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Scott's Pontiac Vibe Page
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Specifications:
2003 Pontiac Vibe
1ZZ: 1.8L I4 Engine
MX0: 4-Speed Automatic Transmission
13U: Satellite (Silver) 2-tone
PDN: Power Package
UC6: In-Dash 6-Disc CD Changer
NBH: Rear Cargo Nets
NBJ: Rear Cargo Mat
Modifications:
17x7" Voxx MGR Wheels
215/50-17 Falken Ziex ZE-502 Z-Rated Tires
SLP Fiberglass
Ram Air Hood
Injen CAI (Cut Short)
35% Tint
Removed Roof Rack Cross Bars
Performance (G-Tech Pro):
0-60 = 8.34
ET = 16.46 @ 88.1
The best Vibe webpage on the Internet:
GenVibe.com
Vibe Owners
Manual
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Miscellaneous Vibe Pics
(Click on the links to see the image)
Removal of the Roof Rack Cross Bars
Basically you just remove the black plastic end pieces on the back of the rack side bars. They pull off straight up.
Once they are off, remove the antenna, one screw at the end of each side bar, loosen the lock screws on the lateral
bars and slide them off.
Pic 1 | Pic 2 | Pic 3
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My trip to Tarrytown, NT to talk to the Vibe engineers
If anyone gets a chance to go to these: DO IT!
The survey was run by a company called "RDA Group" however the people doing the work and doing the interviews were
GM engineers. Some were from the design team that built the prototype. There were even people from the NUMMI plant.
All great people. Also, the address labels for the follow-up form was to a GM address.
It was 2 hours and 120-miles one way just to get there but it was well worth it. The people are great and they
really want your advice and opinions. They were also very interested in fixing anything that was wrong. They had
bays open with technicians and engineers to fix anything: electrical, HVAC, paint and body, chassis and drivetrain,
interior noise, etc. For me, they fixed the dash squeaks, speaker rattles and touched up 3 paint nicks on the
hood.
They also adjusted my A/C slightly by adjusting the cold air mix door. They said that some Vibes have been off buy
as much as 10mm which would equal the A/C being about 10-degrees to warm. Mine only had to be adjusted 2mm. They
said I should expect a 2-3 degree drop in temp. I keep a thermometer in one of my vents all the time and it would
get down to about 40-41 degrees with the A/C on. After the adjustment they said I should see as low as 38 degrees.
This is a common and easily fixed problem. They said a bulletin about it was put out so go to your dealer if your
A/C was not as cold as you need it to be.
They kept asking what else I needed fixed. For me, there wasn't much.
Other interesting notes:
- of all the Vibes there (when I was there), Silver (Satellite) was BY FAR the most popular color
- there was one Envy Vibe (see pictures below)
- most Vibes had steel wheels and hub caps. About 10% had the 16" factory aluminum wheels; only 1 had the factory
17" wheels and only 1 (mine) had aftermarket wheels (17" aluminum).
- monotone / 2-tone was about 40% / 60%
- base / GT was about 80% / 20%
- moonroof / non-moonroof was about 50% / 50%
Aside from the $100 check they gave out a Vibe hat, accessories brochure, lint brush, Vibe keychain and a follow-up
questionnaire.
Thank you GM, Pontiac and RDA Group.
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The first 4 pics are a pan of the area (going left to right).
My Vibe is half in the 2nd pic and centered in the 3rd pic.
Click on thumbnail to see larger picture.
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Wheel Modification
I modified my Voxx MGR wheels to appear like factory Pontiac wheels with the addition of GrafxWerks.com emblems. Here are before and after pics:
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Fiberglass Ram Air Hood from SLP Canada
SLP webpage |
Ram Air Hood part# 100192
Now here are pics of the first (and only so far) SLP Ram Air hood for the Pontiac Vibe in the United States. I
picked it up on February 25th and installed it myself that day.
Click on thumbnail to see larger picture.
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