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lol...I'm doing plugs tomorrow or the next day too

A quick bath today. It's only been 2 months since the last. Have some plans in the near future.

Second half of the mods today including interior and caliper paint, pics in my garage!

Quote, originally posted by Wolfman213 »I got paint all over a seat!!!And it turned out decent. I like it. It's not great or professional by all means, but I like it! Check out the pics in my garage.

Gave my Vibe a SERIOUS bath Was way overdue PLUS the wife brought home a few thousand New York BUGS plastered all over the front end & mirrors from her holiday trip. I took the helpful tip (found ONLY on this forum) about a bounce fabric softener sheet & water and all I can say is ............. WOW did it do a fantastic job getting ALL those bugs off the Vibe It looked so clean that I had to get updated pics & change my signature

Just did my plugs this morning. The old one's only had 15k on them, but I got some bad gas this past winter from the Safeway where we fill up. They lure you in with the club card discounts then trash your engine with crappy fuel. Oh well.I figured ~30 bucks and 30 minutes is pretty cheap peace of mind. The old ones looked like they had closer to 120k than 15k on them, and the gas we were running ruined a set of platinum plugs in my wife's van after about 20k. Maybe I'll just make plugs an annual maintenance thing every spring/summer.

Had the Vibe's exterior detailed for the first time ever after 6 years of ownership. Washed, clayed & waxed. Looks great and the paint is as smooth as a baby's bottom. Less work to do now on Meet day to get her ready. Worth every penny of the $40 he was charging, but I gave him an additional $20 for the awesome work & detailing tips and tricks (so I can do it on my own).

Chopped off 3.5" from the lower segment of my CAI to try to accommodate the new filter, and it STILL isn't enough. Oh well, I'll try again later.I also put in some aluminum screening on the passenger air intake along the firewall to potentially ward off mice from entering the cabin through that route.

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New paint on the calipers.Before:After:

looks lovely

Wasn't to the Vibe, but we debadged Chris's '08 G6 GT (Like I told him, the lines are much cleaner now) and painted the calipers red like mine (looks very slick behind those polished rims of his...) And still have half a can of caliper paint left, after doing heavy coats on TWO cars! I am bringing the rest of the paint kit to the meet if anyone wants to take it with them- plenty of cleaning spray and caliper paint left, all you need is some painters' tape, paintbrush, and an old toothbrush (for cleaning).

Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 » And still have half a can of caliper paint left, after doing heavy coats on TWO cars! I am bringing the rest of the paint kit to the meet if anyone wants to take it with them- plenty of cleaning spray and caliper paint left, all you need is some painters' tape, paintbrush, and an old toothbrush (for cleaning).I've got first dibs on the paint Will there be enough to do all four calipers ? Seeing how we have the same color, I know how sharp it will look

Quote, originally posted by tpollauf »I've got first dibs on the paint Will there be enough to do all four calipers ? Seeing how we have the same color, I know how sharp it will look Awesome, the kit is yours-Like I said, I did two whole cars (two coats each) with half a can of paint, and there is still half a can left, so it should more than cover your car with two coats of paint!

Finally got around to installing my new head unit..lol. This one: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=41475I'll be installing a few fun cosmetic items tomorrow, JIT for the meet: Strut Tower Bar, Pedal Covers & Oil Cap & possible interior overlays (maybe).My ultimate goal was to be lowered for the meet but that won't be happening since I wasn't able to get all the items in, in time to do a clean strut/shock assembly swap. I should have it all by next month, the drop the Vibe once again.

I turned on the AC,it works.I still haven't tried the CD player.

Installed these: DC Sports Strut Tower Bar, OBX Pedal Covers & Powered by 1ZZ-FE Oil Cap Done installing stuff for the meet. Gotta start cleaning the engine bay.

Engine clean (just a surface clean on exposed parts with a spray bottle), Wash, Claybar, and Polishing. Tomorrow is wax, clean the wheels, plastic polish, and clean/rainx the windows. Might tidy up the interior too.

Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 »Engine clean (just a surface clean on exposed parts with a spray bottle), Wash, Claybar, and Polishing. Tomorrow is wax, clean the wheels, plastic polish, and clean/rainx the windows. Might tidy up the interior too. YUCK.. RAIN-X!!!.. .. Im still waiting for the rain-x to wear off my side windows..

I love rain-x! Never a problem on my car or for all the years on Chris's car (6 years or so)

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »Installed these: DC Sports Strut Tower Bar, OBX Pedal Covers & Powered by 1ZZ-FE Oil Cap Done installing stuff for the meet. Gotta start cleaning the engine bay. Didn't you sell your DC Sports STB?Anyways, I thought I'd throw this at you, I put a couple of washers as spacers under the the mounting hole to fill the indentation where it would sit so it wouldn't warp the mounting holes

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Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 »Engine clean (just a surface clean on exposed parts with a spray bottle), Wash, Claybar, and Polishing. Tomorrow is wax, clean the wheels, plastic polish, and clean/rainx the windows. Might tidy up the interior too.At the rate I'm going, I'll be lucky if the outside of the car is clean, let alone everything else. I will be changing the oil for sure before I make the trip to Indy. I bought the supplies 6-months ago and I feel it is finally time to change it I really want to get another LED mod "sort of done" at least to where when I pull up I'll get some Ooooh's & Ahhh's from the appearance I''ll have to try to take part of Friday off. With A/C systems working overtime, I've been extremely busy and no time for the Vibe these past couple weeks will

Quote, originally posted by tpollauf »At the rate I'm going, I'll be lucky if the outside of the car is clean, let alone everything else. I will be changing the oil for sure before I make the trip to Indy. I bought the supplies 6-months ago and I feel it is finally time to change it I really want to get another LED mod "sort of done" at least to where when I pull up I'll get some Ooooh's & Ahhh's from the appearance I''ll have to try to take part of Friday off. With A/C systems working overtime, I've been extremely busy and no time for the Vibe these past couple weeks will We're bringing some Quick Detailer, Bug & Tar Remover, Tire and Rim cleaner, Glass Cleaner, and interior wipes with us to Indy (maybe also some plastic polish) along with some microfiber and my usual roll of paper towels (I keep them in the car), we're probably heading over to Mike's Car Wash in the AM to wash off the road grime from the trip, if you want to head on over there you can meet us and feel free to use some of the stuff!

put some curb rash on my trd rims -- oops

Quote, originally posted by bull77 »put some curb rash on my trd rims -- oops always ruins my day..... I've done it about 7 times too many

Waxing and tires are done... interesting note, the Meguiars High Endurance tire gloss does a pretty good job of taking the excess wax off the black side plastic as well. Brought the car inside due to possible bad weather coming through later, going to do the windows and interior after lunch (and a badly needed shower, it's 90 degrees up here)

Cleaned the engine bay.

intstalled a Nova Pre-emption (turns red traffic lights green) dash light last nightinstalled it in front of the steering wheel and ran wire down right by door debating if i should move it so its centered in the dash

Installed a trailer hitch (Curt 12228) and wiring kit.Hitch took 30 minutes from the time I took it out of the wrap 'till the last bolt was torqued and all tools put away (also used loctite 272 on the bolts). Wiring kit took about an hour.... mostly for running the wire to the battery...Maybe one of these days I'll get around to washing it.... but not today... (tomorrow doesn't look promising either...)

Quote, originally posted by waveresponder »intstalled a Nova Pre-emption What's the verdict so far?

Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver »What's the verdict so far?+!! I'm curious too.This was yesterday, but surveyed the damage done by a bottle of bleach that opened up in the hatch area and spilled on the cargo mat in Frosty Jake.It's not really as bad as I suspected, but bad enough.Anyone got a spare?

Painted the steelies on K-NINE Vibe. Keepin' it real...keepin' it steel!

Drive 1,303 miles, this weekend, to Indiana and back, just for the heck of it!

Got birdpoo, dirt, and lots of rain on it. Luckily I have 4 free washes at delta sonic this month!!!!

Replaced both rear door handles (exterior) this past Saturday.

Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver »Installed a trailer hitch (Curt 12228) and wiring kit.Hitch took 30 minutes from the time I took it out of the wrap 'till the last bolt was torqued and all tools put away (also used loctite 272 on the bolts). Wiring kit took about an hour.... mostly for running the wire to the battery...Maybe one of these days I'll get around to washing it.... but not today... (tomorrow doesn't look promising either...)looks great! hope you've given that thing a bath since your post. since your vibe is for all practical purposes the same as mine, i have to ask-does your hitch also bang on the muffler/exhaust? if not, i might have to look into getting that hitch (thinking x-mas present!)

Quote, originally posted by Zimm »Hope you've given that thing a bath since your post. since your vibe is for all practical purposes the same as mine, i have to ask-does your hitch also bang on the muffler/exhaust? if not, i might have to look into getting that hitch (thinking x-mas present!) A bath???? Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver »Maybe one of these days I'll get around to washing it.... but not today... (tomorrow doesn't look promising either...)Fine!!! (and notice the wife trying to hide...)And no, it doesn't come close to the exhaust. It does push against the heat shield but hard enough that it doesn't rattle.

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Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver »and notice the wife trying to hide...Hmmmm. You married one of "those" also My wife ALWAYS wants to be excluded when it comes to ANY photo opportunity. Good thing my digital camera has a "quiet shutter" button, as I've gotten some NICE shots of her that she never knew about

Thanks for the idea and How To, SCherry!

Quote, originally posted by lovemyraffe »Thanks for the idea and How To, SCherry! I LOVE those Sion tc wheels on your car.... but why does it look so orange? Better readjust the white balance on your camera.

Quote, originally posted by 06pvibe » I LOVE those Sion tc wheels on your car.... but why does it look so orange? Better readjust the white balance on your camera.The pic of mine that you posted doesn't look orange. The other one does, but it does look orange when the light hits it like that. It could also be your monitor.

I installed an Injen intake woohoo! There are pics of it in my garage.

I prepped the winter steelies for powder coating.

Quote, originally posted by areles »I prepped the winter steelies for powder coating.cool!! I'd like to see the finished result of that. I was going to spay paint my steelies glossy black but I could see powder coating being much more durable for that.

I was going to have them sprayed, but Arm (paint guy) said it would last til I got the winter tires put on. He suggested the powder coating. I don't know how much it's going to cost, but I'll post pix later.

Installed factory front splashguards (mudflaps.)I will take pictures after the rears are installed also.

I sat in my car on my lunch break and watched an hour of Jet Li's "Fearless"

I removed the ebrake boot and the armrest cover to send to redline goods to have them make the custom red and black leather covers! Sorry I have an automatic so I can't send them a shift boot template.Also removed the door panels to try to remove the door inset fabric to get new ones made also, but that fabric is hot riveted in or something, aka not removable... sad. But at least I know how to take the door panel off! Didn't break a single door clip either. So while I was at it dismantling things, I took the plastic panels out from behind the door handles and from surrounding the window buttons, and spray painted them red. Unfortunately the can was sloppy, so I need to wet-sand down and do a second coat.

I drove as fast as I could through a driving rain storm to take advantage of the free car wash and under carriage wash.

Mailed my ebrake boot and armrest cover off to Redline Goods so they can make me some custom stuffs! Also wet-sanded, repainted, and installed the small panels on the doors behind the handle and around the window buttons.... only a few more red things to go!

Ordered black arrow head overlays for the front, back, and wheels..