Here's a tip I took out my ashtrays and using a Dremel tool with a brush bit, I scrubbed the ashtray with rubbing compound. I then used Mother's brand aluminum polish and again scrubbed. Washed with a mild soap and dried! The first pic is the passenger side one the after is the driver side one. (Driver side one looked just like the passenger side before I started)

BEFORE

AFTER

Takes about 10 minutes to do! Gotta get the passenger side one clean now!

[This message has been edited by Oreif (edited 04-11-2000).]

Cool, Great tip. It looks SWEET! I will have to try it now. Where would we be without a dremel

You can buy new ashtrays part # 61793 from the Fiero Store for $2.95 each.

Let's see $5.90 for new ones, $2.00 for shipping, wait 2-3 days...... or just use what is already on the shelf in my garage and spend 20 minutes running a dremel tool. hmmm.

Or you could spend $40 on ebay for a new set....Some people were born yesterday and fell off the truck last night...

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=301071947

Oreif, I buffed and polished mine the day of the Modesto car show they were not in bad shape, (yours??) Now they look like chrome, shine like new money!!!

Good tip, I saw some on ebay I think it was $20.00 something close to that, I think 8 people had bid on them,,,,,,,Don't know?

I've got a lighter with a new element that I'll let go for $50...

I believe the Fiero Store and GM is out of new ones. So no NOS ash trays to be had.

Rodney Dickman

Whatzup Stimpy?, No smoking in the car!!!
I don't have a lighter, the EQ lives in that spot!! Thats another mod,

Send me a e-mail some time

Well I put mine in the bead blaster and a minute or 2 of blasting they were fresh wetal, then I painted them with some black spray paint that was sitting around, they looked alot better that way than with a inch of rust on them

I bought some of that black flocking used by model car builders to replicate interior carpeting. After coating the trays with spray glue, I'll load them up with this stuff. It'll look nice AND cut down on the noise made by my change bouncing around in there (I don't smoke).

BTW, very nice job on your trays, Oreif!

Looks good. I did the same thing on the 86 SE.

eh here in canada you cant smoke in grocery stores / restuarants / bars /
AND A NEW LAW PASSED LAST WEEK NO SMOKING IN THE PONTIAC FIERO NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO SMOKE HEHEHEHE

Are you kidding???
That empty recessed rectangle behing the shifter (stock 85 SE 4spd) is the perfect size for a pack of Camels and a silver Zippo!!

I to used my trusty dremel to clean the ashtrays but not being a smoker I also used the dremel with a cutting wheel to remove the holder inside the ashtray. It now can hold plenty of needed toll money .

[This message has been edited by Haze_Performance (edited 04-13-2000).]

You know it, Haze! Silver in the left tray, pennies in the right!

I also drilled out the tiny hole on the one side (I used a 1/4" bit). Now you can actually see what you're looking for at night!

Hmmmmmmmmmm drill a hole in the side.......Thats something Haze didnt think of....Thanks 87ECO5

if you fellas lived in canada you would need the passenger seat for change.
for anyone who dont know we have
pennys
nickles
dimes
quarters
loonies (dollors)
toonies (2dollors)
and they are very soon making a 5 dollor coin
damn ill tell ya being as all the wife gives me is change ill be doing alright very soon
as for a phone holder the startac 3000 will fall right through tried it already

Careful, if you look at the ashtray, there are slots in the bottoms that the coins will slip through. While trying to figure out why my car wouldn't shift well, one of the things I did was open up the console to check the shifter mechanism. I pulled more than $5.00 worth of coins including quarters out from the shifter and cable area. A couple were jammed into parts of the shifter so hard that I had to pry them out. So if you do put coins in the ashtray tape or plug up the slots first, it'll save you some headaches later.

Every Fiero I've looked at in the scrap yard has been loaded with change in the console and between the seat and console.