What did you do to your Vibe today?

DressedInBlack · Post by **DressedInBlack** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:33 am

Quote, originally posted by 06pvibe Â»Ummmm... the red ones?? A+ good sir. Richard for President!

silverbullet · Post by **silverbullet** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:41 am

Cutting, grinding, welding, grinding. Cold out so break time. Gets dark pretty early now so may have to finish tomorrow. Custom downpipe and that po 420 will be done soon.

06pvibe · Post by **06pvibe** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:41 am

... It was just a wild guess. LOLz!!!And no. No votes for me. You couldn't pay me enough to want to be President.

ponta2147 · Post by **ponta2147** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:42 am

Quote, originally posted by 06pvibe Â»Ummmm... the red ones?? Haha... you guys are funny.

CAMOGIRL · Post by **CAMOGIRL** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:52 am

Oil change, air filter cleaned and replaced the nasty PCV. Got a stupid blood blister opening the air box... only me.. lol

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:07 am

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK Â»is this some kind of snow related problem? i don't think i've ever seen rusty license plate bolts I think it's more so due to crappy screws and not necessarily any particular type of weather. I just know I see it alot around here. Quote, originally posted by KITT222 Â»I haven't noticed it happening up here, but I'll be looking out for it now.You're welcome for pointing something out that you will be looking for all the time now !Quote, originally posted by csxt8058 Â»Mmm..bet that does smell nice..like baking an apple pie while driving. Exactly! They're still smelling good after almost 2 weeks !Quote, originally posted by trb Â»They don't have problems with people stealing the stickers? Down here the did away with the plate stickers years ago due to all the thefts of stickers from people plastering them on top of the old ones every year. Made it real easy to razor blade the new one off. We now have front window stickers attached to the inside of the windshield that match the plate numbers.And I always peeled off the old ones too when we had the plate stickers. It just looks so tacky to leave them on.I have no clue. I know we don't have that problem though .Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 Â»Installed my new wheelskin! Looks awesome, I'll get pics when it is light out.Looking forward to pictures !Well, I have still been experiencing the "clunking" sound and the more I hear it and the more I see what bumps, etc. I'm going over when it happens, I don't think it's the exhaust. I stopped at a shop today that I have gone to many times before. The owner is an awesome guy and all he does is brakes, suspension and custom exhaust. I explained everything to him and he said he'll get it on the rack next week and check it out. He said it does sound like a bad strut, so we'll see what he finds. If he does find a bad strut or something, I will be calling the dealer to see if they will replace it or how that will work since it is covered under the warranty *sigh*.

dustie · Post by **dustie** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:09 pm

Struts are easy to replace if you wanted to do it yourself. I did the lowering springs and struts on my car in under an hour.

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:45 am

Quote, originally posted by dustie Â»Struts are easy to replace if you wanted to do it yourself. I did the lowering springs and struts on my car in under an hour.Well, it's still under warranty, so if it does turn out to be a bad strut/s, GM will be replacing it/them for free .

ponta2147 · Post by **ponta2147** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:27 am

Might be refinancing the loan for the Vibe- the bank offered a rate that takes off about $30 from the monthly payment without increasing the number of months, if approved. I'll still keep paying extra, so I'll probably be able to pay off the car up to a year earlier than expected!

trb · Post by **trb** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:59 am

Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 Â»Might be refinancing the loan for the Vibe- the bank offered a rate that takes off about $30 from the monthly payment without increasing the number of months, if approved. I'll still keep paying extra, so I'll probably be able to pay off the car up to a year earlier than expected!That's always good when you can save money! When I bought the 2010 in December, I asked about refinancing our 07 Explorer too since my credit score was better, and they dropped the rate about 2% since the term was less too. So if I keep making the same total payment as I'm making right now for all 3 cars (~$750), I'll have all of them paid off in 3 years! 06 Vibe in Jan '13, Explorer in March '14, and 10 Vibe in Feb '15.

Serj22 · Post by **Serj22** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:14 am

Ditched factory cross-bars in the dumpster, and installed real roof rack with one upright bike holder. Looks pretty schweeet.

streblo · Post by **streblo** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:01 am

Finished installing the stereo deck and backup camera, got all the wiring run for the amp, all thats left is 2 new speakers on the passenger side, but need to wiggle the vibe out of storage to get at that side...............In the process of running the power for the amp I pulled the grommet for the wiring harness out of the firewall.......Anyone have any tips on how to get it back in?

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:40 am

Changed the oil... and found that almost all the little plastic rivots that hold the plastic shielding around the underside are broken. Got some nuts and bolts. Will fix it tomorrow.... weather permitting...

04shadowvibe · Post by **04shadowvibe** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:23 am

changed the oil and filter, tried to tear into the leaky rearend to replace the seals but cant get the spindle off the lower a-arm. So i cursed at it a lot lol

KITT222 · Post by **KITT222** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:04 am

Quick wash, and a small photo shoot, showing off my new coil pack cover, and the greatest mod yet.First the coil pack coverThen... the best mod ever...Zombie warning tape on the hatch!

04shadowvibe · Post by **04shadowvibe** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:21 am

well today was new front brake pads, tore apart the other side to service the rearend seal and have the same 2 lower a-arm bolts stuck....ordered new bolts for each side.

09vGT · Post by **09vGT** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:29 am

Filled it up. Only 250 miles to this tank.

csxt8058 · Post by **csxt8058** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:01 am

Got it dirty after having it washed yesterday....didn't know it was going to pour all day today, leaving the roads a nice mix of wet sand, leftover salt residue and whatnot... JR

KITT222 · Post by **KITT222** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:34 am

Quote, originally posted by csxt8058 Â»Got it dirty after having it washed yesterday....didn't know it was going to pour all day today, leaving the roads a nice mix of wet sand, leftover salt residue and whatnot... JRPsh! I washed my Vibe, it snowed, and the next day I intentionally drove down a snowy dirt road. It's the winter. My Vibe understands that. And if she gets a touchless bath in the winter I won't stop dirt from flying. But if it's the spring/summer and I just cleaned her, THAN I take care to keep out of the rain and puddles. Especially when I clean her myself.

tpollauf · Post by **tpollauf** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:13 pm

FINALLY finished LED 3rd brakelight no.5 and installed into my sons Vibe GT. Here they both are "hugging" each other in our garage for a photo shoot This pic is of both of them with the park/running lights on (typical nighttime driving) and the LED's are dimly lit. When you hit the brakes "BACK OFF" or you'll be blinded with the VIBE GT message. These are so much brighter than stock. Now I can finally get on the 2003-08 3rd brakelight which I've promised a few GenVibers here about a .... uhummmmm .... something like ..... a YEAR ago My bad

KITT222 · Post by **KITT222** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:23 pm

I eagerly await their arrival. BTW I think Junior could use these:http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHOA-L...4aeb7

tpollauf · Post by **tpollauf** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:49 pm

He already got some of these but didn't put them in yet http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-10...3511c

vibe-a-licious · Post by **vibe-a-licious** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:58 am

Recently I noticed a rough idle when cold and with a little research here, discovered that it could be due to the intake manifold gasket. So I picked up the redesigned gasket part#17171-22060(~$8) and changed that out last weekend.Simple fix - took less than an hour - and I think I can feel an improvement in idle and response. Although that could be just in my head and that it hasn't gotten really cold since then. Also, I found the double lid centre consol lid at a junkyard for $5 and installed that as well. Now I have a little more storage and the armrest is at a better height.

KITT222 · Post by **KITT222** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:48 pm

One of my Silverstars bit the dust, so I picked up some Phillips bulbs. The Silverstars were getting duller and yellower with age, and these new bulbs are a big refresher. I can see again!! I also put a red LED in each blinker housing along with the blinker bulb, so I get red light in the orange housing, but the blinker is still plainly visible.

chadhgraves · Post by **chadhgraves** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:53 pm

tpollauf - Do you make those LED third brake lights yourself. I want to replace mine to make it stand out. Was thinking of putting in a LED bulb but I think a LED board that fits in there would be better. kit222 - Which Phillips did you get? Thinking of trying those out here soon.

KITT222 · Post by **KITT222** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:24 pm

Quote, originally posted by chadhgraves Â»kit222 - Which Phillips did you get? Thinking of trying those out here soon.Clearvision. The ones for under $40. I love how, without the stock airbox, I don't have to remove my battery for headlight bulb replacement or adjusting. Another reason to get a CAI!

tpollauf · Post by **tpollauf** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:52 pm

Quote, originally posted by chadhgraves Â»tpollauf - Do you make those LED third brake lights yourself. YES ........ I've created quite a few unique "professional looking" contraptions in my days Was thinking of putting in a LED bulb but I think a LED board that fits in there would be better. I totally agree with you on this one To see what painstaking measures I took and how they were created, visit this link to my cardomain page http://www.cardomain.com/ride/...age-2 I plan on designing a few similar to this for the first gen Vibes. Maybe I can squeeze in one for you. I absolutely MUST get Brandons done first (Psycho martyr)

macantley · Post by **macantley** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:10 pm

today i installed the monsoon sound tweeters to my front doors, made the sound ALOT better, i got them from a 2003 model at the junkyard, i really wish it was a 05 or newer so i could have got the subwoofer.

09vGT · Post by **09vGT** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:41 pm

Washed it. I forgot how good Apollo looks when clean!

A Psycho Martyr · Post by **A Psycho Martyr** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:11 pm

Quote, originally posted by tpollauf Â» I absolutely MUST get Brandons done first (Psycho martyr) LolLife happens man, take your time.You can't rush perfection and my Vibe is going nowhere 8)Lemme know when you get the ball rolling tho so I can be sure to have your money ready

chadhgraves · Post by **chadhgraves** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:17 pm

tpollauf - Wow. I got my degree in Management, but I'll need to go back and get an Engineering degree to make one of those. They look great installed though. It looks like Pontiac made it. Don't worry about making me one. I appreciate the offer though. I think I might do some research and see what I could come up with. It'll be a nice weekend project.

tpollauf · Post by **tpollauf** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:14 am

Quote, originally posted by chadhgraves Â» It looks like Pontiac made it. Thanks The (removed) side of me is what motivates me to create such "works of art" as I call them I can't complete a project until it is perfect. As I start on the 03-08Vibe 3rd brake lights, I feel that they will go much smoother and at a faster pace than what these 09-10 ones cost me. With that being said I won't rule out making one for you. We'll see .................

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:23 am

This past Tuesday I stopped at the shop of a guy who's worked on our cars before so he could check the suspension and see if he could figure out where the "clunking" noise was coming from on my Vibe. He put it up on the lift and checked everything over really well. Everything underneath (suspension, exhaust, etc.) was nice and tight so he didn't see any reason for the "clunk". He then put the lift back down and was checking other things on the back of the car. He ended up hitting his fist against the spoiler and the spoiler was sort of loose and so it made a sort of "clunking" sound as it hit against the metal of the top of the hatch. He said that's probably where it's coming from. He was nice enough to not charge me anything, so I headed home. I pulled the Vibe in the garage and popped the plastic trim piece off the inside of the hatch, so I could check the bolts that hold the spoiler down. Sure enough, one of the bolts was a little loose, but the spoiler still seems to be a little loose. My next step is going to be removing the spoiler completely and then going for a drive to see whether I hear the noise or not. If I don't, I will get some sort of double sided foam tape or something to put on the underside of the spoiler, if I do hear the noise, the next step will be pulling everything out of the cargo area and making sure everything is nice and tight. This noise is driving me nuts and I will figure out what's causing it!The same day I stopped at two Auto Zones, a Pep Boys and an Advanced Auto, trying to track down a pair of SilverStar zXe bulbs to try out. I was finally able to get a pair at Advanced Auto. They are indeed noticeably brighter then the SilverStar Ultras. I was pleased with them, so I am going to order two pairs of 9005s for the high beams in both Vibes and a pair of 9006s for the low beams in my mom's Vibe. I highly recommend them to anyone who likes SilverStars. My only suggestion would be to get them on eBay where they are $10.00 - $15.00 cheaper then retail ($59.99) .

trb · Post by **trb** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:20 am

The spoiler on my 10 GT was barely attached when I picked it up. Two of the bolts were just finger tight, and it rattled and vibrated whenever I closed the hatch. Since I've tightened the bolts down, no more noises from that.I have a rattle inside the car from the back. I assumed it was from the plastic storage compartments and put some foam tape in between the pieces, but the noise is still there. My next step is to remove all the stuff like you said, and hopefully I can isolate the noise. It does bug me, but I know it is on the inside of the car so it does not worry me like a shock or suspension would.Good luck on finding it!

chadhgraves · Post by **chadhgraves** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:39 am

I have a sub with a built in amplifier screwed to the back of the driver's side rear seat. It's not one of those thumpers that drown out the music. It's just enough to fill out the lower tones in the music. I put neoprene foam under the sub so not contact would be made between it and the plastic on the back of the seat. I still noticed some rattling when it was turned up loud. So I found that it was coming from where the seat latches to the back on the side by the door. Put some neoprene foam above and below the latch and it helped a lot. You might check that or take everything out in the cargo area and the headrests to see if it's still rattling.

vibe-a-licious · Post by **vibe-a-licious** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:16 am

Did a drain and fill of the ATF. The fluid on the dipstick didn't look too bad, but once I drained it the fluid looked like used motor oil. Very glad I did that.Also did a coolant change.

KITT222 · Post by **KITT222** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:38 am

Tires rotated all by myself. I'm very proud of myself and my work!

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:03 pm

Must be nice to have 2 jacks.... I just have 1 and a big block of wood, but it works!

ponta2147 · Post by **ponta2147** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:08 am

The car is refinanced at 3.75% for a 60 month loan. It was originally going to be a 48 month loan (which is how much I had left on the old loan) but there was a good reason for this- we got approved for 13,500 but only had a little over 10k to payoff... so I took the extra money and the extra year so I could take it and pay off some higher interest credit cards (debt sucks, don't have it!!!) and then use the money I *was* paying the credit cards to pay the car off early. Basically just treating the extra as a low-interest loan... which was very useful in our life situation. Plus the payments are lower... which means my high extra payments I have been doing will go farther AND will help pay these credit cards....

A Psycho Martyr · Post by **A Psycho Martyr** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:14 am

Brit and I did the same thing a couple years ago.Wise choice. The HARD part is not using freed up cash to create more debt.lol

vibenvy · Post by **vibenvy** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:49 am

Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 Â»The car is refinanced at 3.75% for a 60 month loan. It was originally going to be a 48 month loan (which is how much I had left on the old loan) but there was a good reason for this- we got approved for 13,500 but only had a little over 10k to payoff... so I took the extra money and the extra year so I could take it and pay off some higher interest credit cards (debt sucks, don't have it!!!) and then use the money I *was* paying the credit cards to pay the car off early. Basically just treating the extra as a low-interest loan... which was very useful in our life situation. Plus the payments are lower... which means my high extra payments I have been doing will go farther AND will help pay these credit cards.... I got a killer deal when I got my Vibe. They wouldn't negotiate on the price because they did a dealer trade to get it (I ended up paying sticker price = $23,xxx.xx) and I got screwed over on trading my 2002 Pontiac Sunfire SE Sedan that I still owed money on in (I owed about $4,xxx.xx and they gave me less than $2000.00 for it ), but it all evened out when I scored 1.9% interest ! Pretty darn good for being my first brand new vehicle purchased on my own and considering I didn't have much in the way of a credit history at the time ! It's hard to believe when I send off my payment in April, the Vibe will be officially half mine !It's funny because my mom got a much better price on her Vibe ($18,xxx.xx) because it had been on the lot for a while, but she ended up with a higher interest rate, so we will both end up paying almost the same for our Vibes .I am planning on keeping the Vibe for a long time because I hate dealing with car dealerships. No matter what they screw you over somehow .

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:51 am

I'm having new front rotors and pads installed this morning. Went 84,000 miles on the originals(Not Bad!!). No issues with my brakes other than vibration with braking from highway speeds. It is just time to replace them.Edit: Nice smooth brakes now. I didn't realize how much farther I had to push the pedal to start slowing down before. It'll take a couple days to get used to it.

chadhgraves · Post by **chadhgraves** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:40 am

I've got about 15% left on my brake pads. Getting them replaced here shortly. You know what kind of brakes you got put on there? I have a feeling I'm going to be doing some "seatbelt checks" quite often when I get the new ones on. I can push down about halfway before I get some braking. Doesn't sound very safe, does it.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:23 am

My Receipt says:Front Brake Rotor - Premium 4886934 - qty=2Front Brake Pads - Safety Stop - OE Ceramic SS7824XFound info on the brakes online: (Second listing from the top) http://www.dmauto.net/web/dmau.../3004Found info on the pads online: http://www.dmauto.com/web/dmau...7824X/They're not top of the line, but these should be fine for me since my originals lasted so long. Kinda shows I'm not jamming the brakes all the time.

04shadowvibe · Post by **04shadowvibe** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:27 am

Thoes came from NAPA i can tell from the name. Im running their ultra premium rotors and i just switched from their adaptive one pads to their ultra premium pads. Im at 68k, 3rd set of pads, 2nd set of rotors. Gotta love all the hills here.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:41 am

Quote, originally posted by 04shadowvibe Â»Thoes came from NAPA i can tell from the name. Im running their ultra premium rotors and i just switched from their adaptive one pads to their ultra premium pads. Im at 68k, 3rd set of pads, 2nd set of rotors. Gotta love all the hills here.Yup, Napa parts. I considered having the ultra premium rotors and adaptive one pads installed, but didn't see the point of paying the extra cost.

455SD · Post by **455SD** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:46 am

I repalced my catalytic convertor, to get rid of the pesky P0420. CEL free now...woohooo!

04shadowvibe · Post by **04shadowvibe** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:20 am

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush Â»Yup, Napa parts. I considered having the ultra premium rotors and adaptive one pads installed, but didn't see the point of paying the extra cost.IMO, all these rotors are junk anymore and i switched from the adaptive one pads because i think they were too hard and are scoring my rotors up. I had to replace the factory rotors a few years back, they were so warped the steering wheel shook like a wheel was out of balance at highway speeds.

ligion · Post by **ligion** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:21 am

Yesterday, I started preping my rims for paint, sanding, cleaning, and repair, i also took apart the rear 'trunk' area for a full cleaning, lots of beach sand and other things have built up. Today I took apart the rest of the interior, any plastic i could get off and out of the car, like the center console! I just need to shampoo all the fabrics and it will be super clean and fresh!

A Psycho Martyr · Post by **A Psycho Martyr** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:22 am

Quote, originally posted by ligion Â»I just need to shampoo all the fabrics and it will be super clean and fresh!Might I suggest Duplicolor Vinyl Fabric Dye for your carpet?If you pull the carpet all the way out, you can vacuum it VERY well, then spray it down and I PROMISE you....it will look BRAND NEW (if you use common sense and do it right.lol)Search for my thread on how to remove carpet. I also show you how to remove seats

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