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On 08/08/13 VBB2.0 was considered a total loss from a rear end impact. Then on 8/23/13 i went to pick up VBB3.0 an 09 Red Hot Metallic GT.

2009 Vibe GT
Red Hot Metallic


Current State:


Factory Options:
-5-spd Automatic Transmission
-AM/FM/MP3/XM/CD/AUX radio
-PWR Windows and Locks
-18" Alloy Wheels
-Premium Moon and Tunes Sound System w/ 8" Monsoon Subwoofer
-Leather Interior
-Fog Lights
-Rear Spoiler
-Strut Bar
-Keyless (Key FOB) entry
-2.4L vvt-i 2az-fe
-4 wheel disc brakes
-Rear privacy cargo cover
-Rear tie down straps


Performance Upgrades:
- Tein S-Tech Lowering Springs - 12/10/13


Appearance Upgrades:
-GM Autobot Center Caps (2010 Transformers Camaro part)
-Plasti-Dip badges, emblems, Grill trim, and Shift knob
-2AZ-FE Door Badges
-Grafxwerks decals (Arrowheads and genvibe.com)
-7" Honda Shorty Antenna
-Autobot Fender Emblems
-TRD Oil Cap

Interior Upgrades:
-Rear cargo mat
-All Weather Rubber floor mats
-Plasti-Dipped Shifter Accent Piece
-VLED Dome LED lights
-Diode Dynamics LED Map lights
-Diode Dynamics LED License Plate LED


Future Mods:
-Exterior LED's Upgrade
-HID Low Beams
-HID Fogs
-HID/LED High beams
-Grafxwerks Decals
-Vynal Roof
-Speakers and tweeters upgrade
-reinstall subs
-inchannel window visors
-Redline Goods E-Brake/Arm Rest/Shifter Boot and cover
-RetroFit Projectors
-Painted Engine Cover, Fuse box cover, Grill Trim rings and Washer cap
-Painted interior trim pieces
-Paint Calipers
-Re-tint car
-19" Rims and Tires
-Slotted Rotors
-Rear sway bar
-K&N or Injen Intake
-Magnaflow Eshaust System
-Header upgrade





Here are some pics for yall
On the Dealer Lot before purchase



After i picked her up

'bout time you posted pictures ! Looks great Cole ! I look forward to seeing the progress with it!

Well I finally purchased some new Grafxwerks decals for the car, still need to order a couple more items from them. Pics to come once they arrive.

Looking good

Good to see you are still in the family. Good luck with 3.0 -- third time's a charm or something.

Nice looking car.

Some nice photo's taken back in late September early October.

and then the plasti-dip and Grafxwerks items, soon ill get the car cleaned for a new photoshoot with the plsti-dip

Back:


Rear Arrowhead: (yes i know there is a mess up but its fixed)


Front:


Inside: (i did plasti-dip the lower chromed part on the shift knob black)

Lookin' good Cole !

Really like what you've done with the front and rear arrow. I should have done that too!

Lowered the Car on 12/10/13.














and a proper picture of the dipped shifter knob:

I really like what you've done to my car It almost looks like a completely different Vibe. I really like the 2.4L graphics on the doors. The color, font & location are perfect on a red car! I may have to add those to mine in the spring. Awesome work

thanks! Yea your car looks good like this! yes the springs definitely add new character and life to the car. though the 2.4L decal could go a tad lower on the door.

The Vibe looks amazing lowered Cole!

I wish the TRD springs would work on the GT because a mild drop like they provide would be much more my style than the drop you have.

After seeing your new signature, I am thinking our Vibes need some yellow fog light overlays...

vibenvy wrote:The Vibe looks amazing lowered Cole!

I wish the TRD springs would work on the GT because a mild drop like they provide would be much more my style than the drop you have.

After seeing your new signature, I am thinking our Vibes need some yellow fog light overlays...

i do believe they do have a set of TRD's for the Second Gen Matrix's, and i do believe they do fit our GT's.

there is a web site i did come across searching for the overlays. i came across This Link for some pretty neat stuff for the 2nd Gen Vibe and Trix.

Unfortunately, the 2009+ Matrix TRD lowering springs will not fit the AWD, GT or XRS because they all have the Independent Rear Suspension (IRS) . The same also goes for the 2009+ Matrix TRD rear anti-sway bar .

Hmmm... thanks for the link! I had checked out Lamin-X, but they don't offer custom fit fog light overlays for the 2009-2010 Vibe GT, only headlight and taillight overlays. I am seriously considering some yellow fog light overlays once I get the issues with my DDM fog light HIDs taken care of!

vibenvy wrote:Hmmm... thanks for the link! I had checked out Lamin-X, but they don't offer custom fit fog light overlays for the 2009-2010 Vibe GT, only headlight and taillight overlays. I am seriously considering some yellow fog light overlays once I get the issues with my DDM fog light HIDs taken care of!

I bit the bullet and ordered a pair of the yellow fog light overlays from Headlight Armor! $22.17 with shipping. I will definitely post pictures and all once I get receive them and get them installed .

Looking forward to what you have to say about them, i too am curious as to how they will look. i picked up the same yellow fog light bulbs you had on yours.

Posted some pictures of the fog light overlays in my Garage thread. I am very happy with them! They look great, were a very decent price and installation went really smoothly. They even included a coupon code to save 10% on my next order which will work out nicely for ordering them for my mom's Vibe. I highly recommend them.

Where'd you get the Autobot centercaps?

glhboy wrote:Where'd you get the Autobot centercaps?

got them off ebay, they were originally for my 06 vibe, but i was lucky enough that they fit the GT. They are genuine GM Chevy Camaro Transformers Edition Center Caps.

Some pics with a local group of 86 (Scion FRS/Toyota GT-86/Subaru BRZ) owners back at the end of January/Early Feb:



This img you can still see an icicle hanging down on the bottom of the right front bumper, it was still that cold lol

after the new additions to the car, 7" honda antenna, New autobot decals and badges, TRD oil cap (Not pictured yet) and Diode Dynamics and VLED Led interior Map Light and Dome Light upgrades (Not Pictured yet)

Lookin' good Cole !

What's next on the agenda?

looking to do the power stop rotors and continue the LED upgrades. question for you, where is our flasher relay located?

NascarXprt wrote:looking to do the power stop rotors and continue the LED upgrades. question for you, where is our flasher relay located?

I have no idea. I posted on here, MO and Toyota Nation about doing LEDs in the turn signals and never got any solid responses on whether the 2nd gens use a CK socket or not and more info about what flasher was needed, etc. I ended up just getting Stealth Auto chrome amber bulbs for the front and rear marker lights because it was so much easier.

Been Long over due for an update.

since ive last posted, i have found the flasher relay location, behind the change door on the left by the door.

Early Feb Bearing in the alternator went out on me, 733 dollar repair (complete BS), purchased new tires (3), went on two drives, one back in June of 2014, some pics are here: http://www.jwimaging.exposuremanager.co ... 43_30_18_3# ) Then again in September, this time i lead a group of cars for what was called Texas 86 Day that i was helping with.
2015:
Last month had to replace water pump. Water Pump went out on my way back from Dallas destroying the belt, damaging the tensioner as well as pulling out the crank shaft some, that ended up being a 975 repair...

Drives:






Few image Galleries:
http://extreme86.smugmug.com/Cars/Twist ... 249_RSGHHb

Alternator:


Water Pump:

NascarXprt wrote:Water Pump:

Exactly why I replaced mine before my trip. I know these Toyota motors have some issues with the water pumps.

vibenvy wrote:

NascarXprt wrote:looking to do the power stop rotors and continue the LED upgrades. question for you, where is our flasher relay located?

I have no idea. I posted on here, MO and Toyota Nation about doing LEDs in the turn signals and never got any solid responses on whether the 2nd gens use a CK socket or not and more info about what flasher was needed, etc. I ended up just getting Stealth Auto chrome amber bulbs for the front and rear marker lights because it was so much easier.

The front turn signals are CK, 3157bulbs. On the 3 wire plug, the two outside wires are the ones you jumper with the resistor to prevent the fast blink.

NascarXprt wrote:Early Feb Bearing in the alternator went out on me, 733 dollar repair (complete BS)

Last month had to replace water pump. Water Pump went out on my way back from Dallas destroying the belt, damaging the tensioner as well as pulling out the crank shaft some, that ended up being a 975 repair...

Damn, that sucks Cole . I knew about the water pump issue from FB, but didn't know about the bearing in the alternator. Also, I wasn't aware of all the damage the water pump had caused. I am very lucky that mine was just leaking and that I got it replaced before anything else happened.

On the plus side, the Vibe looks great ! Any mods you're currently in the process of getting, installing, etc.?

vibenvy wrote:

NascarXprt wrote:Early Feb Bearing in the alternator went out on me, 733 dollar repair (complete BS)

Last month had to replace water pump. Water Pump went out on my way back from Dallas destroying the belt, damaging the tensioner as well as pulling out the crank shaft some, that ended up being a 975 repair...

Damn, that sucks Cole . I knew about the water pump issue from FB, but didn't know about the bearing in the alternator. Also, I wasn't aware of all the damage the water pump had caused. I am very lucky that mine was just leaking and that I got it replaced before anything else happened.

On the plus side, the Vibe looks great ! Any mods you're currently in the process of getting, installing, etc.?

yea the belt fell behind the water pump which cause all that damage. yea the alt scared me crazy, and i thought it was my power steering then closer look the 09 dont have fluid power steering, its electrical... it was not a good time when it went out.

i am about to finish the LED lighting and turn signals, now that i have found the flasher relay i can fully upgrade my lighting. i want to do more but at the same time i am wanting to upgrade the car to an FRS in the near future, like end of the year soon, if not then itll be intake upgrade time and a new head unit. but this is all until i get back out of dept from the repair and my trip up to st charles. but for sure im finishing the LED lighting as well as getting those yellow overlays you got for the fogs.

Does that flasher relay seem easy to access and have enough room to pull the prongs, etc, now that you found it??
That is what I wanted to do, rather than the resistors, and the flasher module is available affordably, I just could never find the sucker.


I did LED tower bulbs for the signals up front, and so far and sticking with chrome dome for the rear signals.
I put the spider expanding leds in for the rear brake light, and I'm trying to open the light to put a second one in where the reverse bulb goes, and then removing the reflectors for the rear so it will all look clear

If I like it, I'll lose rear backup lights and may use one of those european led switching bulbs that show white constant when on and also flash yellow, and put that in the rear turn signal socket and splice the hot reverse light up to it turning it into a combo socket

ctgottapee wrote:Does that flasher relay seem easy to access and have enough room to pull the prongs, etc, now that you found it??
That is what I wanted to do, rather than the resistors, and the flasher module is available affordably, I just could never find the sucker.


I did LED tower bulbs for the signals up front, and so far and sticking with chrome dome for the rear signals.
I put the spider expanding leds in for the rear brake light, and I'm trying to open the light to put a second one in where the reverse bulb goes, and then removing the reflectors for the rear so it will all look clear

If I like it, I'll lose rear backup lights and may use one of those european led switching bulbs that show white constant when on and also flash yellow, and put that in the rear turn signal socket and splice the hot reverse light up to it turning it into a combo socket

Yea it looks like it isnt going to be a pita to remove, its easily visable from the lower left drawer/coin holder on the dash. i havent fully investigated it just yet, but it looks simple enough to remove with no issue.

dang you went all out and going above and beyond with the led add ons lol. but that european fog light sounds like a cool idea!

as long as you have some play with the wires, the flasher should be easy as it's the old school plug type.
getting them on the new one if there isn't much room will be the test

yeah the euro bulb seems like a good plug and play solution, because you can buy bulbs for the turn signal socket size, and you can get a 3 wire socket pigtail that is cross compatible. i haven't seen anyone doing this though, probably because typical running lights for that purpose are not bright enough for rear lights, so you have to get the expensive high power led bulbs.

i had a cracked tail light so i had a new spare one to surgeon on to experiment with.