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Adam's 2009 Vibe GT


About my Vibe
General
• 5-Speed Shiftable Automatic Transmission
• Power Sunroof

Interior
• GM Accessories premium all weather front and rear floor mats
• GM Accessories premium all weather cargo mat

Exterior
• 9" stubby antenna
• TRD grille emblem
• TRD emblem on hatch


Extras
• Grafx Werks Bright Red "VVT-i 16V" engine cover overlay
• Grafx Werks metallic silver "genvibe.com" decal on the lower passenger side of the hatch glass

After purchase still at dealership April 26, 2011


Grafx Werks decal


Grafx Werks engine cover overlay


TRD grille emblem


GM all weather cargo mat


9" Stubby antenna

Welcome to the GenVibe family! Great photos and signature pic!

That color is gorgeous

Very nice!!! But if you look at how your transmission operates you'll find that it's only a top gear limiter with slightly more aggressive shifting!

Yeah I don't use the option much only tried it out on the freeway. Never learned a manual. I'd be completely lost if I had one haha

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »Yeah I don't use the option much only tried it out on the freeway. Never learned a manual. I'd be completely lost if I had one hahaSame here ! Very nice GT Adam !

short trip to Daytona Beach:

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »After a little cleaning to the engine. I really want one of those K&N Typhoons, but have a lack of mechanical skill haThe engine bay looks great Adam !The K&N intake is very easy to install. Check out the installation instructions here .Also, I see the paint is starting to come off your engine cover like many other '09-'10 2.4L owners here. You may want to look into getting one of these to dress your engine up a little and get rid of the ugly flaking paint.

May be a good reason for my dad to come to to FL and help me a bit (Plus he likes to golf ha!) But as I said I'm not too mechanically inclined so what are the benefits of the typhoon other than looks and sound? haha.

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »May be a good reason for my dad to come to to FL and help me a bit (Plus he likes to golf ha!) But as I said I'm not too mechanically inclined so what are the benefits of the typhoon other than looks and sound? haha.I don't know how far you are from DressedInBlack, but he has the K&N installed on his '09 GT. If you two aren't far from each other, he may be willing to give you a hand.It's mostly the look and the sound, although K&N claims it adds 9.06 horsepower as well. It does definitely seem to add some oomph when you step on the gas. I have also seen a steady 1-2 mpg increase, so that's a plus especially with gas prices these days.

The typhoon is defiantly worth it IMO. I got mine for like 240 on Amazon. It made a noticeable difference performance wise. mpg wise I saw a slight decline but thats my foots fault . I also run 93 in mine and switched to NGK IX's and when I get on it it f***ing moves now. Wasn't too bad to install took me maybe 30 minutes including cleaning the MAF.

Ok, next question haha. Will it effect my factory warranty or my GM protection plan warranty if I install one? Does anyone have a model # or tips on what to search for. I see people have said they purchased them on ebay, Amazon

Read up on the Magnuson-moss act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...y_ActUnless they can prove that the part caused the problem, you'll be fine!

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »Does anyone have a model # or tips on what to search for. I see people have said they purchased them on ebay, Amazonhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C4SLH2 - There ya go

Quote, originally posted by J_TO_ENVY »It's mostly the look and the sound, although K&N claims it adds 9.06 horsepower as well. It does definitely seem to add some oomph when you step on the gas. I have also seen a steady 1-2 mpg increase, so that's a plus especially with gas prices these days. Yes, K&N's tests shows that the most horsepower gains are in the 5000-6000 RPM range (aka the "I need to merge on the highway" speeds ) with a very slight decrease in horsepower at the lowest RPM (probably barely noticable.And you'll notice a MPG gain if you drive conservatively (which I *finally* started doing since gas prices went up, and aside from this automatic engine having the world's slowest shifting it seems like, which we use the sport shifter to compensate for, it's not so bad). This last tank I got 28mpg, with 70% city/traffic highway, and 30% normal highway. I consider that awesome with all the idling it did. Going for higher on this tank!

Quote, originally posted by Adam 24303 »Ok, next question haha. Will it effect my factory warranty or my GM protection plan warranty if I install one? Does anyone have a model # or tips on what to search for. I see people have said they purchased them on ebay, AmazonJust as star_deceiver said, it won't void your warranty unless they can prove it caused the problem you were trying to get taken care of under the warranty. Mine has been on for almost two years now and I have never had a problem with it making the Vibe run weird or causing any lights to come on or anything like that. I had to take my Vibe to the dealer a couple times for all the pedal drama last year and I did remove the intake only because it's very simple to remove and re-install and I wanted 100% assurance that they wouldn't give me a hard time about it, but it really wasn't necessary.There are a ton of the K&N intakes on eBay. The part number is: #69-8613TS. Quote, originally posted by ponta2147 »And you'll notice a MPG gain if you drive conservatively (which I *finally* started doing since gas prices went up, and aside from this automatic engine having the world's slowest shifting it seems like, which we use the sport shifter to compensate for, it's not so bad). This last tank I got 28mpg, with 70% city/traffic highway, and 30% normal highway. I consider that awesome with all the idling it did. Going for higher on this tank!Glad to hear you're finally seeing higher numbers Michelle ! Everything I have read on here though says that using the manual shift mode decreases mileage, so you may want to reconsider that .

nice!!how closely does the engine cover sticker match the car's paint?

Very nice...Grafxwerks items... JR

The red doesn't match perfectly a bit brighter than the car. I think it looks ok though. Deff sand as much of the fading pain on the letters as you can before applying.

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »Deff sand as much of the fading pain on the letters as you can before applying.x2 Probably the most important step of the entire process.

Yes again want to stress the importance of the sanding as my letters have all started to curl up and off

Why don't you just mask and paint it with some high temp paint?

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »Yes again want to stress the importance of the sanding as my letters have all started to curl up and off After sanding, did you use rubbing alcohol to clean the surface before applying the overlay?Quote, originally posted by joshuaeb09 »Why don't you just mask and paint it with some high temp paint?I considered doing this, but it would be a pretty tedious task to tape off around the letters and numbers, as there are some pretty small nooks and crannies.

Yeah I sanded and used the alcohol. But I could still see some of the paint on it but thought it would be ok. I shouldn't have rushed the job lol.

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »Yeah I sanded and used the alcohol. But I could still see some of the paint on it but thought it would be ok. I shouldn't have rushed the job lol.LOL! Don't feel bad, I did the same thing . I thought I had sanded enough of the paint off the first time, but I hadn't . Fortunately for me I had ordered two of the overlays (one for mine and one for my mom's), so I just used the second one I had and made darn sure to sand all the paint off until the letters were black. Unfortunately now I need to order another overlay for my mom's Vibe though

Adam is that a YSU sticker in on your windshield?

Indeed it is. I graduated in May 2010

Looks great Adam ! Glad I was able to help you out .

Is the Vibe all weather cargo mat only for the versions of the car with the Monsoon sub? It looks like I would have a big gap on that side if I got this for my car since i don't have the sub in the cargo hold.I know that on the Toyota side if you went to buy their mat they asked you if you had the sub or not. as they had two part numbers and when online I saw the 2003-2008 models of Vibe have two different part numbers for the Vibe cloth mat (one is for the Monsoon version and one is for the non monsoon)I use one that came out of a 2008 that i had thrown in at carmax. It does not fit 100% but works well enough for my needsBy the way you need to find the Vibe all weather floor mats

Quote, originally posted by journeyforce »Is the Vibe all weather cargo mat only for the versions of the car with the Monsoon sub? It looks like I would have a big gap on that side if I got this for my car since i don't have the sub in the cargo hold.I know that on the Toyota side if you went to buy their mat they asked you if you had the sub or not. as they had two part numbers and when online I saw the 2003-2008 models of Vibe have two different part numbers for the Vibe cloth mat (one is for the Monsoon version and one is for the non monsoon)I use one that came out of a 2008 that i had thrown in at carmax. It does not fit 100% but works well enough for my needsBy the way you need to find the Vibe all weather floor mats The 2009 - 2010 GM cargo mat will fit any Vibe whether it has the sub or not.x2 on the all weather floor mats .

Bump*Made some updates and organized garage thread a bit.

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »Bump*Made some updates and organized garage thread a bit.Looks great ! Just as I posted in the other thread, the new antenna looks great !

Vibe rolled over 30,000 miles today as I was driving to Orlando. I bought it with around 24k so I'm 6k in so far since April!

Quote, originally posted by Adam24303 »Vibe rolled over 30,000 miles today as I was driving to Orlando. I bought it with around 24k so I'm 6k in so far since April!Congratulations !You've got me beat by 3000 miles .

Just refreshed my garage page. Borrowed some formatting from Vibenvy's well organized page.

Adam24303 wrote:Just refreshed my garage page. Borrowed some formatting from Vibenvy's well organized page.

The Vibe and the garage are looking great Adam ! Thanks for the shout out on my garage thread !