Ottawa Fiero Club Forum

Just after I bought it.

I am mounting new mirrors, redoing the inside door panels and center console, after I replace the door handles and door locks, lock switches, etc...

other view

New view

Also going to shave the trim strips off

I redid the mirrors and the doors, the whole doors.

The new inner door panels in black and grey:

These are the new side scoops I got from the Fiero warehouse, they are straight from the mold and he marked them so cutting them would be really easy. They are not cheeply made and are really strong, just need to sand them down, cut them and mount them on the car.

I have a few other pictures if you guys would like to see them?

sure!
you have SNOW in Indiana!?!?!?!? 
LOL  :o
those scoops look pretty substantial; nice to get a real solid piece when you buy something, isn't it?  Just remember the golden rule: measure 43 times and cut slowly.
or something like that.
be interesting to see them installed..........???

I will try to get pictures as I install them, but I like to set time aside and just get it done. Maybe I can have one of the girls around here take the pictures. And yes, if anybody is thinking about getting any aftermarket items look here and feel comfortable about buying them! http://fierowarehouse.com/

My new turning signals

Everything else has been put on hold I am moving soon and we have brought alot of my Fiero stuff to the new place including the N* and Getrag.

The top plate is done getting polished and the motor is painted and cleaned up

Plus I get the trans painted up to match, by the way the reason why I painted some of it orange is to match the new paint color.

Looks nice!  I can't wait.  I can just imagen how you feel.

Let me tell you something about the way this car will hook up with the manual transmission (given that you have the motor tuned well).  It's like my friends Lotus (when he's running 15 lb boost), I'm sorry but that's the only way I know how to describe it.  When he's running 22 lb of boost it's a little more insane but that's another story.


Aaron

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So is that fun fast or scary fast?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7920907231

It's really damn close to being scary fast!

I hope to meet up with you sometime when its all done, maybe next spring at a show. I will do something, just things are on hold for a little while.

Well, plans have changed! I am going to be buying KISSMYSSFIERO"S 88 coupe and doing the Northstar swap using it. And instead of parting out my 86 GT and am going to finsh it or fix it up and sell it. I am going to be painting it a Dark grey "like the new Monte Carlo" or a royal blue "like the 80's Iroc Cameros". Not really sure yet, but I was thinking about making this somewhat turn into a painting thread and show detailed pictures of what I am doing or have done and add all the info. along with me doing so. I am also going to be redoing the mirror mounts with a thicker steel and angling them down a little bit so they sit level. Then I am going to finish cleaning up the interior and selling the car.

Go for it.

I will keep you updated, I am also going to take some pictures of the progress on filling where the trim was "somewhat shaving it, but leaving the door handles on it", then I am going to prep it and paint it. I should start in a few weeks.

Great pics!! do you have any recent shots of the shaved mouldings?like to see that.
thnx
Chris.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/058686.html

  O0  Thnx Aaron...there's so much room to be creative with the fiero.I also like those GT Beretta rims,who would of thought.

Aaron bet me to it, I have had to put things on hold its cold here and the garage is busy.

Man there's some impressive work out there!! I was just wondering...to fill in the 'trough' sort of speak,did you use the long strand f-glass [hairy glass] filler,and was it hard getting it flush with the contours of the doors/quarters?I do some body and paint as a hobby,but never tried shaving the trims...always wanted to try it..must look awesome.

So far I have just made small drill holes about every inch and a half so the filler had something to hold to. I used a fiberglass type body filler. I haven't sanded it yet so I am not sure how well it is going to be to finish it off?

..yea that's a good idea with the drilled holes.That f-glass is a real b#tch to sand ..eh? Keep us posted if you don't mind Bobby...like to see the finished results.
Thnx for the hit.
Chris.

Aaron I just bought an 88 from PFF mall section. He is selling 2 88's I bought his GT without a motor and I am going to put the Northstar in there. So now I have a backup trans! haha So I can bet this one up, or maybe not?

Sweet!  88 are worth it for the suspension alone.  88 plus Northstar equal very happy owner.

The trans is actually a lot stronger than I thought it was going to be.  I’m kind of surprised that I haven’t broken mine yet with the way I’ve been treating it.  With the way it pulls the car it just seems like something should break, but it doesn't.

I am getting the ich back Aaron really bad!!!!!!  ;)

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Scratch it!

Well I have got alot done on my 86 GT, I sanded down the driverside, and refilled it with a plastic base body filler. Tomorrow I will sand it down and see how well it looks from there. I also removed the mirror and redid the mount of the mirror. I used a 16 gauge sheet metal and it bounced at higher speeds and I didn't like that. Also the mirror was tilted up a bit much so I am making a mount that will go between the door mount and the mirror so it is level.

Here are some shots of the body work before its sanded

I just wanted to pass along something. The body filler I used is from Sems, its a no swell plastic body filler and it is very easy to work with, however when mixing I found it easier when I added a little more hardener then normal. It has been holding up nice and agin was easy to work with and sand.
I will post some pictures of it sanded soon.

great pics!!good luck with the countor lines.I'm very interested in the shaved moulding technique...especially on a fiero.Lookin good man! O0

Question for ya regarding the smoothed/shaved moldings--

What did you do (if anything) about the door skin, quarter panel, and front fascia fasteners which are normally concealed by the moldings?

Not really sure what your asking? I removed the trim, put down a fiberglass base body filler and then used a no swell plastic body filler by Sems. I put the fiberglass body filler down first to get the panels a little more support so it doesn't crack. I also drilled holes about every inch so the filler has something to hold on to better plus I did a good amount of sanding.

After you removed the trim, you should have seen a few formerly-hidden fasteners.  I can't remember how many & where off the top of my head, but as an example the door skin has one or more fasteners which tack the center of the skin to the impact bar.  There are more at the (hidden) joint between the rear clip & the quarter panels.

Did you simply cover them over and hope that you'll never have to get at them again, or find some other way to deal with those fasteners that won't require destroying all of your work if you ever need to take a panel off?

I'm not trying to criticize BTW...  just curious.  :)

I looked and looked to find a way to have the outer panel be able to be removed after the panel was filled but I found it was going to be alot more work then what it was worth! Outer door panels are still a dime a dozen and mine were ruff to start with. I guess it can be done, I did find a set of taps "kindof" thing that had a head on it and the other half was threaded. Removing the stock screws and replacing them with this type of set up may have worked but then again that was alot of work for no real reason. The clips on the bottom will hold it on and then the screws in the center could always be cut it the panel needed to be removed.

That answer your question?

We had some ok weather this weekend so I was able to sand down the pass side and I was going to fill and sand it on Sunday but it got really windy out and I have no room inside right now. So again I am on hold!

I am having the motor leave here soon to be rebuilt, a local guy is going to go through the motor for $500 and rebuild each head for $100. But that is still going in my newer buy, my 88 GT.

By the way, I got the e-mail and I was glad to hear from you about the Spec flywheel McCreery

Well I sold the 86 GT over the weekend for $350.00 USD. Didn't and then again did want to see it go, my first Fiero but then again I can now get the working only on the 88 GT. It is now going to get the 93 STS Northstar motor, infact I got most of the mounts cut out over the weekend for that swap. So I guess this thread is done. Thanks anyway guys!