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« Reply #45 on: April 21, 2009, 07:54:22 pm »
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Quote from: falcon_ca on April 11, 2009, 05:31:16 pm
what do you think about these ?

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17x7 front 18x8.5 rear

yummy!  Very nice  Afro

Yes, but not yet sure how they will look on a black car... (flat vs gloss black)
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« Reply #46 on: May 01, 2009, 04:30:26 pm »
Most of the mecanic and the esthetic is now done. I beleive...
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« Reply #47 on: May 01, 2009, 07:05:21 pm »
How do you like my "710" cap ?

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I did the same on my V6 2 years ago:)
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« Reply #48 on: May 05, 2009, 08:49:15 pm »
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Esthetic and mecanic completed
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« Reply #49 on: May 14, 2009, 09:40:17 pm »
The car still at the paint shop.   Sad

So I am working on other things put aside last winter like the "adjustable coil-over struts"

Few months ago I bought a pair of Gabriel struts at a bargain price so I decided to build my own "coil-over" to replace the Chapman at the back of the Sombral.

First thing to do is to "clean" the shock absorber, so I removed everything useless for the Fiero set-up.
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« Reply #50 on: May 14, 2009, 10:13:25 pm »
I bought a set off 88 strut tops on eBay.

Next step is to buy the adjusters sleeves, springs and other hardware.

I finally choose a pair of front Ford Mustang coil over conversion kits.

The shock OD is 2 1/16, the sleeves are 2 1/4 ID, 7 1/2 high and made to support 2 1/2 springs.

The springs are 12x250


They are on their way
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« Reply #51 on: May 22, 2009, 08:16:47 pm »
Here they are.

Dont have time for the final assembly but here is a sneak peek.



I also bought a new pair of upper strut mounts on PFF.
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« Reply #52 on: June 12, 2009, 08:25:58 pm »
Adjustable strut part collection  Smiley



and assembled

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« Reply #53 on: June 12, 2009, 08:37:18 pm »
I also visited the body shop to pick-up some parts and look at the progress.
The car will be ready next week. Because it is a school, they will not have enough time  to polish the paint. I have been told that it is a required step when painting polyurethane.

I will reassemble the car and have it polish after.









Reassembled front bumper Smiley
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« Reply #54 on: June 15, 2009, 08:00:04 pm »
It looks like the boot is too tight.  It won't last long like that.  Have you found something smaller.....because I have to do the same thing?

Aaron

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« Reply #55 on: June 16, 2009, 07:04:49 am »
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It looks like the boot is too tight.  It won't last long like that.  Have you found something smaller.....because I have to do the same thing?

Aaron

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Yes the boots are too tight. I installed them just because I had them. I dont think they are required.

They should not have been larger than 2 inches and they are 2 1/2.
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« Reply #56 on: June 16, 2009, 09:52:43 pm »
The car is back home. Time to re-assemble   Smiley
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« Reply #57 on: June 20, 2009, 08:52:12 am »
some progress
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« Reply #58 on: June 21, 2009, 11:38:03 pm »
Sweet!

Fiero's look so much better with good paint.
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« Reply #59 on: June 22, 2009, 10:50:43 pm »
This evening was "hood scoop" evenight. I also adjust front bumper and fenders.

Hood scoop is fixed with double sided 3M tape and promoter.







Was enable to take picture after installation. to dark outside Sad
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