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NascarXprt wrote:Man i am really lookin forward to seeing this thing finished! as well as the paint decision

well here are some pics of the paint so far. should be done by tomorrow

Aright, if it's not too far into Michigan, Tim, Ryan, and I should road trip up to see this beast first hand. Lol

Awesome work on it. Can't wait for the finished product. Are you going AWD? Or just front?

hotbug1776 wrote:Aright, if it's not too far into Michigan, Tim, Ryan, and I should road trip up to see this beast first hand.

Assuming I'm the "Tim" mentioned here? YES I'd be up for a mini-day trip up north to check this beast out. A nice photo shoot with some other Vibes, when completed, would be nice

tpollauf wrote:

hotbug1776 wrote:Aright, if it's not too far into Michigan, Tim, Ryan, and I should road trip up to see this beast first hand.

Assuming I'm the "Tim" mentioned here? YES I'd be up for a mini-day trip up north to check this beast out. A nice photo shoot with some other Vibes, when completed, would be nice

definently would be up for it. we have woodward dream cruze going on in a few weeks ( http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ). i was thinking if some local genvibe members wanted to meet there sometime during the next few weeks before the cruise would be fun. woodward is always packed every night with old cars a month before the cruise. i was thinking of starting a new thread for a meet at woodward sometime. if anyone's interested let me know.

here's a few more pics

Yes .... start a separate thread. Depending on the weekend I could sacrifice part of a Saturday/Sunday and head up there. It's only one hour to my north for me Color scheme is awesome. Red & Black together are a "HOT" combination. Looking REAL good

tpollauf wrote:Yes .... start a separate thread. Depending on the weekend I could sacrifice part of a Saturday/Sunday and head up there. It's only one hour to my north for me Color scheme is awesome. Red & Black together are a "HOT" combination. Looking REAL good

I'd be willing to give up a weekend of work for a mini gathering. Especially if it involves Vibes and a ton of classic autos.

And yes, Tim, I meant you. Lol

Ok.... Saw you talking on Facebook and now I've seen why you have a roll cage. I'm definitely going to follow this page! Your a rally racer and I love what you have done! What motor mods have you done?

very very nice!!!

what harness did you go with?

keeping the racks off the roof?

A Psycho Martyr wrote:keeping the racks off the roof?

nah we put then back on. we left the cross bars out though




waxing her for woodward.

videos or lies! that is all i am going to say. we better see a vid of this thing in action!!!!

Mariachi wrote:videos or lies! that is all i am going to say. we better see a vid of this thing in action!!!!

Lol... gonna be hard to take video while im driving

dgekiere wrote:Lol... gonna be hard to take video while im driving

......cop out

dgekiere wrote:

Mariachi wrote:videos or lies! that is all i am going to say. we better see a vid of this thing in action!!!!

Lol... gonna be hard to take video while im driving

not really. go to walmart and get yourself one of those camera mounts that you can wrap around the cage and mount the camera somewhere. or just get a go pro.

yeah we will pry have some camera in the car. of course i will have to edit it if we crash

LOL!

Wow that looks great! I like that you went with the stripe down the side. You should do a walk around video of it while it's still mint.

Lol... you saying im gonna crash it

some pics with the the rally america sticker package that cam the other day.

lololol

nice decals btw

Wow !!! You've come a long way since this project started and very impressive workmanship. That is one HOT looking Vibe. It's gonna turn heads for sure

you need LOADS of red LED's in the headlight housings to look awesome during those races.

That would SO set this baby off.

Also, tasteful placement and size on the stickers

Don't forget your Genvibe decals!

yep.....you gotta rep for the home team

A Psycho Martyr wrote:yep.....you gotta rep for the home team

Definently... got them on order

ligion wrote:Don't forget your Genvibe decals!

genvibe decals... check (Thanks Steve(aka smeadows))







even got extra stickers for the daily driver






got a few more rally america stickers too






decided to take the fog lights out

i want to see in action already!

Awesome work Doug I really like those GenVibe Decals Steve created!! Going to have to contact him for a pair of the small ones for my side windows like you did. Keep up the good work

Awesome. Are you going to do any suspension modifications, though? Or rally lights? This project has been awesome. I love reading this thread and seeing the progress.

Add a brush guard w/ some huge-mongous lights

A Psycho Martyr wrote:Add a brush guard w/ some huge-mongous lights

I've been on the Subaru forums... not a good thing. It gives me ideas.

What I did:


What they do:

Nice job guys a lot of work would like to see some pics of the car when the car is completed or maybe even a video of the car in action.....

Awesome cage work.. Looking good!

Cdnsigop wrote:Awesome cage work.. Looking good!

thanks... i can't take credit for the cage work though, i paid to have that done.


i havn't updated this in a while so here's how she is now.

mocking up the skid plate


















also polyurethaned the engine mounts and removed the front sway bar










in the next few days the skid plate should be done. after that we will be making a light bar and installing the safety equipment in the car.
the goal is to be ready to run in the end of january at sno-drift in lewiston, mi.

i some of you can make it up there and see the car.

thanks for looking

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

first race is done... we placed 2nd on day one and first on day 2. also 2nd overal for our class for the weekend.

first place trophy for saturday

pics from the rest of the build




getting loaded up

getting ready for day one

at the awards ceremony on saturday night parked next to ken block



a couple of pics the morning before coming home

the red wheels make that paint job work

congrats on the win

Very cool!!! Not talking about the snow either. Great build, excellent work, getting to park next to Ken Block's Fiesta, and second place in class overall. Not bad for a first event.

Need to hear how the car performed. Gotta be the most rigid Vibe on the planet. Any more Rallies planed for this Winter?

this is so incredibly awesome, you don't even know.lol

i mean i'm sure you do, but you have no idea, hahaaa

thanks everyone, it was an awesome experience to do this. i hope i am able to continue doing this for many more years.
last october our buddies car was totaled during a rally. they hit a tree stump around 60mph due to an outer tie rod breaking. they both walked away with no injuries due to safety equipment. here is a pic of it


after this we have decided not to run the car if anything is questionable. we hope they will rebuild another car again, but for now they are helping us learn the events and crewing for our car.

Awesome Car! Glad to see you got a good result at Sno-Drift! Do you plan to run in any future rallies? It would really be awesome to see you at LSPR later in the year! I have been waiting for a year or two to see a Vibe Rally Car. Yours looks really cool! Do you have a website ? Where are you based out of?

This is exactly the idea of the route I want to go. Not sure where to start but I guess just start researching online. Btw I didn't see it mentioned but what suspension did you go with, and why did you take your front sway bar out? Does it give more under steer or something?

I think it would increase the suspension's articulation and actually induce a bit of oversteer.

I am from pintiac Bloomfield area I have a 2010 vibe I would to meet local people who have vibes im 26 would live to woodward cruise with other vibes

Are you going to be at New England Forest Rally this year?

Nope... our next race will be August 8th for summer sno drift and and then October for lspr in Houghton mi

I remember seeing this thing at LSPR last year before I had a Vibe of my own. Very cool car! Are you planning on partaking in some more rallies this year? I would love to see this thing in Houghton again!

dgekiere wrote:Nope... our next race will be August 8th for summer sno drift and and then October for lspr in Houghton mi

I also think I saw this at LSPR a couple years ago. Are you going up there again this year? Since I go to school at MTU I'd love to see this thing in action at this year's LSPR!

If anyone is curious, the Rally Vibe GT is still in action... Check out the ARA website for schedule. He usually hits MI, OH, PA, and occasional some a little further west.

https://www.americanrallyassociation.org/

This thread is quite interesting for me, because even though my vibe is my daily at the moment, once I'm able to afford it and have a different vehicle (or maybe another vibe, unlikely but possible), I plan on going into motorsports with my current one. And my intended sport of choice is rallycross. Not full rally, I don't have the will for that, but rallycross has an appeal to me