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Kirk5691
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Hi new member and new to this type of forum, please bear with me while I work through navigating these pages. What's in the garage? 2003 Vibe GT 6spd. Fixed the struts,control arms, ball joints, Brakes drilled & slotted with ceramics, replaced the cobbled exhaust from the manifold back with aftermarket & custom stuff. Added 18's and tires, Bought it for a song thinking It would be a fun hot hatch...LOL! It actually reminds me of 80's VW Rabbits and I guess that was the appeal to me. I'm here to learn some of the quirks and shortcuts that community knowledge provides and to share some of my knowledge. 50 plus years as a gear-head and amateur racer SCCA, NHRA, AMA. Looking forward to some laughs. I guess my first question is how do I post a picture all my photos seem to be to large?

Kirk
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Welcome Kirk!
I open my pictures in MS Paint and resize them to about 100KiB. Then I save them to the desktop under new names. These versions will be accepted and I still have my huge original.
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Welcome to GenVibe Kirk! I can see the picture you posted just fine. Seems to be a really nice looking 1st gen GT you've got there ;)! You should consider starting a thread in the Garage Forum to document any upgrades, etc. you do (have already done) to it.
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Thank you guys, I will try the picture thing.
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98 Yamaha WR400 set up for Hare Scrambles
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Welcome to Genvibe Kirk :D 50+ years wrenching on cars & stuff ..... that's awesome. So this is like a retirement car for you? Looking forward to BIGGER pics of your ride and any progress you so to it!
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Trying this picture thing again.
Hope fully this one comes out better.
Ahhh the sweet smell of success....
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Nice. Dig the color. Welcome to GenVibe.
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Welcome to Genvibe and welcome to the 03 GT club! Nice looking color and it looks to be in good shape. Congrats!
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Definitely a really nice looking 1st gen GT you've got there :cool:!
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