I pulled it away from the metal (not off, since the seatbelt thing is there) and put some adhesive foam weather stripping along the crevices, and stuffed some in areas to try and make it fit on there tighter. I've done the same thing in other areas of the car with good results. I try to decrease tolerances with it to make it work. However, I'd be careful in removing the trim, as the tip pin that holds it to the car is molded into the tan trim, and is a high nylon content plastic, so it'll flex and become useless, a lesson I learned while doing this. I made it work. I also added some of the weather stripping to where the black piece clips to the tan piece. So far so good!cptnsolo77 wrote:I occasionally get a rattle from the B pillar trim, what did you do to possibly fix it?
The wheels and calipers look great! How many coats of PlastiDip did you use and did you use any of the glossifier? You've got me seriously considering PlastiDipping our wheels and I hate to admit it, but you also have me kind of considering re-painting our calipers red .Th17kit wrote:The last few days I've gotten a bunch of stuff done on the car:
1. Replaced the missing driver's side fender liner, washed and waxed.
2. Plasti-dipped the stock rims.
3. Painted the calipers with ceramic caliper paint.
4. Also Plasti-dipped my winter wheels.
5. Took some pics of the Toyota Matrix bumper cover for tpollauf (car not clean yet)
Lots of fun all around!
Pics here:http://imgur.com/a/WURKQ
Let me see what I can doMrHatchWagon wrote:We demand a sound clip!
Front V was easy-ish..but Pontiac badge gets destroyed.MrHatchWagon wrote:I'm liking the look of those Voltz badges, Barber. Especially the front one. How hard was it to swap out the badges?
As for me, tip came in today.. Looks great and it has a nice feel to it, but I can't put it on because we're having rain and thunder It'll have to wait until sometime this weekend.
Edit: Real men wrench in the rain. Lol.
I'd do the roof regardless of the hood colour...or do the hood, tooMrHatchWagon wrote:Mine slid on effortlessly, and I've got the end of the stock tip lined up with the inside of the new one pretty well. It does stick out a wee bit too much in my opinion, but I still love it and think it's a great addition. It managed to scratch the mod itch a little bit for now, until I decide to do more. Next I'd like to black out my roof rack with vinyl, tint my windows and fix a few rust spots along the top of the windshield. I've got some rust starting along the same spot as yours did, barber. not sure I can pull off the black strip though because my hood isn't black...
You need to pop the caps at the front and rear of each rack and then there are two allen-keyed nuts at each endMrHatchWagon wrote:Re: Barber:
How hard was it removing the roof rack for painting? Or did you just mask off around it and paint it while it was on the car?
cptnsolo77 wrote:Just replaced my license plate & reverse bulbs with LEDS. I can actually see the reverse lights in the days time. Cant wait to see what they look like tonite Little upgrades to keep me feeling good about the Vibe.
Try plugging the tire. I never plugged my tires until recently, when I had no dough. Drove 2 tires with them until I hit the wear bars & no probs. Picked up the Slime brand kit in walmart & i keep it in the car. Just make sure you get the plugs that dont require glue. They are self vulcanizing.trb wrote:My daughter brought the GT home! But she did have an adventure the past few days. I got a text message with the following picture asking if this is the tire pressure.
I had to plug a couple of the tires due to screws close to the edge of the tire as the Firestone would not patch them, so she has been checking the pressure quite often. She found the problem though.
This nail is in a THIRD tire! She asked if she could drive to the school library and back on it to study. Uh, no, check the pressure first. Well she had already driven on it earlier in the day. Tire pressure was 4.5 psi. So she tried to change the tire, and was not able to break the lug nuts loose. At least she tried! Her boyfriend was visiting on his way back to school so he changed the tire for her. So now I have to buy new tires! On virtually no money! Fun!
I did plug the rear two tires that got screws in them last spring, and I planned to plug this one too and see how it does, but the tread was already down to the center wear indicators on both front tires. The rears still have some tread left, so I got two new Hankook Ventus HR tires. Had to go with 225/40/18s instead of the 235/40/18s I had since the price was about $50 each more expensive, and they had them in stock. Oh well, we got out for $247 total drive out with road hazard and everything.cptnsolo77 wrote: Try plugging the tire. I never plugged my tires until recently, when I had no dough. Drove 2 tires with them until I hit the wear bars & no probs. Picked up the Slime brand kit in walmart & i keep it in the car. Just make sure you get the plugs that dont require glue. They are self vulcanizing.
hey, at least you figured it out!MrHatchWagon wrote:Cleaned and detailed for the first time in about a month and a half. Also, my passenger front caliper was sticking, causing my wheel to vibrate at highway speeds. Rotor was badly worn because of this. Total repair cost for caliper, pads and rotors: $426. Ouch. Brakes like a dream now, though.