First post, hopefully its not to long winded and hopefully its in the correct place/part of the forum.
Anyways, to the point. Im from Australia and part of a car club biased on the Holden Gemini, which is pretty much a “chevy chevette/I-mark/opel kaddet”
From a lot of reading we have seen that The front suspension on the fiero was derived from the Chevrolet Chevette, IE the holden gemini
The subject has popped up on our forum a few time regarding the aftermarket Fiero tube front control arms and coil over kits (http://www.westshorefabricators.com/Fiero/KitCarSuspension.htm)
Iv read a heap on a few different chevette and fiero forums that people have mentioned it being a possibility, but was hoping someone here could give a yes no answer, (someone that has seen it done or have done it themselves) that the fiero and chevette upper and lower control arms are inter changeable between cars.. (EXCLUDING the fact that the shock mounts are not going to be correct)
After looking at a stack of photos of the fiero suspension, id put money on them being interchangeable, but due to shipping costs it would be quiet an expensive task to have something shipped over to test fit to find it doesn’t actually match.
iv read a few threads about ball joints, hubs, spindles, brakes etc... all being interchanged between the 2 but nothing 100% on the control arms themselves?
Cheers in advance. Gene
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No, that is the REAR lower control arm, and not from a Chevette. The front suspension of the Fiero is from the Chevette.
But I do think they are the same, if not very close. I saw a Chevette in a junkyard once here, and it looked pretty damn close. I remember reading someplace that the main difference was the Fiero had a wider track and bigger/better brakes (if that is even believable) then the Chevette had.
No, that is the REAR lower control arm, and not from a Chevette. The front suspension of the Fiero is from the Chevette.
But I do think they are the same, if not very close. I saw a Chevette in a junkyard once here, and it looked pretty damn close. I remember reading someplace that the main difference was the Fiero had a wider track and bigger/better brakes (if that is even believable) then the Chevette had.
yeah from what I have read the cross member itself (from the fiero) is 2" wider. so the tack would be wider in that regard and shouldn't effect the arms themselves
The upper control arm looks almost spot on, but the lower...looks pretty different. As you may know, the one attachment point for the Fiero lower control arm is the frame itself, so I would say the lower one would need some work to get it to fit correctly. The crossmember does looks shorter for sure.
Btw, they had only 4 lug wheel bearings?! HA!
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Posts: 53 From: Springfield OH Registered: Mar 2012
No, that is the REAR lower control arm, and not from a Chevette. The front suspension of the Fiero is from the Chevette.
But I do think they are the same, if not very close. I saw a Chevette in a junkyard once here, and it looked pretty damn close. I remember reading someplace that the main difference was the Fiero had a wider track and bigger/better brakes (if that is even believable) then the Chevette had.
lol I know it is. I took it off. and I said it was from a fiero. Guess I didn't quite get the concept of what the thread's asking.
The upper control arm looks almost spot on, but the lower...looks pretty different. As you may know, the one attachment point for the Fiero lower control arm is the frame itself, so I would say the lower one would need some work to get it to fit correctly. The crossmember does looks shorter for sure.
Btw, they had only 4 lug wheel bearings?! HA!
those photos dont show it to well, but the chevette rear mount on teh lower also fixes to the frame of the car.. ill try find another pic showing it...
those photos dont show it to well, but the chevette rear mount on teh lower also fixes to the frame of the car.. ill try find another pic showing it...
Yea, that's why I wasn't sure, I couldn't see it well.
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Originally posted by Ranzy69:
lol I know it is. I took it off. and I said it was from a fiero. Guess I didn't quite get the concept of what the thread's asking.
He is asking if the front fiero control arms would interchange within reason with the Chevette, because that is what the design was based off of for 84-87 Fiero's.
Oh ok! Those look just like the 84 front control arms. So I would say, from what I can see and tell, they will interchange within reason excluding the shock, but like you said that doesn't matter to you. Don't hold it against me though.
