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Did the earlier Vibes come with the cross members on the roof rack? I have an 05 and I had to buy them. I was wondering because I would say about 90% of all the Vibes I've seen here in Arizona have the cross members. I can't see nearly everyone that buys a Vibe shelling out over a hundred large for something they might not even use.

yes they did come stock on older models. 100.00 WOW wish I could sell mine for that much.

I sold mine for $50.

Quote, originally posted by gundabad » I can't see nearly everyone that buys a Vibe shelling out over a hundred large for something they might not even use. Not only not use them, but have to listen to the wind noise caused by them. I have found that if you leave them in the most rearward position it greatly reduces the noise.Wouldn't a "hundred large" be $100,000?

Quote, originally posted by JohnC » I have found that if you leave them in the most rearward position it greatly reduces the noise. and if you remove them it eliminates it completely. and looks nicer

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 » and looks nicer I must have fallen from a different tree. I hear (hear? see?) a buch of you dumping on the crossbar look. I like the crossbars. I'm leaving mine in. Of course I have RWL too. IF you DON'T like, well, la-dee-da-da...

Quote, originally posted by cieglo »I must have fallen from a different tree. I hear (hear? see?) a buch of you dumping on the crossbar look. I like the crossbars. I'm leaving mine in. I like them too. So you're not alone. Just not a fan of the "no crossbar" look with the sides still on there, but that's just my 2 cents.

Quote, originally posted by cieglo » IF you DON'T like, well, la-dee-da-da... I'm sorry i sounded like that. I think if you use them keep them thats all. and they look better not on my Vibe and I like your idea of RWL. I was thinking about WSW. LOL

RWL?WSW?I do like the crossbar look, but removed them because it makes it easier to wax (and more importantly, remove snow!)At some point, I'll get them back up there...

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »RWL?WSW?we have ragingfish stumped?

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »we have ragingfish stumped? AHHH! I figured it out...

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »AHHH! I figured it out...Good thing...otherwise I was going to say something like:RWL: Rotating Wide Load - or - Rapid Waveform Lasing - or - Raving Whiner LobotomizationI saw a car the other day with WSW that also had a yellow line - I'm not sure what that acronym would be. I don't remember the car though because I was so shocked to see those tires.

I personally would have to agree with the crossbar look, it looks so much better than 2 metal rails hanging out there for no reason.

Yeah, "100 large" is typically 100,000.00 unless $100.00 is alot to you.

I purchased crossbars from PhillyVibeGT for my '05 AWD a little while ago and I just put them on last week. I love the look and will get good use out of them. I don't really notice any wind noise from them either. I think that the Vibe would look best either with the side rails and crossbars or no rails and crossbars with caps. I have always thought just the rails looks kind of odd.