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Hello everyone, got my vibe, found this forum, and I wanted to say hi. I have been the proud owner of a saturn Vue for the past four years and was really sad to have to part with it; however, 20-23mpg wasn't something I could live with anymore. I fell in love with the vibe when I got one as a rental while my Vue was in the shop, and when I found out that it could get 36mpg that sealed the deal. I had already been looking around for a new car with better mileage, loved the Prius, but can't afford it. My main focus at that time was the Toyota Yaris, but it's hard to find a Toyota dealer near me, so I hadn't taken one for a spin yet. Anyway, enough of that.I love moddding, but don't have the funds to do it seriously, First thing I typically do to a car is put in a CAI, but I think I'll hold off on the Vibe because it looks like a real pain to install. I'll probably start with a K&N. Gotta replace those headlamps too. Silverstars rule. At least until I can afford a HID upgrade.Anyway, hi all. I look forward to my experiences on this forum.One question though..... Is there a user gallery where I can upload my pics? I couldn't log into the gallery and haven't been able to figure it out yet. Some of this website appears confusing, but then I've been on saturnfans.com for 7 years and am so used to it's layout. I have to change my thinking a little.

welcome!This site doesn't have a gallery for us to put up pictures (the admins have to upload them) but you can attach one pic per post. Most of us use some other form of image hosting (I use photobucket)What kind of Vibe did you end up with?

Welcome to GenVibe!

I got an '07 Frosty. Only extras I could afford was the preferred package. Dealer happened to have a monotone so I got that as well. I have plans to paint in the "pontiac" lettering on the rear hatch with a metallic blue, and to do some pinstriping.

Using Picasa2 for photos now here's pic of my vibe, and my filthy garage

Grafx Werks has a inlay that goes there and is available in about any color. http://www.grafxwerks.com/prod...-1196

Hello and welcome.... I'm rather new here as well... Your gonna love it here... As far as pics, grab a Photobucket account, i've yet to find anything easier... and freeI wanted to mention about the Silverstar bulbs you've mentioned. You may wish to stop by the "exterior" section and have a look at my headlight bulb post... it has much to the contrary about the Silverstar bulbs... It's a good read for those truely interested... Cheers mate

Welcome to the Family!Quote, originally posted by Mr. Joe »One question though..... Is there a user gallery where I can upload my pics? there actually is a place to put pics of your car its called the GenVibe Garage and you will either have to do one pic per post or use a image hosting site like Photobucket.com or Imageshack.com/

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^^^^^^ what everyone else said... up there... WELCOME!

Welcome to the site. Nice to see someone local on the board. I grew up in Romeo but have moved a little south to be closer to work. You'll love the Vibe.Mike

Welcome aboard! The new ride looks good.

Welcome! I'm new too! And a fellow Michigander!

Welcome. You may not miss the fuel mileage of the Vue, but you will miss the power. I love my Vibe and love modding it. However, I do miss the V6 power my Grand Am had. But yes, up to 36 mpg is nice. The best I have done is 33.5 while the worst I have done is 26.3 after some very hard driving on new tires with header & 2.5" exhaust. And like Sublimewind said about the Silverstars, I had them and they were bright--for all of six months.

Not missing much power. I had the 2.2L I4 engine in the Vue. It was nice with some mods. but yeah.. do have a little less power. Got ripped by a comanche the other day that my Vue would have shamed. oh well.. some day. Problem is I want more power, but don't want to lose the gas mileage. That's a tough balance. it can be done, but not cheaply.

welcome to the family, i'm sure you'll love it here. and congrats on makin it to the 30+ mpg category. i rarely hit 30 mpgs because of my lead foot and addiction to the GT's "lift"btw, i'm not sure if you know, but your avatar is a matrix

yeah, I know it's a matrix, but it's white and will do until I get around to taking pics with something other than my phone.

If you're trying to increase horsepower and gas mileage you might want to get a ram air hood...and actually hook it up..i've got the SLP Ram Air hood, and there's also an RKSport Ram Air Hood out there. It mainly will help on the highway but it doesn't hurt that's for sure. just a thought

Welcome.

Welcome aboard.

Quote, originally posted by kevera » Now wipe-a yous stinkin feet eh?jk sorry forgot to say it before but welcome you'll find the people here are very helpful...I used to have a CAI on my 03 base. I changed out and got a SR instead because i planned on hooking up my hood to the end of it but i never got around to it.

hehee... The Welcome mat has finally been put out, thanks everyone for sayin' hi. So far the only real dislike that I have about the Vibe is that the front cupholders aren't the same size. Haven't found a cup yet that fits the front one. Long term plans are to go ram air, prolly do a catback exhaust, and if it won't totally kill my mpg, a supercharger. At that point I will definitely have to do something about the weak brakes. Is there a read disk conversion? I usually use Stillen, but they don't seem to have anything other than the Eibach lowering kit. Which I will also do, but not Eibach. I will do some minor trim such as pinstriping, and a little custom paint myself, but I like to keep the exterior looking very much like stock. Not into those fancy tuner light kits and such. I would love to find a spoiler for it, but they are dissapearing and I hate to purchase car parts on ebay.

A 12 oz can of coke fits in the front holder nicely.

I wonder if the older Vibes have a larger front cupholder.Most of the fast food /coffee places cups fit in mine.

The rear-front cupholder(20oz bottle of Pepsi) is larger than the fron-front cupholder(12oz can of Pepsi only). I can even wedge a 1 liter Pepsi bottle into the top so it'll stay. Oh, btw, I drink Pepsi. lol.

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Joe » Is there a read disk conversion? I usually use Stillen, but they don't seem to have anything other than the Eibach lowering kit. Yes..Stainless Steel Brake Corporation makes a rear drum to disc conversion kit...it also has kit to upgrade the front brakes to either 2 or 4 piston calipers.Quote, originally posted by Mr. Joe »... other than the Eibach lowering kit. Which I will also do, but not Eibach. Tein makes some very nice lowering kits for the vibe. there's also springtech, and of course eibach...You could also look into coilovers.Quote, originally posted by Mr. Joe » I would love to find a spoiler for it, but they are dissapearing and I hate to purchase car parts on ebay.You can look at these websites for spoilers for the vibehttp://www.streetforce.cahttp://www.rksport.comthere's also a dealer that has the GM spoiler primed for sale I don't know the website for it off hand

Honestly, unless you're after the look, converting the rear brakes to disc isn't necessary. As you may know the majority of the braking is done in the front... There is question as to whether the master cylinder would be able to move enough fluid for the discs as well... Just some thoughts... Doing the fronts would be a GREAT idea though...

yeah, it's pretty much for the looks. I hate rusty rotors, and painting them electric blue won't look much better. But electric blue brake calipers looks great. go figure. (If you hadn't noticed I'm gonna go with blue trim when I detail it.)

I just noticed that you're from michigan! Nice!

And you're from Shelby even. We're practically next door.

hey never enough auto has the drum conversion at about 200 bucks cheaper herehttp://www.neverenuf.com/catal....html

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Joe »And you're from Shelby even. We're practically next door.Where abouts are you guys? I'm right in the middle of the palm.... like 40mi from anything....?

Quote, originally posted by Sublimewind »Where abouts are you guys? I'm right in the middle of the palm.... like 40mi from anything....?Ok, nevermind, i GISed it and boy, you 2 are close... I'm going to be in the area tonight (monday-wensday) for the TOOL show at DTE..!!

Welcome from Canada, eh.I also have an '07 Frosty