OK this weeks project is seats - I've decided to attempt my own custom upholstery - 28$ in fabric later i have this...

this will be a matt black vinyl (leather look) backed and sided seats w ith cream/tan seating surface in suade..

going to go with my second fieros color scheme

all i need now is some black piping for the edge seams and to borrow my moms sewing machine

well after some careful disassembly of one of the damaged seats I was left with all the peices necessary to pattern the fabric for the new covers
top
and bottom

Wow- it's really amazing to see how fast things are on the move with you! Keep it up!

TTT

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Forever known as the one who ran over Skitimes Mailbox. RIP.

unrelated to the seats but i am looking at a potential mod

[This message has been edited by Kohburn (edited 09-02-2004).]

quote Originally posted by kempo: Wow- it's really amazing to see how fast things are on the move with you! Keep it up! TTT -s

Lol, knowing Skitime, I bet that mailbox is the only one in the neighborhood with a VCAS (vehicular collision avoidance system)... dang, hit button too soon.

Kohburn, how much would you charge to duplicate that upholstery pattern?

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88 Formula, "Asphalt Aviator"

Celebrate Artesian New Year!!!

[This message has been edited by Vonov (edited 09-03-2004).]

did you want me to make seat covers ? or do you mean just the paper pattern of the fabric panels so that you could also be an upholstery man ?

[This message has been edited by Kohburn (edited 09-03-2004).]

This might be a good place to ask this question...

I also have an '84 Fiero SE that I'm slowly working on. It has the same seats as the ones we see getting worked on here. Luckily, mine are in excellent shape with no tears and believe it or not, hardly any wear at all. Unfortunately, the moron who owned the car before me decided to sit dirty, oily parts on the passenger seat. What is the best way to remove this filthy mess? Is there an upholstery shampoo that is (pardon the pun) head and shoulders above the rest?

By the way Kohburn, my '84 looks just like yours and I'm enjoying reading about your progress.

what you may want to try is one of those littl ehandheld steamer vacuums (normally used on carpet)
something like this
yopu can get em locally from like sears and such - that or some simple green and a lot of blotting

I use Simple Green for a lot of things, but I guess I'm surprised that no one suggested anything else for use on auto upholstery.

I was thinking of renting one of those carpet shampoo machines which come with the upholstery attachment. However, on second thought, I'll instead try applying Simple Green with warm water and a stiff brush and use my wet/dry shopvac to suck the suds and dirt out of the fabric.

no more progress pics just yet - I'm about to start on the heavy duty vinyl panels for the bottom and back (non seating areas) and i'll have the first seat done (all panels cut out for both seats as i went along to save trouble later)

then i'll post a finished product.. can't wait

edit - any ideas how to go about putting sound perferations in the headrest vinyl for the seat speakers?

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[This message has been edited by Kohburn (edited 09-08-2004).]

update - finally found myself a wing -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7922324252&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT

without that I would have been making my own imsa wrap around spoiler (who knows I may still)

update on the seats caried on here

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/045842.html

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[This message has been edited by Kohburn (edited 02-02-2005).]

You can order a new sunroof seal from GMPartsDirect.com

I paid like $37 or so for mine plus shipping (don't quote me.. but it WAS less than $100 all total)

The only thing you have to make sure of is that your gasket rails are still good...

If they aren't though. You can always replace those as well. They are held in by a set of pop rivets.. 4 on the front and back and 3 on the sides (pretty sure that's right)..

Just cut the pop rivets out and pop rivet in new pieces.. lay your new gasket down.. and have a blast

The conversion of a hard top to a sun roof is VERY easy.. loosen up the fenders, remove the wipers, headliner, etc, etc unbolt the top.. and use a painters 5 in 1 tool to cut the seal from around the windshield.

I bought the sun roof section off of Chesters parts GT to put on the our '86 SE.. as soon as I get new gasket channels for the sunroof, that's going on

quote Originally posted by datacop: You can order a new sunroof seal from GMPartsDirect.com I paid like $37 or so for mine plus shipping (don't quote me.. but it WAS less than $100 all total) The only thing you have to make sure of is that your gasket rails are still good... If they aren't though. You can always replace those as well. They are held in by a set of pop rivets.. 4 on the front and back and 3 on the sides (pretty sure that's right).. Just cut the pop rivets out and pop rivet in new pieces.. lay your new gasket down.. and have a blast The conversion of a hard top to a sun roof is VERY easy.. loosen up the fenders, remove the wipers, headliner, etc, etc unbolt the top.. and use a painters 5 in 1 tool to cut the seal from around the windshield. I bought the sun roof section off of Chesters parts GT to put on the our '86 SE.. as soon as I get new gasket channels for the sunroof, that's going on

already when through the fixing of the sunroof seal the channels were rusted to hell but the seal itself was fine- some drilling wire wheeling painting rtving and popriveting later they seal like champs

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and the latest addition

note the carbon fiber vinyl laying on the bed next to it.. thats for the headliner

Wow looking good So now you have to sew ANOTHER seat to go with the first?

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1984 Fiero SE

quote Originally posted by RWDPLZ: Wow looking good So now you have to sew ANOTHER seat to go with the first?

yeah, its on hold till i get the concrete pad poured - 20x25 foot patio will be tarped in as my winter garage

quote Originally posted by Kohburn: ...or do you mean just the paper pattern of the fabric panels so that you could also be an upholstery man ?

That would be interesting...

and a well-deserved *bump* to the top, to see if there's been any more progress lately

progress?

well i bought a 95 3.4tdc with 62,000 miles that was so fresh to the lot it hadn't even been inventoried..

it will be delivered next thursday..

other than that i can post pics of the patio progress.. i've been shoveling around 7.5 tons (yes thats 15,000 pounds of peagravel) to level the lot for the concrete patio pour.. if i get lucky that concrete will be done next week..

will post pics tomarrow

First i had a lot of shoveling..

and now with 7.5 TONS of pea gravel that i had to shovel..

next comes the concrete

OK time for an update

the turbo grand prix pcm came in - have to send out the memcal for darth to program for me

and the 95 grand prix dohc engine arived today - complete with all accessories - starter,powerstearing,alternator,ac, everything

as you can see i have my work cut out for me to clean this bad boy up - i look forward to every minute of it

latest update - the catcon arived today

its a Vibrant Power Inc. E9-310S 7013 - made in the USA
over all length is roughly 12.5" length of just the body is 9" -- yes folks thats a whole 9"

i got it new off ebay

latest update the wheels will be mine thursday 17x7's with 225/45/17 tires the rims are also available in 18x8 if at a later date i want to upgrade the rears

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patio has been poured!!

designed a cam timing tool for the dohc -

https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/047245.html

have a feeling i'm going to revise the design so you can use it to actually apply force to the cam to adjust the timing..

so consider that a preliminary design

ok welp latest update pic from inside the "winter garage" IE the tarped in patio

there sits the 3.4 ready to start prepping

and another part of the project is revealed
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/047864.html

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/kohburn/rearanged-cluster.jpg

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a month of zero progress has passed thanks to the subaru needing a new transmission and the 86SE needing a new radiator

I'll be picking up an 86SE v6 for the project and the 84 will become the partscar/guine pig.. more to come in FEB

OK well since the 84 was the loser and is going to be a parts car as well as base for making cutom body panels - today i brought home the winner that willg et the 3.4TDC transplant ASAP

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/kohburn/Cam_0333.jpg

its in great shape all excpe tfor the usual drivers seat tears, the righ headlight doesn't work, and the engine doesn't start (who cares its getting a 3.4)

[This message has been edited by Kohburn (edited 02-28-2005).]

So we finally get to see the 86? Too bad about the 84, I like 84's.

Did you ever get around to making those paper templates? I'd like to get some for some... experiments...

Can't wait to see the engine swap progress!

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1984 Fiero SE

quote Originally posted by RWDPLZ: So we finally get to see the 86? Too bad about the 84, I like 84's. Did you ever get around to making those paper templates? I'd like to get some for some... experiments... Can't wait to see the engine swap progress!

no templates yet - been so busy haven't made my second seat either.. i'm contemplating starting over with all black - using vinyl for the back and ballistic nylon for the seating surface (think expensive soft luggage)

and don't worry - I am currently thinking of using my 84 decklid and making this 86 look similar to an indy - but not quite..

today's progress on the TDC - machined my idler pulley spacer..

took me a while to figure out just how to get the car as high in the air safely as possible without rolling off the jack stands and such - but I finally did -

and pulled the gas tank

removed the old pump that was non-functioning to install my new walbro pump - this is the first time i've seen a little black plastic box with a metal lid inline with the pump - I assume this is a damper to reduce the noise from the pump.

at the same time I painted my 85 cadillac calipers and did a little checking of the fit of the stock brake hoses

here is the rear with its bracket attached - the unloaded caliper came with everything i need except the brake pads with are only 11$ a set.

here is the front as you can see the connection is at the top unlike thw camaro caliper (but uses same pads)
the catch is that it is surrounded by a raised ring (that could be ground off) , however a quick check of the stock brake hose shows the end fitting to JUST fit within the ring - worst case i would need to file the leading corners off the hose fitting.

the rotors should arrive monday (they were shipped from a different warehouse)

rotors came today..

11.25" diameter -

i was a little suprised at the size of the center hat bore at almost 7"

since this was the size the old front rotors had been cut down to

leaving a gap around the inside of the hat (not really important as long as it sits on the center rim of the hub)

well I got one of the guys in my shop to through together a test adaptor bracket out of aluminum for me - I modified zetners design to rotate the cadillac caliper down 10* to allow the stock ebrake cable to clear the CV boot and attach to the cadillacs stock ebrake bracket..

attached to the caliper

losely mounted to the knuckle

I can't test fit the rotor yet since I haven't ground down the peice from my previous post