Ok, looks like black is the winner so far. I'm not going to do it this week (board exam coming up), but hopefully will get it done before it gets cold out.It's probably time to change the caliper pads soon, along with the drum shoes. Is it really as easy to change the drum to a caliper on the rear a...

Tire pressure is set at 35psi. Thanks for your replies, everyone.

I'm going to paint my front calipers and rear drums. Can't decide between these options. What do you think? If you have an additional color suggestion I like, I'll add it to the poll as well.Here's the Car:

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so a smaller rim and tire would = a softer ride? how does that work?

thanks for the quick replies. yeah, I'm looking for more comfort - sorry I can't better put it into words.

well, the ride is not bouncy right now, but I can feel the road a lot. The first thing I did is get rid of the worn out low profiles tires I had this past winter. I put on some 16" Goodyear Viva Touring tires, which had much better traction in the snow but also, by accident, gave a much less ro...

This forum has been great. My Vibe was nice stock, but this forum is really making an awesome little car with all the simple mods, but so far I've done only cosmetic stuff.What can I do to make the vibe ride a lot smoother? I know it'll never be a Lexus but I'm tired of feeling every pebble on the r...

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I'm new here, just parked my car in the garage, just getting started modding.http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=34896 Next I'm planning on painting the back drums flat black to match the trim of the car - later I'll probably switch the drums for some disc brakes. Maybe add an LED 3rd light in p...

Just found this forum after owning this used '05 Vibe for 1.5 years. Bought it with 100K miles on it, now has almost 116K miles on it. Still like new, love this car! Already had the window deflectors when I got it, I added some small superman symbol chrome decals to the back side windows, because th...

My 2005 Salsa Vibe (Sunroof, Monsoon single CD with XM radio, tinted windows, side window vents). 115,000 miles and still like new.

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