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Member ID: marksgryde

Location: Halifax, NS

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Vehicle Info

2009 Pontiac Vibe

Bought: Sep, 2008

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed150mph
  • HP132
  • Weight2900lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Sep 28, 2009

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Mark’s Pontiac Vibe
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This page is dedicated to my future plans and modifications that I will be doing on my 09 Vibe...keep in mind that these are not in any particular order and I do have big plans so and as most of you know not everything is done over night so this will most certainly be a work in progress for a while.!!!!

-New rims & tires(my biggest decision I have to make...roads around here are really rough and play alot of havoc on most of the cars...i might possibly just stick with new 16's and just upgrade the rubber especially for when i get the car lowered)

-Upgrade suspension(handle better w/lower stance)

-Exhaust/Intake(Cold air intake/CAI is a must when doing any upgrades. might try an aftermarket bolt on exhaust kit or may just buy a universal stainless steel kit and have a local shop make it up with call custom pieces...upgraded high flow cat and possibly the chance of giving it a dual muffler set up)

-Big brake up grade kit(all the way around)

-New headlamps(unsure on which type...projector/halo etc)

-Fog/Driving light assemblies(1 on each side in factory positions and 2 in the lower grille)

-HID's (Deff for the headlights and at least 1 set of fogs...possibly even going for a bright white/blueish look mixed in with the yellow/amber HID's or just colored bulbs for a set of fog/driving lights)

-Changing all possible interior bulbs along with exterior bulbs to LED's(will also be installing colored lights throughout the interior of the car...neon or LED tubes and bulbs to really light this bad boy up. i'd love to have a similiar set up from my old Grand Am...lights under/inside dash,under front seats lighting up the front and rear floors and cant forget about the wide open space in the rear hatch)

-Custom mesh grille for the front end...Ive seen it done before but only once and that is to do a billet style grille with a mesh lining on the backside...something like you may see on a 1/2 ton truck with the larger openings.

-Navi-GPS unit & a set of cameras(1 front mounted and the other mounted towards the rear)

-Interior & I.C.E. = In Car Entertainment -upgrading all factory speakers and headunit. this will be the most time/money consuming of them all I think. my plans are to dynomat the entire car(floor/doors/hatch/headliner etc.) There will be many steps to this process as I want to do a swade headliner/sunvisors/door panels and so forth. install monitors in the sun visors/possibly all 4 headrests(def the front 2) and fiberglass/outfit the rear hatch with a flat screen HDTV(flip down for viewing from the outside while the hatch is opened up) which will leave me with 5-7 monitors in the car.I'd love to keep the rear hatch as functional as possible so i'd like to come up with a 3 piece unit to house a sub-woofer(s)/amp(s)/x-box360..hense all the monitors. im thinking on utilizing the open area behind the tail lights(amp rack on 1 side and x-box 360 on other side....both molded and fiberglassed somehow in place yet removable at the same time should i need access to my rear lights. and for the sub(s) i have a few options in mind (1) 1x15" sub (2) 2x12" subs (3) 3x10" subs. to make them removeable I could somehow modify/create a quick connect hold down braket to the factory hold downs that were part of the factory options in the car and another set of brackets against the rear seats...in theory this should work and keep the sub(s) from sliding side to side and from tilting forwards and backwards during hard acceleration or hard braking. and last but not least during this major overhaul of in interior I will also do some reupolstering of the seats...i have a vision of a 2tone design that would incorprate suade inserts,colored stitching,and colored piping along with new material for the rest of the seats...maybe even leather.

I know there is alot of items on my do-to list however as I said off of the top this is going to be a work in progress as this is my daily driver and with work and all I can't keep the car off of the road forever so this major transformation will be taking place over a nice period of time!!!!!!

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supersoldier80  

Posted by: supersoldier80

04/25/2009 08:19AM

awesome color that would be a good ride to make look good....check me out bro...

crazycustoms  

Posted by: crazycustoms

02/27/2009 01:28PM

Your ViBe has lots potential. I,ll check once and awhile to see what your up too with your ride.Thanks for the comments on my work!!! Later...

TRDMatrixXRS  

Posted by: TRDMatrixXRS

02/24/2009 07:25PM

Great car, can't wait to see the futrue mods! 5*'s

lovely1  

Posted by: lovely1

02/24/2009 07:15PM

nice ride

evanb200869  

Posted by: evanb200869

02/24/2009 09:25AM

sweet car and pics... thanx 4 tha comments

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Member ID: marksgryde

Location: Halifax, NS