Ok people, just a quick note to let yous know tomorrow I start on Stage 2 bodykit. My panels will get stripped off. Materials are sitting at the ready. All go now. The side scoops will be the first part released for sale. Now only if I could get my USB port to work to get some photos happening. New Camera, STUPID Computer!!!. I had a camera on loan, A Mavika, maybe I shouldn't have give it back yet
Originally posted by MinnGreenGT: Aus... Do you have any preliminary pricing yet? Estimates even? -Rob
Yeah I do. But I also have a USA distributor. I will let him tell you all that in 3 weeks . Sorry but in all fairness I have to keep it quiet until then. Lets just say I know it will be very competitive for whats on the market.
Aus, we are ready when you are. They are going to look awesome. What do you think the timing will be for the rest of the panels. Keeping in mind we do want them but do not want you to over do it. By the way my brother-in-law has been living in Sydney while he is going to school. I told him to keep an out for a sweet t-top fiero on his travels around the island. Take care
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AusFiero Member
Posts: 11513 From: Dapto NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2001
Originally posted by MinnGreenGT: Can we ask who this mysterious US distributor might be... or do we just have to wait? I am patient... sometimes.
Sorry for being secretive. 3 weeks and all will be known.
Also as long as the scoops sell well the rest of the kit will follow fast. I have already tied a lot of time, which equals money to me, in this project. If it sells well, the other bits will get released over 2 week to 3 week intervals after the side scoops.
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Posts: 4667 From: St. Cloud, MN Registered: Apr 99
Do a search for "Stage 2". Best damn looking body "kit" I've seen. Keeps the look of the Fiero (as opposed to making it look like a different car), but...Wow!
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AusFiero Member
Posts: 11513 From: Dapto NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2001
Ok I suppose the easy thing ot do will be to post all angles in this thread. As it is the side scoops getting released first I am juggling doing some detailed drawings, front and back of the panels and working out in the garage on them. I have done enough manual labour for today. So I will do some drawings now of exactly what people will be getting as they do include grills and a scoop area behind so ducting can be routed to your air filter box and or elsewhere.
Will post these pics very soon. Nothing fancy. Just drawings.
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Aug 1st, 2001
rodmcneill Member
Posts: 1616 From: Indiana USA Registered: Oct 2000
When the scoops and door panels are ready, place my name on your customer list. I'm preparing my car for new paint right now but am willing to hold off on the "spray day" if I can get the body parts.
Have your U.S. guy get in touch with me when they're ready for sale.
eclipseproduction@hotmail.com
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mrfixit58 Member
Posts: 3330 From: Seffner, Fl, USA Registered: Jul 99
You say your working on the side scoops. Does that include the piece the is to be mounted on the lower portion of the doors?
Well kinda Roy. Actually it includes complete lower sections of the door skins so you don't have to mould them in. Trying to make everything really easy to fit.
Kit will be 2 replacement lower sail panels, 2 lower door skins(from the moulding down), 2 scoops for mounting behind the sail panels with round outlets to route the air to location/s of your choice (bolt onto the rear) and 2 black metal mesh grills for mounting inside the vents (optional, mount them or chuck them, still part of the kit Also considering offering them in chrome as an optional extra). I have scrapped the 2 small pieces on the front fenders for the sake of a small bulge 2" long that would need moulding in. Scoops door section will blend out at the front edge of the new lower door skins.
Still working on some detail drawings of both sides of the panels to show the scoops behind the panels. Thought I would have them done by now but I got stuck surfing the forum tonight.
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KRMFiero Member
Posts: 2711 From: Providence, RI Registered: Sep 2000
I was looking at your Stage 2 rendering again and was wondering about something you said: Paraphrased, you said the little piece above the rocker panel behind the front fender was eliminated.
For those with GTs or SEs, are we going to have to remove the small factory molding that is in this location (the small piece at the bottom of the fender above the aero rocker molding) to make the Stage 2 scoop look right?
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Aug 2nd, 2001
AusFiero Member
Posts: 11513 From: Dapto NSW Australia Registered: Feb 2001
For those with GTs or SEs, are we going to have to remove the small factory molding that is in this location (the small piece at the bottom of the fender above the aero rocker molding) to make the Stage 2 scoop look right?
No in hindsight I have to make a piece to go there. Otherwise it gunna look pretty silly isn't it. Forgot the guard wraps back under without it. To used to looking at my GT only. looking at a basic coupe would have reminded me of that
Also I will have some exact pricing up tomorrow. I had to bail on having a USA distributor after my accountant informed me of the Taxmans ramifications. Seems exporting business to business puts me under a different tax classification that will kill all sorts of current tax advantages in exporting and will also kill me at income tax time. Which in turn would have added huge extra expenses to the bodykits and parts. I would have liked to do it that way and apoligised to the USA dealer. But thems the breaks I suppose. You just can't mess with the taxman when he is such a bloody strange beast to work out.
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KRMFiero Member
Posts: 2711 From: Providence, RI Registered: Sep 2000
Dum de dum . Still waiting for the 2 manufacturers I have pitted against each other to ring me. They did say today. Thre is now 2 hours of the business day left.
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