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Rear window air deflector?
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:36 am
by Walks with a gimp
Has anyone installed a rear window air deflector on their Vibe? The wife's Vibe collects dirt badly on the rear window and was wondering if there is one availabe for this car?
Re: Rear window air deflector? (Walks with a gimp)
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:41 am
by DarkVibe
what year do you have?
Re: Rear window air deflector? (Walks with a gimp)
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:42 am
by Eloi
Quote, originally posted by Walks with a gimp » Has anyone installed a rear window air deflector on their Vibe? The wife's Vibe collects dirt badly on the rear window and was wondering if there is one availabe for this car?I don't know for the USA, but for Canada, it's not available yet for the 2009 Vibe. My vendor said it won't be before the end of September. Same thing for the folded mud guards. This really sucks bad and I can't understand why a model that's out for more than 6 months still has no accessories available. This is really not very "professionnal" for GM...The thing is that I see some Matrix 2009 with molded mud guards too...
Re: Rear window air deflector? (Eloi)
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:45 am
by DarkVibe
they've got some stuff for the new vibe, after i bought mine, i got a 10% off card to buy something for the vibe.
Re: Rear window air deflector? (DarkVibe)
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:48 am
by DarkVibe
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:53 am
by northvibe
These:crap, didnt work. but gmaccessories has them ONLY for the 09. they are just weathergaurds.??they wont do anything for keeping the window clean though...nothing will keep those windows clean, but a washing
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:28 am
by Walks with a gimp
Our Vibe is an '08 and I did install the front and rear mud guards. We live out in the sticks and have 2 miles of gravel to the highway. Just wanting to keep it cleaner..
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:32 am
by Walks with a gimp
I forgot to add that I did have the mud guards painted to match the car's paint, all Salsa red. I might try to find a piece of 3 inch aluminum tubing to section out and polish with matching brackets if I can't find anything. I can make about anything...
Re: Rear window air deflector? (DarkVibe)
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:58 am
by Eloi
Quote, originally posted by DarkVibe »here:
http://www.gmaccessorieszone.comand they do have splash guardsThey weren't there for the 2009 when I checked last week. And anyway, the vendor said that they had the part numbers to order them but could not get them until the end of September...
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:28 am
by joatmon
The GM top spoiler supposedly has no effect on crap accumulating on the rear window. I never tried one, but others have said it doesn't help. I'd expect that something designed to catch wind and force it to wash down across the rear window will hurt gas mileage. I put rain-x on the back window once, that was a mistake, made the water bead up and hang there, completely obscuring the view.