Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix?

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nismo
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Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix?

Post by nismo »

Jus wonderin. How hard is for everyone to work on their cars.Inder Singh
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Big_Red
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Re: Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix? (TRD4reel)

Post by Big_Red »

Depends on what you are doing to your car.
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Re: Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix? (Big_Red)

Post by satur9 »

depends on if you KNOW what you are doing.my spring install took about 9 hours by myself. others have done it in less than 2.(with help i could do it in 2 easy now)
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Re: Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix? (satur9)

Post by mwebb »

I think is general it is a pretty easy car- way easier than other cars I have worked on
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nismo
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Re: Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix? (mwebb)

Post by nismo »

I'm just talkin generally about the car itself.inder
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Re: Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix? (satur9)

Post by champcaracing »

satur9, that's good, i vote with that line BEFORE i read all the posts. the master tech at work, like that line and says it all the time to me when i'm working on a big job, or one that i've never done before.
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Re: Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix? (TRD4reel)

Post by ColonelPanic »

I used to work on my cars, then I bought the easiest one I've ever had to work on, now I just let the dealer deal with it. Don't see that changing anytime soon, I've still got 51,000 miles of warranty left. I especially like how things just snap together in the interior kinda like Legos.
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Re: Poll: How hard is it to work on da Vibe/Matrix? (TRD4reel)

Post by Merzbow »

It's easy I think but every single thing I've done to it had some kind of problem. The CAI didn't fit so I had to dent it a tiny bit, the Borla was for a Vibe GT so I had to modify it with a new flange, the rivets I used on the brackets for the rear neon tube broke lol...everything's gravy now though
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