Help with Parts?

[fstbandit]

I havent been on here to much to much stuff with working going on, but i finally decided to mod the vibe a lilttle. i am looking to drop it ireally like the slammed look but i would like the wheels to stick out a little more so what spacers would i have to get and where. So the question what springs shocks and spacers? Thanks a bunch guys

[scherry2]

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?Ma....m282 her is a link to some spacers on ebay. i have a 1" on mine with tein s techs and it looks nice.

[Sublimewind]

Spacer your car and deal with wheel bearings... Do what you like, but the wheel bearing were designed to have the load placed in a specific plane to the rotation... move that load and the bearing will wear out.... How FAST, nobody can say.. I see this a LOT with my Subaru Peoples.. they replace wheels bearings a LOT... (we also drive 1000x harder in our subies)Best thing you can do is run wider wheels with proper backspacing..

[lovemyraffe]

Quote, originally posted by Sublimewind »Spacer your car and deal with wheel bearings... Do what you like, but the wheel bearing were designed to have the load placed in a specific plane to the rotation... move that load and the bearing will wear out.... How FAST, nobody can say.. I see this a LOT with my Subaru Peoples.. they replace wheels bearings a LOT... (we also drive 1000x harder in our subies)Best thing you can do is run wider wheels with proper backspacing.. Agreed. I've seen way too many problems with spacers.

[fstbandit]

I was thinking the same thing. i am going to autox the vibe what suspension and wheel combo do you think would be good? thanks guys

[Sublimewind]

Quote, originally posted by fstbandit »I was thinking the same thing. i am going to autox the vibe what suspension and wheel combo do you think would be good? thanks guysBwahgahahah good luck... some here have Auto-X'ed thier vibes (Mavric and Hope) But really, sooooo not designed for it... BUT, if you really want to do it, start by replacing every factory rubber bushing with Poly.. Then maybe some coilovers... Not sure who makes them for Vibes, But there are some decent replacement struts (I wonder if KYB makes the AGX for vibe/matrix) Then some nice light weight 17" wheels (I would recommend Enkie RPF1, for price vs weight vs strength..) That should get you started nicely...

[fstbandit]

i take it this is why you bought a Subie

[Sublimewind]

Quote, originally posted by fstbandit »i take it this is why you bought a SubieYes Sir (was a subie guy before a Viber)I LOVE my Vibe, DO NOT get me wrong, LOVE IT... But it's NOT a performance car.. It's a Mini-SUV.. lol...I will help you with everything I possibly can, in my performance database (in my head) but I will never say the Vibe is a performance car.. lol.. EDIT: BTW, check out my Sig, I have the Vibe Manual there, very helpful when doing repairs/mods..