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SPY PICS!....first secrets of the GTR exposed! by Fie Ro
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| Last post by | : Fie Ro on 03-14-2009 06:03 PM |
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Apr 19th, 2004
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
I"m glad we agree. I too have a hard time not "over-doing it." That might be why I'm doing (2) projects in hopes that what ever ideas that spring-up in my head won't be all on (1) car. But most of my ideas are not original, just copied from various people here or on olders cars of the past
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I look a lot at other cars and some tuning magazines etc. searching for something that could look right on a fiero. there's a lot of wicked stuff already out there....however when you start working on it, it will become something new.  | | | quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
One of the best comments that I usually get is "its a Fiero."
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That's the difference! I want people to be curious about what it is, let them guess That's why I tried to mix different "exotic" styles together with the fiero. I could easily have put a 355 nose and tail on but that isn't challenging for me  Lot of fiero's around here already have them. The only decal mine will get is some kind of custom logo on the nose.....I will make it unreadable But I must say I have got a lot of respect for the original body....one day I might get myself a stock GT again......and
-lower it a bit
-new wheels
-oh well here we go  | | | quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
What color you plan on painting it?
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edit: gunmetal grey metallic. If it works like I planned....  I saw Black-azz 's pictures and it is close to what I want [This message has been edited by Fie Ro (edited 04-19-2004).]
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Apr 20th, 2004
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madcurl
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From: In a Van down by the Kern River
Registered: Jul 2003
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Yeah let the people keep on guessing.....they'll get it right. And my next project I'm leaving out the Pontiac in the back. So they will really have to guess then.
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12:36 PM
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May 2nd, 2004
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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I was fed up with sanding today so I decided to testfit the new rearbumper. It still needs sanding but I wanted to check whether it fits right... Swapping bodypanels is like second nature nowadays...This took less than 10 minutes including swapping 4 new red lights in the altezza's
 I had to trim a bit of the mounting area of the new bumper and I drilled the holes for the screws and sidemarkers...but it does fit!
 It goes well with the rest of the car, it is way better than my first version. The tailpipes will be adjusted to fit perfectly "in" the bumper. They are clamped on now so I can correct them in any direction, when they fit right I will have the exhaust welded and remove the clamps.....
 I might have to take the bumper off for a few days for finishing but it is the last major mod. At the outside
Now it only needs sanding and prepping for paint, cutting the mesh, polishing and clearcoating the mirrors, getting and mounting new dew wipes, getting some custom aluminium trim done, getting a custom logo and badge done, making removable sailpanels (!) and some other work that will pop up..... nothing major..........duh ------------------
1987 Pontiac Fiero GTR in Progress
1969 Chevy Suburban [This message has been edited by Fie Ro (edited 05-02-2004).]
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11:21 AM
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sennyGT
Member Posts: 159
From: Ont, Canada
Registered: Sep 2003
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Deffinately love the bumper. What colour are going with?
-Greg
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11:45 AM
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KingOfKings
Member Posts: 1252
From: Vancouver
Registered: Apr 2004
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I can't believe how much work and effort you put in. Props, and I do think you should make molds to sell ------------------
*~ Out In The West Coast Shownin' Off My Bad Habits ~*
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04:04 PM
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by sennyGT:
What colour are going with?
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Gunmetal grey metallic... | | | quote | Originally posted by KingOfKings:
I can't believe how much work and effort you put in.
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thanks, there's indeed soo much work/time involved...my friends already think I don't like them anymore...! But I guess they would like to cruise when it is painted.
I am already drawing some new dash ideas to have some fun while finishing the body....I guess I'm addicted...
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05:49 PM
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GTFiero1
Member Posts: 6508
From: Camden County NJ
Registered: Sep 2001
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I really like your rear bumper. You should reproduce that but made slightly differently so people dont have to bond them together, similarly to what fierowarehouse did with there front air damn, it just slides over the stock "ground effect" piece covering it up but blending perfectly making it look almost stock. ------------------
Carbed 2.9 engine build in progress. forged pistons, crane cam, fully balanced, ARP bolts, double roller timing chain and more
--Adam--
IM AOL: FieroGT5speed
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06:15 PM
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85fierowiks
Member Posts: 749
From: wichita KS
Registered: Jul 2003
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you should make and sell mold for that rear bumper chin spoiler....i'd buy one ------------------
-Josh
AIM: swingline1021
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09:18 PM
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May 26th, 2004
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SandstormGT
Member Posts: 320
From: Mobile, Alabama
Registered: Jan 2004
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Anything new yet "Fie Ro"? Free Bump! Keep up the good work! Also, if anyone knows of the thread where "Fie Ro" designed his center consol sub box, please PM me, thanks!
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03:25 AM
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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I havent had a lot of sparetime lately but most of it is spend now on sanding the car and prepping it for paint. Hopefully I get some more time next weeks.... About the subbox: there are a few pictures here: http://members.lycos.nl/fierofiero/html/interior2.html The site is seriously outdated but I am going to build a new site with the new info.......
Thanks for your interest
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02:12 PM
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Jun 23rd, 2004
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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I just noticed I started this thread already 11 months ago....oh well! I only hope it's gotten better over time Got busy sanding and prepping the body for paint...(at this stage it was "urban camouflage")  shaving the antenna:  Many "little issues" are popping up:
This needs some fiberglassing. 
This rocker molding was bent outside. Tried to fix it with a rivet but it pulled out.... I ended up using a screw with nut and modified washer. These things take a lot of your time.
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01:00 PM
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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Rearbumper slowly getting its final shape:  There could be hundreds of houres of sanding in this project already!Removable GT sailpanels and smoothed rockers:  matching/filling/sanding   sanding down to base fiberglass again, last chance to get shapes right...
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02:20 PM
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ducattiman
Member Posts: 674
From: TheNetherlands
Registered: Mar 2003
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what can i say but wow,,,dam ur doing a gr8 job,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, oh by the way when u get that sweet ride done i have another sweet ride u can help me out with,,,lol
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03:06 PM
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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hey Ducattiman, thanks! I havent forgotten your project F40 style hatch+BMW V12 will get you a dual decklid, upper hatch will be F40 style "seethrough" in the middle, and 6 stacked vents on both sides (=12!). Modified stock decklid will have the curves leading to the hatch and a 12LED brakelight on the rear edge of the decklid. I jkust have to scan the drawings sometime soon....I hope I teased a bit
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03:49 PM
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ducattiman
Member Posts: 674
From: TheNetherlands
Registered: Mar 2003
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oh by the way,,this weekend i am picking up a beater fiero for another project..i have been researching this lambo kit,,,but i really think some custom mods r in need..interested in helping out?
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04:13 PM
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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I would really like to contribute ideas to a new project!....but you better get into fiberglassing too because I have lots of work to do on my fiero. What model r U gettin?...what kind of style r u lookin for?
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04:45 PM
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Jun 30th, 2004
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cenneth
Member Posts: 338
From: Stockholm, Sweden
Registered: Sep 2002
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What a job! You must have a very nice wife or be very lonely ;-) ------------------
http://www.fieroforum.tk
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04:58 AM
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DJWINNI
Member Posts: 464
From: France
Registered: Nov 2001
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Hi Fie Ro!! you really did a great great job on your car 
when will it be painted? Greetings from france to Pays Bas ------------------
Christophe from FRANCE **1986 PONTIAC FIERO - V6/2,8L**  [This message has been edited by DJWINNI (edited 06-30-2004).]
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01:54 PM
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Jordangel
Member Posts: 76
From: Quebec, QC, Canada
Registered: May 2004
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Woah man nice job!! I really the bumpers, look very clean!!! I'm currently designing my own body (complete with new curve and door cut)..wider too I'd like some tips 'bout molding and fiberglassing if you get 2 or 3 mins Just PM me if interested in my upcoming project. :P Bravo encore! Oops..You may not speak french lol
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04:28 PM
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Coop9200
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From: Westchester, NY
Registered: Oct 2002
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what car was that nose from? -Coop
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04:44 PM
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BV MotorSports
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From: Oak Hill, WV
Registered: May 2001
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Looks like a Nissan Skyline GT-R nose R34 to be exact.
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07:40 PM
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Jul 1st, 2004
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by cenneth:
What a job! You must have a very nice wife or be very lonely ;-)
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Hehe I am very lonely! When the fiero is ready I might have a better chance to pick up a nice wife! | | | quote | Originally posted by Coop9200:
what car was that nose from?
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2004 Fiero GTR.
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11:03 AM
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LZeitgeist
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From: Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Registered: Dec 2000
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Wow... just read through this thread for the first time since I posted earlier about the NACA ducts... Good grief! That's turning out AWESOME!! ------------------
Patrick W. Heinske -- LZeitgeist@aol.com
1988 Red Fiero Formula Convertible
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11:22 AM
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Jul 12th, 2004
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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some update pics: I did some more smoothing of the sidevents into the rockers:   Put on the polished mirror on the passenger side:
I bought a set of M3 style mirrors but they would be too difficult to mount so I started polishing the originals I need to redo the driverside one and give it a clearcoat because they corrode if you dont that.
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02:49 PM
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Fie Ro
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From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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I wanted to try out the mesh/strip-calk combination. Cut the mesh shape and tapped the edge around the vent, took them off and put them back with a line of the sticky stuff. Works great.  It is starting to get the looks!   However I damaged my windsplitter yesterday:
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/043550.html
..but it is repairable.
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03:02 PM
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ato4life
Member Posts: 79
From: Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Registered: Jun 2004
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looks sweet. cant wait to see it all painted. that mess looks great. ------------------
ATO 4 LIFE
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06:07 PM
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scarletmacaw9
Member Posts: 112
From: woodinville,WA,USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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with V8 ? or V12 you're not driving anymore you are flying low
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06:13 PM
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Coinage
Member Posts: 1602
From: Hershey,PA,USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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when i first saw that front bumper you made...i was so so about it but it keeps growing on me and it is looking GREAT! keep up the great work!
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06:25 PM
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Jul 14th, 2004
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Jake_Dragon
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From: USA
Registered: Jan 2001
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Can you make this for me? 
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Jul 15th, 2004
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anatodigit
Member Posts: 74
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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the car looks great !! ...the method i use for attaching those grills is ....fiberglass a paperclip into the bumper with one end sticking out ...the you can just put the mesh grills on and fold the paperclip over ...it will hold it really well and if you need to remove the mesh for painting or whatever you just flip the paperclips up and slide it off ... ------------------
Jamie Lewis
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04:51 PM
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Maetrix66
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From: Hartland, ME, USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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Qoute from Fie.Ro getting a custom logo and badge done,... I am designing one-off custom badges and logos as we speak. PM me,
and lets see what we can come up with. If the entire body is one of a kind, then the badges should be too.
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mrfixit58
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| | | quote | | Originally posted by anatodigit: the car looks great !! ...the method i use for attaching those grills is ....fiberglass a paperclip into the bumper with one end sticking out ...the you can just put the mesh grills on and fold the paperclip over ...it will hold it really well and if you need to remove the mesh for painting or whatever you just flip the paperclips up and slide it off ... |
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Good idea but I recommend stainless steel wire so it wont rust away. Roy
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Jul 17th, 2004
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:
Can you make this for me?
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I would do it for ya if I had lots of unused time ...! In fact I have photoshopped some variations and yours is close to some of those! I also have a version that deletes the midsection and I call it the "bigmouth" version. But me thinks it is too agressive to match the Fiero's "friendly" appearance in this setup... For now I'll stick to the current nose or it will never get finished thanks for the time you put into the photoshopping. | | | quote | Originally posted by anatodigit:
the car looks great !! ...the method i use for attaching those grills is ....fiberglass a paperclip into the bumper with one end sticking out ...the you can just put the mesh grills on and fold the paperclip over ...it will hold it really well and if you need to remove the mesh for painting or whatever you just flip the paperclips up and slide it off ...
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| | | quote | Originally posted by mrfixit58:
Good idea but I recommend stainless steel wire so it wont rust away.
Roy
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I like ideas like that! ...find your own solutions and learn from others, its fun! I have some update pics to compensate my blabla....:
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05:39 PM
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Fie Ro
Member Posts: 3735
From: Soest, The Netherlands
Registered: Sep 2001
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Apart from sanding and prepping for paint there are some other (faster) rewarding jobs to do. Like making the headlight doors mechanism look better than this...  I took this pic as a reference for reinstalling the rods. Here the rods are painted gunmetal grey metallic and the brackets painted red.  It is as red as it shows in the picture! This particular red paint is the same paint I used on my calipers and it holds up really great to almost anything so I use it more and more on other chassis parts... Headlight brackets reassembled:  
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05:59 PM
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Spyhunter
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From: San Francisco, CA
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Nice touches! Lookin' good!
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Jul 30th, 2004
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Kohburn
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From: Oriental, NC
Registered: Jul 2003
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| | | quote | | Originally posted by Fie Ro:
Thanks. Well this is the mockup so there's lot of foam(board) in it, fiberglass, filler, wood and filler...Did I mention filler? I will take a mold from it and then the 1-piece product. Maybe I could make more
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ready to make more yet? I'm dieing to see one on a notchy
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09:33 AM
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MinnGreenGT
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From: Lakeville, MN 55044
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| | | quote | Originally posted by Fie Ro:
I would do it for ya if I had lots of unused time ...! In fact I have photoshopped some variations and yours is close to some of those! I also have a version that deletes the midsection and I call it the "bigmouth" version. But me thinks it is too agressive to match the Fiero's "friendly" appearance in this setup... For now I'll stick to the current nose or it will never get finished thanks for the time you put into the photoshopping.
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Any chance you're interested in sharing some of that photoshop work with us?
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09:50 AM
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Kohburn
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From: Oriental, NC
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| | | quote | | Originally posted by MinnGreenGT:
Any chance you're interested in sharing some of that photoshop work with us?
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that'd be nice - but i'd rather he spend his spare time making me a nose [This message has been edited by Kohburn (edited 07-30-2004).]
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10:04 AM
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blizzue
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From: Idaho, USA
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Declared, most anticipated project of the year. Including next year. Looks freaking awesome.
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TaurusThug
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