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well folks..got my springs in..and sittin nice and low now!!..just need those 18" rims and im set..the fronts were relevently easy..very similar to my sunfires..which was fine..the rears..(removed)..PITAx10..once i got everything out..it wasnt to bad..but on with the picsfronts inthe nightmarejust a note to those..AWD rear shocks DO NOT work on base vibes! lol and i'll show you whythis is where the bottom of the shock goes into..seems like nothingbut when we compare the AWD ones(left) to the stock ones(right) you can notice the big difference in the hole.that being said..kinda crappy on my part..but oh well..just used the stock shocks instead since i had no choice.and finally..the vibe lowered..mind you it'll settle abit more this coming week give or takeoverall..was pretty decent to do it..my works spring compressor aint the greatest and it's really only ment for the strut style rather then the shocks like the rear are..i spent a good 4 hours messing around with it all..trying to figure out all the sizes and stuff for everything..but it's all done for now

looks wicked sexy bro nice work cant wait for the epic meet i know youll have rims by then cause your outa control right now

lol nah not out of control..just had to get some stuff done before the epic meet..now that i got the springs in im gonna settle down til next spring(rims, sway bars and exhaust)gotta save up for the epic meet plus winter tires

true gota save up for that gas seeing how it costs me about 40$ ti fill up now where as last summer it was 25

*Chants* Rims rims rims rims */Chants*

looks good shayne! welcome to the club! you'll enjoy the slight improvement in handling too!

tein stechs are a good choice

looks great!!!! welcome to the club

Looks awesome!

The Vibe looks great, Shayne! Nice even drop!

looks good, me too.

already i have noticed that they've settled in abit..they're abit lower now then what the pic shows

Welcome to the club

Nice. Welcome to the club. These cars should come from the factory like this. Enjoy!!!!!!

Nice, def time for some wheels!

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »the nightmareahahahh ...any pointers on taking it out and putting it back together..cuz eventually i wanna put sound deadening down in there.....the wave looks nice lowered....now if only i didnt have to spend $500 to get mine fixed cuz some ahole decided it be fun to key my vibe ....if i get springs, im prolly gonna go with the h-techs although your pics look verrrry nice i must say...

well pretty much everything has to come out James. the spare tire cover has 2 bolts that are in the top of the track which is attatched to the hinges. then the black plastic tub just comes out along with the spare tire.also the small compartment right behind the rear seats has to come out aswell..they're held in by the 4 bolts which are holding in the child seat hooks.the 2 side panels are pretty easy aswell. you gotta take out all the bolts that are actually holding in the hooks along the sides..should be 8 of them(4 on either side). once you have those all out. it just pops out. hardest part to this is near the seat where you gotta pop it out plus try to get it over the rear seat fold down latch and pop it off the grey plastic part aswell.relevently now that i know what to do, it'd be a breeze to do again, it should take you a good 30-45 minutes the first time through

vibe looks good wave hows the ride after a week?

rides awesome..just need better wheels/rims to sweetin the ride more..i've tried to take hard cornering to see how well it handles..but everytime i do..i feel the stock tires roll and feel they're gonna pop off the rim lol..dont like the feeling

You don't have to take the side compartments out...basically everything where the spare tire is.. and the compartment in front.. you can reach the 2 bolts for each strut w/o taking off the side panels...I had the rear's out and back in in about a half hour...fronts actually took me a little longer... had it all done in about 1 1/2 hours.

Quote, originally posted by Kamikaze »You don't have to take the side compartments out...basically everything where the spare tire is.. and the compartment in front.. you can reach the 2 bolts for each strut w/o taking off the side panels...I had the rear's out and back in in about a half hour...fronts actually took me a little longer... had it all done in about 1 1/2 hours.really..i couldnt see any of the bolts without taking the panels off

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction »really..i couldnt see any of the bolts without taking the panels offafter you take all the spare tire stuff out under the side panels, (there's about 2-3 gap where the spare tire stuff goes... you just have the bolt that's more towards the rear seats is easiest to get to by folding down the front seats and getting to it from there...Same photo attached...

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If I get ambitious I'll take mine apart and shoot some pics...

yea i dont think i remember exactly why i took it out..i think i figured i'd rip it all out just cause..but now i know what to do so if i ever sound-deaden the car im setoh and the "2" front bolts..that is closest to the hatch..it's actually just 1 bolt..i tried to take the other off until i realized it was welded to the frame! lol..the one bolt comes out but then the other u take out from the bottom which comes up into the nut

Looks good, What rims are you getting?

i havent the slightest clue..i've looked at different rims from alot of companies but this is a sketch list of ones im looking at and trying to find prices ofEnkei: ZR1, RSV, Evo-6Tenzo-R: Dc-5 or Dc-6Konig: HeatsinkR1 Racing: DriftRota: Battle, GR-A, P45F, Tarmac 3, Torque, quake, specialstagebut the rims i really want are the Volk CE28's in gold..$700 each rim and $140 for the centercap..so thats like $3200 alone for those rims lol