quote Originally posted by Hulki U. My-BFF: Which car was Chris's? - - - - You don't even remember which one was his do ya? Probably because his car wasn't there, you ditz!!!

HA HA HA HA!!!

The Dads have spoken!!! D)

LOL ... DAD get back to your doodaw and leave the girl alone ... she's not on the street takin drugs and actin foolish... she's fixin her fiero !!!! Now leave her ALONE !!! J/K
Take care my Hulki friend ... and you aNgeLeyez ..... GET BACK TO WORK !!!! hihihihihi

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quote Originally posted by Danyel: LOL ... DAD get back to your doodaw and leave the girl alone ... she's not on the street takin drugs and actin foolish... she's fixin her fiero !!!! Now leave her ALONE !!! J/K Take care my Hulki friend ... and you aNgeLeyez ..... GET BACK TO WORK !!!! hihihihihi

Not working on my Fiero this weekend.

quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: Today at the car show was awesome. There were about thirty fieros, including Rick and Chris's. My favorite would probably be 'Blue By You'. I love the color of it. My little brother and I got to feed ducks and walk around the park. You should've been there. I also got a good radio and we're gonna take out the crappy one in my fiero right now.

well would like to thank you for liking my car if you need a paint job i will do it for ya for the price of the paint and a case of beer (that your dad has to buy)...good luck with the car its lookin great

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BLUE BY YOU!
NYFOC

quote Originally posted by Hardpact: well would like to thank you for liking my car if you need a paint job i will do it for ya for the price of the paint and a case of beer (that your dad has to buy)...good luck with the car its lookin great

That's great. And thank you. (of course he would have to buy it)
And thanks

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"If the music is too loud. You are too old"

Yay! Finally we got that crappy radio out of my car today!!!!!

Well, back to the build. She made me proud once again today. We decided to tackle the most important part of the car....the radio. We made a nice score on an old-school Blaupunkt head unit this past weekend at the Lititz show for a whopping $5.00! I brought the unit home and bench tested it, not knowing if it worked or not. To my surprise, it worked fine with exception of the backlight in the face which we will either have repaired or buy another at a later date.

Anyhow, the CD player that was in the car was a Road Gear Wal-Mart special, and was asking to be taken out. We will be pumping it full of firecrackers in a few days and will upload the video on here. So today, she pulled the POS Road Gear out:



Thankfully, the previous owner of the car used a Scosche adapter harness when the radio was installed, but he installed them with taps instead of soldering or even using butt connectors. Who does that???



So she brought the harness to my work bench and went to town cutting the old tap connectors off, since she was going to wire the new stereo the proper way by soldering and heat shrinking all connections.















She has gotten to be a pro at soldering wires, she has steady hands for it. She did this entire job on her own, most times without me even having to watch her. I have made it a point that I will ONLY work on the car when she needs a hand, but I will be there to watch over and give guidance. She really has a knack for this and is turning into quite the gearhead. Now if only she had taste in music..

quote Originally posted by Hulki U. My-BFF: Anyhow, the CD player that was in the car was a Road Gear Wal-Mart special, and was asking to be taken out. We will be pumping it full of firecrackers in a few days and will upload the video on here. She has gotten to be a pro at soldering wires, she has steady hands for it. She did this entire job on her own, most times without me even having to watch her. I have made it a point that I will ONLY work on the car when she needs a hand, but I will be there to watch over and give guidance. She really has a knack for this and is turning into quite the gearhead. Now if only she had taste in music..

The firecrackers was MY idea Well, I gave him the idea of making it blow up!! Yay
And I AM a pro at soldering wires. That's my favorite part of working on the car.
And I do have a good taste in music. People just have different opinions

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"If the music is too loud. You are too old"

It's great to see a Father and Daughter sharing a not so common project together ! It says a lot about the character within your family.

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quote Originally posted by California Kid: It's great to see a Father and Daughter sharing a not so common project together ! It says a lot about the character within your family.

Thank you

This is a clear example of excellent parenting and awesome 'childing'. Fiero people are the stuff, its clear to me more and more every day.

Nice score on the Blaupunkt! Very nice work on the rewire job. A family that builds Fieros together, will always have spare parts to borrow from one another! Keep up the great work!

Pat

quote Originally posted by Hulki U. My-BFF: She did this entire job on her own, most times without me even having to watch her. I have made it a point that I will ONLY work on the car when she needs a hand, but I will be there to watch over and give guidance. She really has a knack for this and is turning into quite the gearhead. Now if only she had taste in music..

You better let her learn it. The moment you take over and do it for her she'll lose respect for the car. I didn't respect my cars until daddy stopped fixing them for me. When I turned 17 My father helped me get my 3rd vehicle. A 1989 Chevy stepside. Loved that truck. We made a deal. It breaks... I fix it. So I said sure. Then later on I "jumped" some tracks and blew a ball joint. Frame on ground. Walked to a guys house and called daddy. My options were, call a tow truck, I pay, Repair on side of road, too dangerous right there, OR I find a way to get it home myself. So I made my first tire sled and drove it 3 miles home. YES a skid. 2x4's, ratchet straps and 3/4" ply wood, only had to rebuild it once.

So you are the man for letting her do the work!

Oh, by the way, if anyone out there has a gray shift console, gray radio console without rally gauge cutout, gray cluster pod, or gray door panels with or without manual window knob let me know. I don't care if there is separation or anything, just as long as there are rips or damage to the upholstery. She is on a low budget, so if you have something cheap, please PM me with what you have.

Being one who wires up spacecraft and the ground support equipment for those and solders nearly every day, I can say good job in doing it the best way possible with what's available. You're way above the majority of tinkerers.

When I took my stereo out of a past Fiero before I sold it (it's now the blue one with chrome 18's owned by Corey that you saw parked next to "BlueByYou"), I almost pooped myself to see that the previous owner used anything he could, inproperly spliced with whatever scrap wire he could get a hold of, to wire the little amplifier to the little RD replacement factory sub. The wires were underneath the carpet, exposed since the electrical tape made its way off of the bare twisted connections, as it always does. The radio was wired as painfully, many "connections" had the electrical tape moved aside and bare wires were exposed, some with intermittent contact. No wonder the radio didn't seem to work quite right.

What a fire hazard!

quote Originally posted by Hulki U. My-BFF: Oh, by the way, if anyone out there has a gray shift console, gray radio console without rally gauge cutout, gray cluster pod, or gray door panels with or without manual window knob let me know. I don't care if there is separation or anything, just as long as there are rips or damage to the upholstery. She is on a low budget, so if you have something cheap, please PM me with what you have.

I know another Fiero owner in East Berlin just might have a few of those pieces.
Not all of them, and the pieces arent perfect, but you could check them out before you take them.

Andy don't you love how the tip on that welder is ALWAYS ON? Also why can't you lay down a nice weld? Are you using Flux core? And what do you mean blows holes? that thing can weld the lid back on a tin can while running flux core. Oh your tip is likely to be 035 sized. grab some 030 flux core and watch your welding improve instantly. Oh the always on tip problem... I can help. Let me find my write up.

quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: Thanks and youre welcome I think its really fun to work on it with my dad. You should try it with your daughter

Nice to see progress with your fiero. Your doing a good job at it....

quote Originally posted by Hulki U. My-BFF: Oh, by the way, if anyone out there has a gray shift console, gray radio console without rally gauge cutout, gray cluster pod, or gray door panels with or without manual window knob let me know. I don't care if there is separation or anything, just as long as there are rips or damage to the upholstery. She is on a low budget, so if you have something cheap, please PM me with what you have.

PM sent. Are you changing the interior color to grey?

Looking good though! Keep up the good work, It's coming along great!

Nice "clean install" Ang, looking good!! At least now you will have tunes to build by. You're gonna that thang fully done by the time you can drive it. You're also gonna have a smile sooo big you may have to roll the windows down when you pull into the parking lot at school!!!

quote Originally posted by mattwa: PM sent. Are you changing the interior color to grey? Looking good though! Keep up the good work, It's coming along great!

Yeah, we are turning the whole brown idea of my interior to black and gray..
And thank you Matt

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quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: Yeah, we are turning the whole brown idea of my interior to black and gray.. And thank you Matt

I have a base coupe steering wheel just like yours, only its grey. Interested?

Lord, I just got done doing this myself!! Sorta... lol... Took the stereo out of the Truck, tossed it because it skipped badly, took the stereo out of my car, switched it to the truck harness, took the harness from my car and put it on a new stereo!! Did most of the work before Max got home, he just checked the wire connections (my son helped with the wire connections while I snipped and stripped) and put them back in... then had to drop the steering wheel to replace the lock out pin on my car because it broke... couldn't get the car back into park or take out the ignition key!! lol.. Here I thought I was doing a great thing by saving him some work time and then he ended up fixing my car!! Now we have to get back into the dash cause I've got a ground that's not connecting, my left turn signal stays on... laugh... if it isn't always something!! But then I guess that's typical with just about everything!!

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quote Originally posted by mattwa: I have a base coupe steering wheel just like yours, only its grey. Interested?

Hmmmm. Well.. Idk.. I mean, dad's giving me his, but what does it look like?
(I'm stupid and know nothing about base coupe steering wheels)

quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: Hmmmm. Well.. Idk.. I mean, dad's giving me his, but what does it look like? (I'm stupid and know nothing about base coupe steering wheels)

I mean, it looks exactly like yours except its grey. Only difference is the color.

quote Originally posted by mattwa: I mean, it looks exactly like yours except its grey. Only difference is the color.

Ohhh..
Well, dad was going to give me his black steering wheel, with GT in the middle..

It's nice to see that the "priorities" have taken over . Gotta have the jams.




Falls in line with this.......

quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: "If the music is too loud. You are too old"

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Her signature should say, "If the air is too thin, my head can't breathe".

quote Originally posted by kyunderdawg: It's nice to see that the "priorities" have taken over . Gotta have the jams. Falls in line with this....... [QUOTE]Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: "If the music is too loud. You are too old"

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OF COURSE!!
You gotta have the jams for your car.. ALWAYS

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"If the music is too loud. You are too old"

quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: OF COURSE!! You gotta have the jams for your car.. ALWAYS

yes!! I installed a late 90's pontiac radio/ cassette in my car, and I got a system going where i can plug my iPod in and listen to it through the radio. does that radio have an AUX input?

quote Originally posted by mattwa: yes!! I installed a late 90's pontiac radio/ cassette in my car, and I got a system going where i can plug my iPod in and listen to it through the radio. does that radio have an AUX input?

Yepp!! I got that!
I'm so happy. Now all I need is for my ipod to work on my computer

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"If the music is too loud. You are too old"

quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: Yepp!! I got that! I'm so happy. Now all I need is for my ipod to work on my computer

For an Ipod you have to have the software to get it to work with your computer, it takes a different format that MP3. Here's a google list of Ipod software, pick one and have at it!!

http://www.google.com/searc...ls=org.mozilla:en-US fficial&client=firefox-a

Just be careful blowing up that old radio, you don't need to have to deal with shrapnel in any way shape or form!!


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quote Originally posted by Amethyst: For an Ipod you have to have the software to get it to work with your computer, it takes a different format that MP3. Here's a google list of Ipod software, pick one and have at it!! http://www.google.com/searc...ls=org.mozilla:en-US fficial&client=firefox-a Just be careful blowing up that old radio, you don't need to have to deal with shrapnel in any way shape or form!!

Thanks.. My dad's gonna fix it when he gets the software..
Lol, thanks

quote Originally posted by aNgeLeyez: Thanks.. My dad's gonna fix it when he gets the software.. Lol, thanks

You are more than welcome and glad to be of some help!! I ran into the same problem when I had an Ipod and couldn't figure out why I couldn't just move stuff over to it! Needless to say, I got rid of it, and got a PSP instead... lol.. Hey, not only does it play mp3's it also plays games and movies and other cool stuff!! grin...

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I swear IPOD'S and people above 30 just do not mix well together . Just download Itunes off itunes.com or apple.com and the rest is basiclet self explanitory.

quote Originally posted by pontiackid86: I swear IPOD'S and people above 30 just do not mix well together . Just download Itunes off itunes.com or apple.com and the rest is basiclet self explanitory.

It's not that simple. I have an iPhone and know all about iTunes and the software. The problem is the older version of XP she is running does not support USB 2.0. I have to upgrade the operating system on the computer.