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dropin the vibe
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:27 pm
by NascarXprt
finally i will be lowering the vibe with the Tein S techs in a couple of months. i will keep updates and will get pics once installed.
Re: dropin the vibe (NascarXprt)
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:40 pm
by scherry2
cool!! you'll love it.
Re: dropin the vibe (scherry2)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:35 am
by Mavrik
once you go low, there is no going back.
Re: dropin the vibe (NascarXprt)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:52 am
by CFD911
I am doing the same this weekend with the spring tech ones I got off e-bay, hopefully it will go without a hitch and I can get them done within a day.wish me luck
Re: dropin the vibe (CFD911)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:31 am
by scherry2
nothing to it. but good luck anyway.
Re: dropin the vibe (Mavrik)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:44 am
by BlueCrush
Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »once you go low, there is no going back.That's what you think. I've been back at stock height for a month now.I will be going back down once I can afford Tein SS Coilovers. Your gonna love it. I can't wait to get down with it again.
Re: dropin the vibe (CFD911)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:30 am
by Mavrik
if you got spring compressor of any kind and some airtools its an easy job really. More or less time consuming then difficult.
Re: dropin the vibe (Mavrik)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:32 am
by CFD911
good that is what I like to hear!I wan (removed) to be a one day thing not a whole weekend thing
Re: dropin the vibe (CFD911)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:20 am
by Mavrik
Well my friend and I did my Vibe back in 2004. With jacking the car up, taking off all four struts, running over to his work, using the spring compressor and washing the struts, reassembling them and then driving back to his house and putting them on took us under 4 hours.A couple weekends ago I helped another friend of mine lower his Matrix on the TEIN springs and between the group of us gathered in my garage and talking/eating pizza and working on the car, it was done in under 4 hours as well. We got to it around 5:30-6pm and were done before 10pm. The hassel to the job is making sure the springs are seated properly, other then that.. piece of cake.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:53 am
by AKLGT
actually, i don't think we even got started til about 7pm really. and taking a break for beer and pizza in between, i'd say it was only about 3 hrs maybe of actual work. the more people you have to help the better! while phil and JC worked on getting the tires off and loosening the nuts, Dale (mostly) and I were working on taking apart the struts and putting on the new springs. having everyone lending a hand made it super quick so we could joke around, eat, drink, all at the same time.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:55 am
by AKLGT
and to add to that, a few days later, phil and dale installed my tein s tech springs on my lgt. not sure how long it took though, but they sure did a great job! i think i posted some pics a few weeks ago...
Re: dropin the vibe (Mavrik)
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:13 pm
by CFD911
sweet, I am also painting the calipers at the same time so that will take a little extra time... I got the instuctions off this site a while ago so I will be following them, I think I will be doing most of it myself, but I got a few pple that might drop by to led a hand...but if anyone is in the area and want to drop buy to led a hand I got a few cold ones in the fridge waiting hahahahait should go ok..
Re: dropin the vibe (CFD911)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:19 am
by Mavrik
if I was still in ontario that would be tempting lol.
Re: dropin the vibe (CFD911)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:17 am
by scherry2
Quote, originally posted by CFD911 »but if anyone is in the area and want to drop buy to led a hand I got a few cold ones in the fridge waiting ROAD TRIP!!
Re: dropin the vibe (scherry2)
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:26 am
by CFD911
Well I goter done and DAMN does it look good!I will have pics shortly I hope, I just gotta get my heands on a digital camera
Re: dropin the vibe (CFD911)
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:29 am
by NascarXprt
now i just have to deposit my money and go and buy buy buy to get it low low low. lol
Re: dropin the vibe (CFD911)
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:25 am
by 1badvibe
i put the same springs on mine