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03 AWD(why would you not get an awd, lol)silver grey two toneWondering...anyone had their two tone plastic color matched to the rest of the car? What would a person look to pay for this?ohmy name is patrickim 20i live in beckley, wvim close to 6'10(this is why i wanted a vibe/matrix)my old vehicle got mabye 8-9mpg so being able to drive close to 130 miles on 10$ of gas is orgasmic to melove this car

Quote, originally posted by tecton »03 AWD(why would you not get an awd, lol)Maybe we wanted the fast model Quote, originally posted by tecton »Wondering...anyone had their two tone plastic color matched to the rest of the car? What would a person look to pay for this?Why didnt you just get monotone?

Hola newbie!!I looked into getting the cladding painted. You are looking at a couple grand for a good job. Yeah, Earl Sheib (sp?) will do it for a few hundred but it will also fall off quickly. In order to have it work, the cladding needs to be baked to clean out any oils, then sanded, primed, and painted with a paint that has a flex additive so it will flex with the cladding. Trust me, get to like the cladding unless you want to dump a few G's into the painting. It would probably be cheaper to get them from GM.

Welcome TectonQuote, originally posted by rAERRK »Maybe we wanted the fast model I couldn't have said it better! Although I do wish I had AWD whenever the snow hits.

Remember, AWD let's you start faster, but it doesn't help you stop any faster!

Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Vibe! We love pictures. Please post some when you get the chance!Regarding, why I didn't get AWD: There weren't any used AWD Vibes in my price range or in my general geographic area in February of '04. Central Indiana is much flatter and the roads are much straighter than WV however!

alrighty! a fellow AWD! post pics and describe it in detail here: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=13910why is it that every time someone mentions AWD, people have to say "it doesnt help you stop"?is it jealousy?

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Welcome and do you have any pics of your ride by any chance?Inder

antilock brakes help you stopbut i guess 2wd guys dont need to worry about stopping since they wont be going anywhere hehewhy didnt i get a monotone model?because at 9,000$ color didnt come into play as much as saving 5,000$ on average used pricesits nothing special, totally stock, ill take some better pictures when i get around to it.I do intend to turbo or SC. While that probably wont happen for a year, it will happen.Vibe isnt a drag race car. I didnt buy it for that. I bought it cause its quick, which it is, but sometimes i have trouble hitting 100mph. Im not worried about that though. It goes as fast as i need it to, and i prefer technical driving to led foot. Much more fun hitting curves at 60mph that before i was chancing to take at 40.Immediate plans for the car, mostly suspension and brake upgrades. Might look into rear discs, dont want to lower the car so much but just improve over stock springs, stiffen it up a bit.In my eyes, being able to brake late and drive fast longer, is more important than straight line speed. I want to improve low end response however, which is why i want to force feed it. Other than exhaust CAI, chip, pulleys mabye, what else is there to benifit the low end?Hmm, i do have a couple pictures, ill attatch them.

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Nice Inder

Is this durken vibe or someone else?

Quote, originally posted by Carbman »Is this durken vibe or someone else?durken? is that a drunk turkey/chicken??

Quote, originally posted by tecton »antilock brakes help you stopbut i guess 2wd guys dont need to worry about stopping since they wont be going anywhere Are you trying to say the AWD is faster than the GT?

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »Are you trying to say the AWD is faster than the GT? >he means in the snow.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »>he means in the snow.>it doesnt snow everywhere

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »>it doesnt snow everywhere>who said it does?he was just trying to stand up for us awders because we are the slowest and have nothing more than the traction to gloat about. i guess if we wanted to race in the rain, we could probably give you 2wders some hell too. does it rain in savannah?

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »Maybe we wanted the fast model

OK guys, this is a hello thread not "who's faster" get it back on track please!

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe » I wanted to say many things myself but don't want to anger the God's so kept my mouth shut. Some of us have a few too many negative comments to share and not enough positive contributions. Couldn't find a nice way to say that!

Also very true. Thank you Millster. By the way, hello and welcome to the site. Don't let one person's comment give you a bad feeling about the forum. This is a great place full of many great and helpful people.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe » I didn't say the Vibe was fast. I said the GT was the faster model.

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »Maybe we wanted the fast model but thats not important, lets play nice.too bad we dont have an awd forum like MO. that way us w/awd could talk amongst ourselves without having the token chime in about how we are either slow or dont stop any better.that is all.

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe » What the hell is that?

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »What the hell is that? a kitty cat "cleaning" itself

anyone have stock dyno sheets for the GT and the base?i know when lift hits its over, but what about before then? are they alike until lift?i mean....you guys are only faster above 6500...50 shot would fix that no?

Quote, originally posted by tecton »anyone have stock dyno sheets for the GT and the base?i know when lift hits its over, but what about before then? are they alike until lift?i mean....you guys are only faster above 6500...50 shot would fix that no?for a base, 5spd, probably, but us in the awd, there isn't much hope

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »>it doesnt snow everywhere*whispers* It snows like hell in the part of WV they are in, I know this for a FACT, because that is where I learned how to drive IN THE SNOW, in an AWD Eagle.

yeah...i mean its not completely essentialyou really only need it mabye 10-20 days out of the yearbut it earns its worth when you are out and it happens to be one of those daysbesides...its part time

Welcome tecton,I like your pics of the vibe. did you use a sepia filter/mode on your camera, photo shop it, or was it just the lights in the parking lot?enjoy the ridejohn

the picture i just took with high exposure...didnt use a tripod so i had to balance on the ground which took a few attempts (high exposure=blurry pictures if the camera isnt still)then i just ran a generic "fast fix" picture filter in paintshop pro...i formatted recently so i dont have any fonts, lol...