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So it looks like I'll be helping keithvibe install some HIDs and possibly an autodim mirror soon.Wondering if anyone in NJ/eastern PA or surrounding areas would be interested in making a mini meet out of this? Just a thought...I know the warm winter has been making me long for a meet...No date set yet...just feeling it out at the moment...

I know this spring we are doing ameet in VA Beach, but I know that's a ways from you. But if you are interested I will bring the thread back up to active topics.

i'd consider it depending on the date and how much homework i have for college (shouldnt b too much this semester)

I was working with photoshop the other night and came up with this. I am going to put these under windshield wipers when I come across another Vibe and or Trix.Trying to increase the members in my area and possibly get mini meets together.

Hey guys, I'm looking at Saturday the 13th to come out to PA for the installs...Anyone up to joining us?

change of plans!i (finally) got a job, so I don't know that i'd be available next weekend. that being said, i will revert to this weekend. so is anyone up for meeting up this saturday, the 6th?

YEA! JOB.....

aight guys, we're a go for this saturday (the 6th)! who's in???

aaaaaaaanybody?

they're calling for near-70° weather tomorrow!any of you who wanted to come would be foolish not to show!!!

i just checked back in the thread...the day of the "meet". wish i had a lil more notice but for the heck of it when n where?easton, based on keiths posted location, is a lil over an hr from home (wilkes-barre)

check in with keith he'll give you the skinny on the location, i'm getting to his place about 11 am-ish...

i dont expect to be there due to the short notice but i guess thats my bad for not checkin the thread sooner. since i'm only 20 (for another week n a half) n live under the parents roof.i didn't send anything to keithenjoy the install

I realize it was short notice. Maybe sometime in the spring.

well got the HID's installed and the auto dimming mirror as well and did the mod for the drls and disabled the compressor for the defrost. Took us about 2 and half hours to do everything.Some photosWe ended up using the temp sensor for the air in the cabin being the vibe already has the temp sensor outside.The one hid didn't start right away so we changed out the fuses although none were burnt it did the trick.

more photos at nightwe upgraded the fog lights to HID. The headlights are still silverstars

looks good, glad it went well

hey!you said there weren't any crotch pictures!!! sorry nobody else could come, it was very short notice unfortunately...i'm already working on a central jersey meet for the spring though! hope to see some of you guys there!

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »hey!you said there weren't any crotch pictures!!! I don't know what your talkin bout.... lol All I see is a giant elbow in the photo.BTW Mike. Your getting rave reviews on the MO sighthttp://matrixowners.com/forums...65935TY again for the help

Awesome! Yet another schnoz removed from a car by raging. It's not so shocking anymore once you've seen it eleventeen times. lol!Everything looks good, great job raging!

I got outside this morning and did the fog light conversion so they come on with the parking lights and stay on with the highbeams.YEA me... LOL love to be able to mod in the middle of winter lol Global warming rocks, that is till our coast lines start to shrink up an we lose some land mass

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »I don't know what your talkin bout.... lol All I see is a giant elbow in the photo.BTW Mike. Your getting rave reviews on the MO sighthttp://matrixowners.com/forums...65935TY again for the helpwow, i've never been the "cool" kid before. LOL!no problem, i was glad to help, the drive was a cinch (except for that god forsaken route 18 detour my lame-o GPS took me up...), and it was enjoyable. i'm kinda disappointed that interceptor wouldn't fit my car, i was eager to test-drive it...

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »i'm kinda disappointed that interceptor wouldn't fit my car, i was eager to test-drive it...I was eager to sell it to ya

Great work as always, Ragin'. Looks good, Keith!

Had a chance tonight to test out the hid's and the auto dimming mirror.Love the lights. Doesn't seem to be a problem with blinding people. Not one flash of lights. The auto dimming mirror will take some time getting use to. It doesn't dim fast enough for me. I guess I will have to break out the manual and read how to change it to night manually if I can't get used to the auto dim feature.I did find out I will have to relocate the temp sensor as well. It was getting a false reading. No way it was 84degrees in the car today. I will try putting it up in the head liner.

One thing I don't miss about the auto dimming mirror is the fact that it sometimes I wish I could force it to dim on command. When I worked nights, I'd travel west to the house as the sun rose from the east, that sucker was bright, and no way to dim the mirror! Unless you cover up the rearward facing sensor with your hand and keep it that way, then it thinks it's dark. They do take a bit to get used to, but I'm pretty confident that you'll get adjusted to it just fine. It really is nice to not have to reach up to flip the thingy on the mirror. For the temp sensor, was it placed down low on the dash and you had the heat on? One thing I just thought of, I wonder if it's meant to get its most accurate reading when it is sensing a stream of airflow? Kinda like how the Vibe's outside sensor is, where you switch the ignition on and you're seeing a different number than you would a few miles down the road. Hopefully though, it's just a location thing and moving it elsewhere will help.