New viber saying hi!

[MTBVibe]

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[NascarXprt]

Welcome to the site. oh yea we love pics here

[Mrizzle05]

welcome!!!Intake and and springs and a muffler

[slvrvibes]

Congratulations on your new vibe and welcome to genvibe.

[ArcsVibe]

Welcome to the family! We do love pics here

[BlueCrush]

Welcome to GenVibe!

[northvibe]

welcome to genvibe!! yea get some pics up Id recommend for mods, cold air intake, lowering springs (1.5-2 inches lower) and exhaust like mrizzle was saying.

[jwalcik]

welcome aboard!

[Markt2717]

HEY!! Welcome to GenVibe! Glad to have you here. I too just bought the new 06 vibe! If you want to know strange answers as far as working with new Drive By Wire technology, just ask me As far as first mods, i would go with just what everyone else has said, the new intake, muffler, and lower it!

[808 Vibes]

Welcome and Congrats Matt!!

[Mavrik]

hi!

[TRDman]

Congradulations on the new car! And welcome to the site. You've probably found this out already, but a 26'' mountain bike fits fine in the back of the Vibe with both front seats up (if you take the front tire off). Plus, the non-carpet interior works really well when things get muddy.

[MTBVibe]

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I'm busily generating a spate of questions to post in the appropriate places at some future point... TRDman, you sound like a fellow rider - I actually threw one of my bikes in the Vibe today to sneak a quick two hour grind on my local trails, and discovered that yes, as the numbers suggested, my trailride bike (Haro x3 frame with a Fox Vanilla 125 fork) fit nicely in the back, although the front wheel had to lean against the back of the front passenger seat. Returning home, with the bike liberally coated in sandy mud, I took the front wheel off and it was a lot easier. Of course, this would never work with my downhill bike, due to it's much longer wheelbase - even with the front wheel off, it won't work well.This leads me into a question which I might as well ask on this thread - lowering springs with a hidden hitch style hitch added to the Vibe. Right now I'm sitting on the hypothesis that because of ground clearance issues, this wouldn't work, especially since I often find myself using rutted out dirt roads to access interestingly out of the way trail networks. Does anyone know better/has tried it?I wouldn't use the hitch to tow, merely for a 2-bike hitch tray. (Had a roof rack on my last vehicle, and you get really sick of trying to get 45 pounds of downhill bike up onto the tray after six or eight hours of riding.)*considers mountain of text he's left here for people to climb* Hmm. Good place to stop. =p

[binary]

Welcome MTBVibe... and welcome to the forums. Check around - there's a ton of how-tos, Q&A's, and a really powerful search function. Many of your questions may already be answered, but we're not search nazis, if you can't find it - post your questioN! I have installed a hitch on my wife's vibe just for that reason - 3 bike rack... the hitch hangs higher than the muffler shield - and depending on your hitch length - even lowering, you should have fair clearance.With stock ride hight - you've got the same clearance as a Ford Escape, AWD - so you may want to stay high and dry.

[ZubenElGenubi]

Welcome to GenVibe!My Vibe was my first new car, too! Enjoy the smell while you can (i.e., shower before riding! )You definitely won't be wanting to pull anything with a dropped Vibe, but I don't see any reason why a hidden hitch for the purpose of installing a rear bike rack would be any problem. Like you've discovered, the rear cargo area has plenty of room for bikes. One person even installed an interior mount for his bike using the built-in guides.Pics when you get 'em!

[TRDman]

Quote, originally posted by MTBVibe »TRDman, you sound like a fellow rider - I actually threw one of my bikes in the Vibe today to sneak a quick two hour grind on my local trails, and discovered that yes, as the numbers suggested, my trailride bike (Haro x3 frame with a Fox Vanilla 125 fork) fit nicely in the back, although the front wheel had to lean against the back of the front passenger seat. Returning home, with the bike liberally coated in sandy mud, I took the front wheel off and it was a lot easier. Of course, this would never work with my downhill bike, due to it's much longer wheelbase - even with the front wheel off, it won't work well.Yes, I am a fellow rider . My only bike is a Jamis Exile (trailbike), though, so I didn't think about gravity bikes not being able to fit in the Vibe. It shouldn't be a problem for you to install a hidden hitch for a bike rack, but if you're going on rutted access roads then it might be the best idea-like binary said-to keep your ride height stock just to be safe. Plus, if you go too low, then snow might pose a problem as well.