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New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:16 pm
by MindBlowin03
Bought this for my wife about a year and a half ago and we absolutely love it. Bought it fully loaded minus fog lights(which I installed) from a used dealer by our house. Been reading on this site for about a year now so I figured I would join and say hi. Here are some pics.

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Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:02 pm
by trb
Nice Vibe! And another AWD with the different wheels than normal. Welcome to the site!

Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:09 pm
by tpollauf
Welcome to GenVibe. You've got the 17" non-AWD 2.4L wheels on your car :? Definitely changed out from what the car came with BUT still looks real sharp ;) What part of the country are you located in (update profile). Visit often !

Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:24 pm
by vibenvy
Welcome to GenVibe! Glad you finally decided to join us :D! That is one really sharp looking Neptune AWD you have there! Great call on adding the OEM fog lights ;)!

Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:15 pm
by trb
tpollauf wrote:Welcome to GenVibe. You've got the 17" non-AWD 2.4L wheels on your car :? Definitely changed out from what the car came with BUT still looks real sharp ;)
I firmly believe that they were pretty liberal on the wheels, and put or let them order whatever wheels they felt like on the 09-10 Vibes. I've seen many FWD cars with the AWD wheels (at least 4 or 5) and several of the AWD cars with these wheels on them. More than I would think if a dealer did the swaps.

Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:46 pm
by vibenvy
trb wrote:I firmly believe that they were pretty liberal on the wheels, and put or let them order whatever wheels they felt like on the 09-10 Vibes. I've seen many FWD cars with the AWD wheels (at least 4 or 5) and several of the AWD cars with these wheels on them. More than I would think if a dealer did the swaps.
I totally agree! I've also seen AWDs with the 16" steel wheels and wheel covers, so with the exception of the 1.8L Base wheels and the GT wheels, I think they did a lot of mixing and matching :P.

Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:54 pm
by tpollauf
trb wrote: I firmly believe that they were pretty liberal on the wheels, and put or let them order whatever wheels they felt like on the 09-10 Vibes. I've seen many FWD cars with the AWD wheels (at least 4 or 5) and several of the AWD cars with these wheels on them. More than I would think if a dealer did the swaps.
That could be the case. The brochure stated something different though as you can see in the attached pic. Supposedly only ONE choice of 17" wheel for the AWD. The 17" that he got actually look better in my opinion.

When looking at the selection of wheels/car trim. L to R ........ 1.8 base, 2.4 base, AWD, GT
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Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 12:31 pm
by MindBlowin03
Thanks for the replies. I wondered about the wheels just from reading on the site, but I have to assume that they came on the car from the factory. I love them BTW, especially with the dark blue.

Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:57 am
by Kincaid
Welcome to Gen Vibe! Nice car and color - that was the color I hoped to find but it was either black or silver in my area.

Re: New member - '09 Vibe AWD

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:27 am
by WhgVibe
Love the wheels! I have a 2010 Neptune Blue and it looks great when clean. Unfortunately I soend alot of time at baseball fields so I wish i had the silver. Great looking Vibe you got there tho>>>>> :D