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New to genvibe

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:46 am
by jeybone
Hey there! I thought it was time that I introduced myself. I bought an ’03 on March 1st of this year. March 1st is also my two year old daughter’s birthday, and so now she calls the car “Carlie’s Car”. I have to say this is the first car that I have been excited about since my first car (’59 Chevy Impala 2 dr. hard top). It not same kind of car, but it is a lot of fun! I discovered this site the first night I had the Vibe, and I have been checking out all kinds of great stuff. This site makes you want to mod your Vibe. There is so much cool stuff I would like to do, but unfortunately most of money is going to have to go into our house. We have another baby on the way and need to make more room, so I have a long list of house projects on my list. I did manage to get some new wheels and tires though. When I bought my Vibe I new it was going to need new tires soon. I priced replacements for the stock 16” tires that were on it, and a reasonable set was going to cost at least $100 or more a piece. Then one day just for the heck of it, I was looking on eBay, and found some wheels and tires with barely any miles on them. So bid on them and won! They would probably not have been my first choice, but the price was right, and I think they look pretty nice on my car. I would still like to try to tint the windows, and either get a new stereo, or a way to connect my iPod, but who knows maybe I will be able to do a little more in the future. I would really like to get a little more power of the line. Question, how do get one of those genvibe.com stickers for your car?

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:56 am
by Mrizzle05
go to grafxwerks.com and there at the very bottom.. you can also email him (ryan) for bigger sizes.welcome to the fam.

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:03 am
by jeybone
Thanks! I will check it out.

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:11 am
by northvibe
Welcome!! man your vibe looks nice, i like those rims

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:14 am
by AKLGT
welcome! car looks nice! and thanks for posting up your pic in the sig so quicly! we love pics!

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:19 am
by xssiv1
Love the rims. Looks good. Welcome to GenVibe!!!

Re: (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:26 am
by BlueCrush
Welcome to GenVibe! Congrats on the new baby coming!! Nice lookin' Frosty! I like the wheels. If you want to do modding on the cheap: get an Cosmo short ram intake($65), Alutec OEM sized lightened Crank Pulley($140), Unorthodox Racing OEM sized lightened Alternator pulley($75), Helix Power Tower Plus Throttle body spacer($80+). Total Parts = $360. This setup will get you the most power off the line - cheaply. And you can get them one at a time to spread out the cost.http://www.cosmoracing.comhttp://www.mo ... 97185.html $10 off discount - Code: SSGEN0506BTW: My first car was a '64 Impala 4dr. I loved it!

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:47 am
by ToolGuy
Welcome! Congrats! Still have that 59'?

Re: New to genvibe (MiVibe-ToolGuy)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:13 am
by jeybone
Wow, thanks for the tip. Maybe I could try that out. a little at at a time is probabbly the way I need to go. '64 are nice cars too! I replaced my '59 with a '61 Imapala 4dr., after my '59 burned up. It was fun as well. It had a big block 348.

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:19 am
by jeybone
No, My '59 caught fire my Junior year, as I was dropping a new engine in it. I had just recovered th seats, and was dropping in a 350. A storm was comming the next day while I was at school, and my mom tried to clean up a bit. She threw the drop light in the car. It was off, but it was hot, and it started to smolder, and then three hours later the whole car burned up. I was very sad. I would really like to get another one someday.

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:30 am
by damronjr
Man I''ve wanted a '59 or '60 Impala my whole life! I used to have a '62 Sedan deVille and then a '58 Sedan deVille. Had to get rid of both of those as well due to practicality reasons. Now I wish I had never gotten rid of either of them! My friend just sold his '63 Impala SS last week. I wanted to kick his @$$ b/c I have been trying to buy it from him since I don't know when. His parents wanted all or none though, and I couldn't afford the $10k they wanted straight up in cash!Nice Vibe BTW and welcome to the site!

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:39 am
by BlueCrush
Mine just had the standard 283 V8 with headers. Big slow nice sounding car.

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:44 am
by jeybone
Yep, my '61 had the 348, but my ˜59 had a 283. The great thing is that it had 250,000 miles on it before I decided to replace it. Even then it was still running, but on only 5 cylinders.

Re: New to genvibe (BlueCrush)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:49 am
by jeybone
I want to get another one, but they are so expensive now. I paid $600 for my '59 in 1990, and $300 for my '61 in 1992. I saw a '59 the other in bad shape, it was not even running, and they wanted $6000 for it. It was sold the next week.

Re: (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:58 am
by damronjr
Both my Caddy's had 390 V-8's!

Re: New to genvibe (Mrizzle05)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:07 am
by nygiantzz1
Mrizzle05, thanks for posting the website for grafxwerks. I just ordered the rear liftgate inlay and the genvibe decals (both in bright red). I think the red will be a nice contrast against moonstone. Again, thanks.

Re: New to genvibe (nygiantzz1)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:44 am
by Mrizzle05
no problem... someone else would have posted it too.Good luck on the vinyl installs... the inley is a tad bit tricky. i did my fiances in pink! (GIRLS!) and it came out good except for one crease (sp?) on the last letter.

Re: New to genvibe (Mrizzle05)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:02 am
by damronjr
Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »no problem... someone else would have posted it too.Good luck on the vinyl installs... the inley is a tad bit tricky. i did my fiances in pink! (GIRLS!) and it came out good except for one crease (sp?) on the last letter.Yeah, those inlays are tough! Got some creases in mine to, but unless you're looking for them they're not visible.

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:27 am
by slvrvibes
Welcome to genvibe.Those red inlays should look good with your color vibe.

Re: New to genvibe (slvrvibes)

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:04 pm
by 808 Vibes
NICE FROSTY!!!! Welcome to the board!!!!

Re: New to genvibe (jeybone)

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:01 am
by ZubenElGenubi
Welcome to GenVibe!Love the wheels! Sounds like you got a good deal all around. Thanks for posting a pic, too! We're pic-crazy around here.

Re: New to genvibe (jaybone)

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:27 am
by NascarXprt
to the family known as Genvibe! those wheels are nice and thank you very much for posting a pic!and grafxwerks is the place for your overlay needs. Ryan can do just about anythis with those grafix.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:40 am
by Atomb
why can't i see a picture?!?!welcome to the site!