Or you could say we work for a fortnight like in that popular ne...

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Hey joatmon you've been here a long time dude! Well, I'll be picture posting over in the repairs section. It's been awhile. That should be fun. I don't want to make detailed how-tos but just show some pics of parts going on car. I need new front shocks installed too. My struts are shot. The cars a l...

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Nice to see Storm. She's lives in a garage. That's nice. My Earl Grey is an outdoor cat... I mean car. We struggled to find a name fir my vibe. We were stuck between old Grey and Earl Grey. We like star trek so Earl Grey was what we settled on. The 2.4l with manual is nice. When i give the gas it go...

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Awesome! Glad to know people are still using the site. I've been a longtime member since 2008 but took a long break from visiting. I was getting bored of a few of the other websites that I frequent like reddit amd decided to pop on here. I still have my vibe. It's a 2009 2.4l. She's still running gr...

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If youre still visiting the site in 2024 please reply and post something. I'm curious about how many users the still frequent the site.

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Did you ever get you clutch pedal fixed? I see the OP has just bumped the post so I'll add my two cents here. I believe it's time for a clutch replacement. From what I've read r/ask mechanics reddit many were saying this could be an issue with clutch slave/master cylinder. Another commenter suggeste...

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Yeah we somewhat looked at the Rav4, but was a bit on the bigger side for our needs. Lots of Rav4's out there too BUT very few Corrolla cross hybrids in the upper trim level, and even fewer in the Acidic blast two toned color, which we want. Should be able to get one in the next month or two. Nice....

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Hi the site isn't what isnused to be. Many of the users have moved into different cars and no longer post here. I also no longer post here frequently but used to post quite a bit back around 2009. Anyway, concerning the TRD parts for your car, these are for the most part no longer available for sale...

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You could get a new corolla hatch. The 2022 year was the last of the manuals. man I missed those. They're still out there used rhough. The new ones all have CTV transmissions. They have a toyota 2.0l which is supposed to be pretty good. It actually has slightly higher power output than my old 2.4l v...

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I think the pads might just be stuck inside the brake shoes. Maybe you can find a towing strap, hook it to the front tow point of the vibe and give it a little tug with another car or truck. That might break the shoes free inside the drum.

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Caretaker wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:43 pm Well, if you have the Maxx Ever Start battery from Walmart, it was rated one of the best just a few years ago.

well, I hope its fixable. im going to recharge the battery.

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I probably should have just wrote those all down and pasted them but you get my drift.

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I had pics here before but theyre not necessary.

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I think the car needs a new ECM

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I have a bunch of lights on the dash and my battery is dead. I lost power steering and then needed to get jumped at a gas station.

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I bought those pink phonebooks too. It was kinda steep $150 for the 3 book set but i figured it would pay for itself when my vibe needed a clutch replacement. Im just at over 90k now and shes ready for a new clutch soon, especially with the way ive beem driving it anyway. Im needing to baby it now w...

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I don't think that's it. Look at the second picture. That shows shearing bent _into_ the oil pan compartment, not outwards, as it would be if it was just the rod coming loose. I'm suspecting an impact from something underneath, then when the oil blew out - it ate itself. You may be right. I just ga...

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Welcome back! Im in a similar boat as you. I too bought a 2009 in 2008 . The only difference is that i kept driving my vibe all these years but just took a break from posting. As for upgrades, i recommend the TRD strut brace if those are still out in the wild. Not sure if you can find one but I thin...

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Wow ive never seen a sploaded vibe engine! They must have forgot to put oil in it. As many of us 2.4l owners have experienced, these tend to drink oil. So, if you had one of these, never checked the oil or never changed the oil, eventually it would drink all its own oil and run dry, which i could se...

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There are many who've been on lowering springs for 100k+ miles. I've had them for probably 40k miles with zero issues. The bigger concern is using quality struts when lowering. Yes, well it could be that you first and second gen vibe owners had better options concerning suspension stuff. There were...

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I dont want to be a party pooper but i feel lowering springs are a bad addition to the vibe. This is just my opinion and some other vibe owners may be happy with their suspension upgrades. Its just in my experience i had two broken front TRD springs after a few years of using them on my 2009 vibe. I...

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My 2.4l base also consumes oil between changes but its no big deal. The engine is still running great at 91,000 miles. It seems to drink about a quart every 5k.. i just top-er off when needed.

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From what youve described, you got an excellent deal on the car. These wear a pontiac badge but theyre really toyotas underneath. The parts are interchangeable with 09 matrix and not too tough to get. Generally, things rarely break on these cars anyway. 👍🏻 Mainly, all ive ever had to do is replace b...

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