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Well another great meet with a fantastic bunch! Thanks to everyone who came and helped each other out with the installs. We were lucky to get sunny weather and thanks to Frank (my buddy) for coming in on his only day off and letting us use his garage:Enjoy the pics, I will post more later:PS Merci encore Benoit pour ton aide sur mes grills, fogs etc lol

More pics!XRS06 working on my grills...The final result! Great job XRS06-merci! What do you all think?

what sort of matrial are your new grills?

Even more pics Who has the biggest drop here?Hope you enjoy the pics everyone!!

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »what sort of matrial are your new grills? They are of metal mesh. I got them off Ebay, but they were a B$^%^ to install, just ask XRS06! I think they look good though

Can't believe you cought me sleeping under your vibe Sam!!!Anytime man, anytime

my turn!!!Sam's ride in front of JulepBen??euh... Ben??Miked before CAIMiked with his new CAIMiked before the dropfront:rear:after the drop, front¸rear:to be able to compare, we use fredfreedom's stock VibeI'm not sastisfy with the videos, so I'll make new ones and post them futher..

Great pics Martin! Got some more...Benoit this is proof for your GF that you were there Great meet again! Merci beaucoup

Wow, that's the dirtiest meet I ever saw! The grills look good Sam. Any way we could find out who is who and which ride belongs to who??? What kind of drop is on the red Vibe?

Well let me try my best Jason Silver Vibe = POLOBlue Vibe (sans grills) = thewhiteBlue Vibe (with grills) = arcsvibeGrey Vibe (dropped) = mikedGrey Vibe (stock height) = fredfreedomBurgandy Vibe (S-Tein springs) = Sub Vibe RBlue XRS = XRS06Black XR = pyschoSub Vibe R with the Teins had by far the biggest drop, checkout the pics of the 3 rides and you can clearly see it!Better question to ask is why?? why do we drop our rides with our crappy Montreal roads???

Cool, thanks Sam! How about the peeps? Who's who there?

That was a great day,everybody bang,bing,crick...install something on their vibe.Everybody help each other,eat,talk...What a good friendly guy's.And the day was a good sunny day.What a success day.Thanks to all to make possible.

Wow... looks like that was a good "install" meet for sure! All the pics were nice!

meet looked fun! dang we need a meet in MN!

What was funny,is that a couple of time some cops have come to ask what we where doing(8 vibe and 2 matrix side by side removing,installing things)Ehhhhh.....we steal car and we change part's to sale them No,A vibe,Matrix meet.

Was such a great meet. Thank you all for the helping hand.Can't wait for the next meet, and boy does the ride is different.

Quote, originally posted by damronjr »Wow, that's the dirtiest meet I ever saw! And I have the dirtiest Vibe of all. A good wash is realley needed for my Vibe....Quote, originally posted by damronjr » What kind of drop is on the red Vibe?That's my Vibe, and I put Tein S-Tech spring on it and I love them.A pic of it when the car is clean

so miked, those are the canuck motorsport springs? how do you like them? what was the final drop on them (i couldnt really see the 'after' pics)? how is the ride? ive been very seriously considering the CM springs for the last 8months....ive just been waiting for may to come so i can buy and install them.....would you mind giving me a bit of a reveiw on them?edit: the pics are a bit dark, but is the drop for the CM springs something like 1.5"/2" f/r???

Quote, originally posted by thebarber »edit: the pics are a bit dark, but is the drop for the CM springs something like 1.5"/2" f/r???you're right, numbers talk for themself. it seems the drop is bigger in rear than in front. don't know why. now the rear is lower than the front, and will be worst with people and/or things in the back...

Nice pixies guys .ArcsVibe, you deserve to be duct tape at Canada meet since you posted like 4 pictures on MO .

so any side profile shots of the vibe with the CM springs? im super curious...!i took the rear 'after' pic and lightened it up....it doesnt look like you guys measured at the top of the wheel well......so would the drop be closer to the advritised 1.6"/1.6" drop? (i hate to harp on this stuff, but i really need/want springs soon and these were the ones i was thinking about getting)

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Quote, originally posted by matrixxrs »Nice pixies guys .ArcsVibe, you deserve to be duct tape at Canada meet since you posted like 4 pictures on MO .LOL you guys have a freakin fetish with duct tape???? I figured I would share a few pics since the majority were Vibes.....I will post more later on tomorrow.Do you at least like the pics??

pics are real good....but need profile shot of mikedplease

It's a little dark but....Opposite angle

I like those pictures .Just giving you hard time that's all .

Here's an update on the drop.I'm now down to 2" in front and 2.5" in back.here's a nice pic

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So how do you like the ride so far?

Not sure if I like it or not.The drop is quite more than what I expected.I was more going for the 1.6" drop advertised, not 2.5"

argh....2"/2.5" ?!?!? are you sure? from teh measurement photos it looked like 1.6"/2" did they settle more?frig, now im not sure what do to for springs...

Here are pictures i took yesterday.frontrear

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wow...front 27 13/16" stock to 26 1/8" dropped = 1.7"back 28 3/16" stock to 25 5/16" = 2 7/8"damn.edit: btw, ive email canuck motorsports about the difference in advritised drop and actual drop...

Quote, originally posted by thebarber »edit: btw, ive email canuck motorsports about the difference in advritised drop and actual drop...great!! let us know what they says. Miked, have you gave the feedback to them on eBay? if not, maybe a negative feedback, or tell them you will if they don't send you better spring...

The problem is that I bought those springs thru a regular guy and no directly from CM. So I cannot do any thing. I'll probably try to sell them to someone who want a big drop on their car. Because I can not keep these with my work in Montreal, I'm to often on the road, mainly new residential site under construction. So I'll probably try to post an offer on the selling forum or put an auction on EBAY. Sorry for all of you that helped me put them on.

Miked maybe POLO wants them? I am not sure if I remember him saying he wanted to drop the Vibe, if not ask Psycho...that Trix is screaming for a drop lol Bonne chance!

Thanks Sam to setup the meet at the garage and thanks your friend Frank for is garage.Special thanks to Thewhite ans ArcsVibe for the pictures. Now I have a lot of pics of my car! I down own a digital camera for now but I plan to buy one in an early future.I'm glad to see that my tools was useful! I'll bring them again next time if we need to install something.

Quote, originally posted by ArcsVibe »Miked maybe POLO wants them? I am not sure if I remember him saying he wanted to drop the VibeSorry guy's,but 99.99% of the time i drive in Montreal city,you know what i mean.So the drop is not on my short term mods.

The meet was great! Thanks to Franck for leeting us do this on a Sunday.A special thank to XRS06 for installing the ES motor mounts on my trix The ride is amazing, the steering is stiffer, you can feel even more the engine. I love them! Quote, originally posted by ArcsVibe »Miked maybe POLO wants them? I am not sure if I remember him saying he wanted to drop the Vibe, if not ask Psycho...that Trix is screaming for a drop lol Bonne chance!Yes, my car is screaming for a drop, I've considered the CM springs few moment ago...but after miked installed them, I changed my mind about them. I want a light drop , Eibach prokit or TRD. If i want something lower, I'd play safe with the tein coilover kit (like XRS06) I dont feel like blowing struts after 6 months.

I totally understand! My drop is not as big as miked, it is already a little rough but his drop must be murder!

It's not soooooooooooo bad but my rear end already hit the bottom once, and with all the put holes, it's crazy in the streets of Montreal.But yesterday I've putted my summer tires that are 16" instead of 15" and boy do the car look good.

Quote, originally posted by miked » yesterday I've putted my summer tires that are 16" instead of 15" and boy do the car look good.So are you changing your mind ?

Great shots! Looks like you guys had a good time.If you get a Montreal meet going this summer, give me enough advance notice, I want to come!!!I missed out last year, but I won't this year!

Nope, don't think so, the ride is so low.

Thanks Mike. You know you are more than welcomed to any of our meets Check our Montreal forum often I will of course give you a heads up for our next one Gotta a good bunch here in Montreal

Quote, originally posted by miked »Nope, don't think so, the ride is so low.But the car, she looks so sexy with that drop

ya, but bad luck like the one happening to me can make you change your mind...

well, with CM springs falling thru miserably, im looking at eibach prokits, h&r, or hotchkis...leaning heavy towards h&r