The photo-shop Choptop is looking pretty sweet MinngreenGT. After seing it photo-shop, the question is: Can Chester wait until spring to paint it now?
Thanks I was a little disappointed that the IRM rocker scoops didn't show up any better than they did... they showed up more-clearly on my design station.
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madcurl Member
Posts: 21401 From: In a Van down by the Kern River Registered: Jul 2003
Hey MinngreenGt, can you alter the choptop V8 sig(logo)lenghtwise(north & south) to make it look more like a sword? I wouldn't mind coping that logo onto a shirt when I roll in my choptop.(if its okay with you?) If so can you e-mail me?
Hey MinngreenGt, can you alter the choptop V8 sig(logo)lenghtwise(north & south) to make it look more like a sword? I wouldn't mind coping that logo onto a shirt when I roll in my choptop.(if its okay with you?) If so can you e-mail me?
Hmmm... I like that idea You're certainly welcome to use it. I'll drop you an email to get the details about what format you'll want/need. Also, any particular color (although I figure the black/gray work pretty well for your car ).
How about a few different styles to choose from (depending on one's car's modifications)
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you know a fino chop-top would look really sweet. especially with the layed back windsheild and it lower about 2-3 inches. I think that should be your next project someone wanna photoshop that??
For the complete conversion (Steps #1, #2 & #3) Price By Quote Only* Forconversion without paint (Steps #1 & #2) Price $ 3995.00 For the conversion to the top only (Step #1 you do the interior & paint at your leisure) Introductory Price $ 3595.00 * This price can vary depending on your paint choices.
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chester Member
Posts: 4063 From: State of insanity...moved in and comfortably numb... Registered: Jun 2001
Thanks I was a little disappointed that the IRM rocker scoops didn't show up any better than they did... they showed up more-clearly on my design station.
Dude that's awesome! Do you have a hirez version? Ideally 1600X1024. If so could you email it to me?
I do plan on retaining the silver bottom but in a bright silver with a small red pin stripe where the black meets the silver.
Thanks!
Rob D.
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Dude that's awesome! Do you have a hirez version? Ideally 1600X1024. If so could you email it to me?
I do plan on retaining the silver bottom but in a bright silver with a small red pin stripe where the black meets the silver.
Glad you like it unfortunately that's all the bigger I've got it (as I just swiped one of your forum-posted pics to make it). If you can email me a high resolution version, I can rework it with your colors & everything... let me know!
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litespd Member
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Or better yet, the feature I have always wanted to see on a finale is what it would look like without those quarter panel scoops. Just a nice glass panel like on a stock fiero.
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chester Member
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Hopefully he is hard at work getting her done so we can pick her up soon not that I am not sick of driving, but that is going to be one trip that will most definitely be worth the drive!
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Archie Member
Posts: 9436 From: Las Vegas, NV Registered: Dec 1999
Hopefully he is hard at work getting her done so we can pick her up soon not that I am not sick of driving, but that is going to be one trip that will most definitely be worth the drive!
No, we're just sitting around starring at the walls.
Here are a couple of pics from Friday.... to be honest they look just like the last one's I posted. A lot of what it takes to do a Chop top is little stuff like making up the triangular parts for inside the quarter windows. Not much to photograph there, there but it take a little more than a day to get them just right. Modifying the floorboards and seat rails to lower the seats take some time too & isn't all that interesting either.
It's finally time to mount the new rocker panels tomorrow so that will be a little more interesting.
BTW, I need to know if you want to leave that little GT body molding down at the bottom of the Door panels.
Archie
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madcurl Member
Posts: 21401 From: In a Van down by the Kern River Registered: Jul 2003
Remember Archie, "Its the little things that count." Just keep on posting away, it gets borring here from time-to-time so we need a little Pontiac Excitment, he,he.
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GTFiero1 Member
Posts: 6508 From: Camden County NJ Registered: Sep 2001
I was thinking about how cool some lambo style doors would look on a chop top as well, but I bet with all the adjustments and frame altering it allready takes to just do the chop top part, the lambo doors would be asking a lot?
dunno ifthis was ased but Archie, any reason why you didnt use his fastback clip? I noticed the one on there now is/was medium metallic red
Like 8ball said the "C" pillars on the old clip had some cracks in them and when we took the rear clip off it broke. After looking at it we decided that in the area where the "C" pillars were broken any repair would have been noticable. As luck would have it, I had a good usable rear clip on hand and I decided to use it. Rob will not be charged for the extra part nor will he be charged for the labor we had put into his rear clip before it broke.
We try to do our best for our customers and work with them when something goes wrong.
Archie
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Oct 14th, 2003
Matthian Member
Posts: 634 From: West Hempstead, NY, USA Registered: May 2003
Y'know....I've been looking at this pic of the Rat....
Makes me wonder...Rob, are you having the Rat chopped to avoid any more incidents like this?
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That pic STILL makes me shudder as I am STILL sitting in the passenger seat, staring at those rear trailer tires!
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Elvira Member
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You know..... you just can't rush a job like this...... It's just gotta like..... Flow off the brush.
All the little details.....all the little things that gotta be just right..... Then all of a sudden it seems lik exerything gets finished up in one day.
Got almost all of the interior back together, haven't reinstalled the seats yet...
And check out the interior "B" pillars, we make these out of fiberglass..... they look just like the originals don't they?...
& the "A" pillars
Do you wanna see the rocker install pics next?
Archie
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Oct 18th, 2003
Matthian Member
Posts: 634 From: West Hempstead, NY, USA Registered: May 2003
those look damm nice just like everything else you do archie
Yeah, the "A" & "B" pillars have to be 3" lower and a different shape on the interior of the chop top. We originally did the interior panel modifications by cutting and modifying the original Fiero plastic interior pieces. That process alone would take one of my guys 3 to 4 days to get perfect & he hated doing it. Now the same guy can have them perfect in one day.
Archie
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fieromadman Member
Posts: 2217 From: Oconomowoc WI, USA Registered: Jan 2003
Ok, how 'bout we look at the Rocker panel install?
Everytime we install a set of these rockers, I'm amazed at how easy they are to put on.
The right side here was sanded and primed before we put it on & of course the original Fiero rockers and quarter panels were removed before we mounted this. Of the next 7 pictures the total elapsed time was just 40 minutes.
No screws or anything holding it in there yet....
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Archie Member
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do you leave the ground effects on the doors? Personally i think it looks better without the ground effect on the door once you add the large ground effects under them.
matthew
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chester Member
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do you leave the ground effects on the doors? Personally i think it looks better without the ground effect on the door once you add the large ground effects under them.
matthew
We had a discussion about that and I've decided to try something diffrent.
I was a little disappointed that the IRM rocker scoops didn't show up any better than they did... they showed up more-clearly on my design station.
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