My Build Thread (Page 1/8) Unsafe At Any Speed FEB 16, 07:42 PM Well, I figured that I'd make a build thread of my car so I can keep track of what I've done and what I plan to do. And to show it off some too. (Granted, there's not much to show off right now). Anyway, a quick history. In June 2002 I bought my 86 SE V6. I don't have any pictures of it from then, but picture a Red Aero Notchback and you've got it. I paid too much. $3000 but the body was in great shape and had a 2 year old paint job. Plus I got another parts car along with it. This was basically my first car I drove. (I got a 68 Corvair in 2000 but never really got it road worthy.) Anyway, the engine went out about a month after I bought it. I was really new to the Fiero scene at that point and didn't know anything about engine swaps or the like, so I missed out on the perfect oppurtunity to upgrade to something better. Instead, I had the engine replaced with a new 2.8. (I got ripped off on that too) I drove the Fiero through my Senior year of High School. Only mods done were the typical eBay CRX CAI in February of 2003 and the stock speakers were replaced with Eclipse 4x6s and 4x10s. The POS tape player that came with the car was replaced by some Eclipse deck. I also threw a JL Audio 8W1 in the passenger footwell powered by a Phoenix Gold 250 watt amp. I know the intake offers little to no performance gains, but I don't care because it was cheap and sounds good. Shortly after graduation in June I picked up some WCF headers and a Borla exhuast and had them installed. Cat deleted as well. Later that month I had a little run in with a Lexus and ****ed up the front of my car. No pictures, sorry. Damage wasn't actually that bad, but the fender, front fascia and hood were done for. I ordered a 355 style fascia from Twin Lakes to replace my busted up stock one. I had to go to college shorty after it arrived, so it all got put in storage for the winter and I went to school without a car. The next summer (2004) just prior to the front fascia being put on, my mom backed up into my car and messed up the driver's side fender, door panel and rocker. The parts car sacrificed its hood and fender for the cause due to the Lexus incident and I had to find another door panel and fender for the other side. Thus my badass colorscheme started. That same summer I picked up an 84 K5 Blazer for a daily, so the riceresque primer paint didn't really matter too much. Anyway, not much else got done that summer, the Fiero went back to storage and I went back to school. Unsafe At Any Speed FEB 16, 07:44 PM I had decided previously that I preferred the fastback body style, so over Winter break I swapped out the rear clips, decklid and grills for the Fastback parts. At the same time, the Stage 2 sidecoops I ordered over a year before (I was one of the one's with a lost shipment) were put on as well. Before: During: After: So, back to storage with no taillights and back to school with the Blazer. Part of the reason I wanted to do the fastback conversion in the first place was I love the 355 style taillight panels. So, I picked up one of those and the Vette lights that go with them. They went on after I went home for the summer. More colors. That summer I also hooked up the MSD set-up (6A box, coil, wires) and NGK plugs I bought the previous school year. I also hooked up the nitrous set-up I bought from Shaun, but never got it working before I went to AFROTC Field Training that summer (2005). Between camp and some other not good family/personal issues, nothing else got done that summer. I'll have more later. Feel free to comment, criticize, inquire and bash. BobadooFunk FEB 16, 08:23 PM paint rims lower moi perfecta! or some sort of bable thats makes it sound good! seriously though... nice work so far! Primer is only riceresque if is is your permanent paint job, and on yours mothers DD.. yours has always progressed, nullifying rice-ness. CoryFiero FEB 16, 08:49 PM How hard is the notchback to fastback conversion? Newbfiero FEB 16, 09:16 PM Coming along good I love what you did so far to it ..Rob arte444 FEB 16, 09:53 PM Yours looks "cooler" than mine =( I should have went lower hehe. crt454 FEB 16, 10:01 PM Wow! I can't believe another Montana person. I really like what you're doing with your car. Unsafe At Any Speed FEB 16, 11:19 PM The conversion wasn't that hard. There's threads covering it in more detail, but basically you'll want to remove your decklid, quarter panels, taillights, wheel well liners, your headliner and B pillar interior pieces. Then you should be able to get to all of the bolts. Remove the notchback clip and replace with the fastback clip. Like I said, it's more in depth than that, but it wasn't too bad. It helped to have a buddy or two for actually taking off the clip as to not break the roof. Where in Montana are you? Thanks for the compliments. More coming soon. crt454 FEB 16, 11:53 PM I'm in Butte. Are you in Bozeman or Billings? If it's Boz we could meet and talk/compare Fieros! Unsafe At Any Speed FEB 17, 12:28 AM I'm in Bozeman going to school at MSU. My car is in Billings though.