Here are some pictures I took last week. It was a nice day and I got to wash it finaly. Can you believe it was near the end of December and it was so nice the grass was green and I was wearing a t-shirt. But this is Colorado where is my snow
and yes this is me in the picture.... I was going to post this in the thread about sex in the Fiero and say I dont see how it could be done. I am 5ft 11 inches and 280lbs. Also anoter not for the stoners out there I wish my Plates read 419-HRY but its 404 instead. For those who dont know 4:20 is the time to smoke it up and if its 4:19 you need to hurry so I though mine was close enuf at 4:04 Hurry.
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88Fiero2M4 Member
Posts: 349 From: Stratton Colorado United States Registered: Jul 2003
I still cant believe i got this car for $1200 and it only has 75,500 miles on it. and no its not been polished as I think that Polish will do more harm then good. I wash it by hand and use a shami skin to dry it so it ends up with a Polished look anyway. Those wheels I got as a Down Payment on my 90 Chevy Pickup and I dont think it was a bad deal.
Well it snowed lastnight, just a duster but its cold again. We are in the middle of a several year drought and are not getting even a tenth of what we should be getting. I live in a community were Agriculture is the way of life... with out the snow we are in bad shape, and now with the Mad Cow scare now in the US we are going to be hit hard. My Job depends on Cattle as I haul grain to a Feedlot.
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Tigger Member
Posts: 4368 From: Flint, MI USA Registered: Sep 2000
Very Nice! I like hardtop notches with GT spoilers that are installed "correctly" (not forward) on the decklid.
Polish won't harm it, it's just you can't do it everyday or you'll go through the clear. I machined polished mine once and then lightly hand polish with finish glaze a few times a year. Just enough to maintain a shine and keep impurities, sap, tar, acid chemicals from attacking the paint. I probably wouldn't touch it at all but I drive it all the time. I dry off my cars with a clean shami to prevent wiping scraches as well. The three stage Meguires system is very popular, I like the 3M system.
The notchbacks typically didn't come with wings unless they were ordered as an option. Different years had different rules about that. For instance, in '84 the only car that you could get a wing on was the Indy, and it was mandatory, you couldn't order an Indy without one. After that the wing was optional through '87 on any car, though dealers normally ordered the GT and SE models with the wing when they were stocking their lots. Sometimes people would order their GT without a wing, calling it a "wing delete" option, though there is no actual option code for deleting the wing. In 1988 the wing became available on only two models, the GT and the Formula. In the case of the GT it was still possible to order a car minus the wing, but the Formula was produced with the wing being mandatory. The GT and Formula were the only cars that had V6's in them as well, so since your car is a 4-cyl it shouldn't have come with a wing from the factory.
To be sure, you can look at the option code label in the front compartment area, on the left inner fender well. The option codes are in alphabetical order, so look for the code D80. That's the code for the wing.
Nice looking car, and a great price! Wish I could have gotten one that nice.
JazzMan
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88Fiero2M4 Member
Posts: 349 From: Stratton Colorado United States Registered: Jul 2003
that car sat in Denver for a few years. the Clutch was bad and a local Junk dealer picked it up for me... being I told him I was looking for another Fiero. The last owner appeared to have tried to fix it buy replacing both the Master and slave cylinders on the clutch, I had it replaced for about 500 bucks and got to see the old disk wich was badly worn and had a chunk missing out of it. For what I payed for the car and the Repairs it was well worth it. I however will be getting some touch up paint work as the rear bumper looks a little dry like they missed it or did a bad matching job. and the front facia on the right side in the turn signel has some paint missing. I will be getting both bumpers painted to finish the car. I personaly have been using a Rattlecan to paint the black parts as the were all sanded as if they were going to be painted but were left that way. No worry I am good with a Rattle can and make it look like it was done with a Real paint gun. I plan to do a few mods on the car three in mind are side intake scoops, and the other Two Ideas are Skitimes ideas the first being the Cowl Induction allowing the air to leave the front compartment and the second is the Side scoops off the Trans Am in wich I have located one of already. Its nice to have a Friend who runs a body shop. I plan to take this car finished or not to the Atwood Rod show and run in Kansas and hope that other Fiero Owners would join me in invadeing this show.
------------------ Don Pottorff Red 88 Fiero 2M4 Silver 86 Fiero 2M4
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The Fieromaster Member
Posts: 4124 From: Painesville, Ohio USA Registered: Jun 2001
Originally posted by 88Fiero2M4: and yes this is me in the picture.... I was going to post this in the thread about sex in the Fiero and say I dont see how it could be done. I am 5ft 11 inches and 280lbs. Also anoter not for the stoners out there I wish my Plates read 419-HRY but its 404 instead. For those who dont know 4:20 is the time to smoke it up and if its 4:19 you need to hurry so I though mine was close enuf at 4:04 Hurry.
Have you ever DONE that in a Fiero? Im not saying i do... um... that... or... um... ever have... but uh... Im sure you could bake a Fiero out pretty bad... not that ive done that... uh... or anything.
NORML
------------------ "Raced That, Wrecked Better"~In Memory Of Jesse Cesek~ 1980-2000 US Armored Cavalry - Fox 2/81 - Death By 120 - 1 Shot 1 Kill
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88Fiero2M4 Member
Posts: 349 From: Stratton Colorado United States Registered: Jul 2003
Have you ever DONE that in a Fiero? Im not saying i do... um... that... or... um... ever have... but uh... Im sure you could bake a Fiero out pretty bad... not that ive done that... uh... or anything.
NORML
Well I wasnt the one who was smokeing it as all my friends are stoners so they smoked it in my car but I dont smoke it. I am trying to loose weight and Smoking that stuff makes you eat to much. I cant afford to gain anymore weight.
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88Fiero2M4 Member
Posts: 349 From: Stratton Colorado United States Registered: Jul 2003
I have decided to get the Carbon Fiber Dash Kits for my car, I just got a Carbon fiber Shifter knob from a friend of mine and think that it would go good with the entire dash kit to go with it, Whats your thoughts on that anyone, Do you guys have that kit and what do you think of it?
------------------ Don Pottorff Red 88 Fiero 2M4 Silver 86 Fiero 2M4
Got a few more Pictures of my Car to share so I thougt I wouldnt start a new thread... Just use the old one. First picture is of the Vents which I removed the bottom half... the Car runs cooler on the highway with them off. I had to get a new battery and went with the yellow Everstart to get a better looking battery under the vent... was time to replace it anyway.
My Favorite place to get Pictures of my car is the Clarmont Inn on the South Side of Town.
Another Picture durring the day time this time, of my dash with the Carbon Fiber Kit installed.
And for something we dont get to see much is the car doing what it was ment to do. Despite the 60 mph speed I was doing the picture still looks like I was sitting still. However hard on the brakes on the second picture and kicking up a little dust shows it was in motion.
------------------ Don Pottorff www.vmf323.com Red 88 2M4 Silver 86 2M4 I give a - to those who correct spelling. I couldnt care less If I spell something wrong.
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Feb 26th, 2004
GT86 Member
Posts: 5203 From: Glendale, AZ Registered: Mar 2003
Well then if that is so I should consider my Coupe to be a rare car since it Came with the wing? On another note I just ordered some vinyl Graphics. Nothing radical.. Just the Fiero Logo that will go low on the front fender behind the front wheels and It will have Fiero written behind the logo on the door both in White. I will also be getting a Graphic for the windshield that will say Fiero across it with the Fiero logo on each end. It will be done on Tuesday of next week. I also will be ordering a Borla Exaust tip. I am doing away with the duel Tip and going with a Single tip. I wonder what it will sound like when its done.
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Posts: 2345 From: Hamlet, North Carolina Registered: Nov 2003
The GT and Formula were the only cars that had V6's in them as well, so since your car is a 4-cyl it shouldn't have come with a wing from the factory.
JazzMan
If you're talking about the 88's then you are correct, otherwise I must say the SE's also came with v6's from 85-87.
------------------ "As we live on, we lose a little bit more. Shrouded in falsehoods and lies, we stand frozen to the spot, unable to cry out" - Deep Forest
Mine is just the Basic Coupe. No frills, no power anything, and it seems that the Wing and the Cassett player was the only options that it had... unless the cassett player was standard. Then that leaves it with just the wing as the extra. There is an 87 or 88 Coupe in Burlington that dosnt have a wing or a Luggage rack... However eventualy I will have to replace the decklid. It looks like they eather droped something on the wing cause under the left wing stand there has been some fiberglass work done on it to repair the decklid.... and it was a really badly done patch job. I had the wing off of the car last week as we were seeing what it would look like on my Friends T-Bird.... I convinced him to put a Fiero wing on his car.
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Posts: 711 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Aug 2003
There real Black Carbon Fiber Except the Shift knob which is just simultaed. The Carbon Fiber looks silver in daylight but is black.
Here are some more Pictures of the Kit. Vent Cover for right and left look the same so I will just use one photo... I am missing a few Interrior Screws and my Interrior is a little dusty as I was on dirt roads chacing trains yesterday for pictures.
Door Handle cover.
Center Consol which consists of several peices. I wish that they gave an option for cars without power windows but that will have to do for now.
Radio Consol. and the only Piece that I havent used is the Cover for the Glove box which I dont have on the right side... All I have is the pocket... So eventualy I will cut the piece into several smaller pieces for other areas that I want to cover.
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I have waxed it. Once and I wash it once a week. I also have a Car duster that I wipe the dust off of it. Yes my car is mostly Orignal but it will not stay that way for long. Its burning about 1 quart of oil every 150 miles... so its about ready for a new engine. Everything I do to the car I will leave the option to rebuild it back into the orignal condition... Some cars are worth more Stock. Yes I have kept the orignal Wheels and plan to stick them on my 86 untill I get newer wheels for my 88. I have yet to see the condition of the orignal Seats as they have Leather Seat covers that I havent removed since I bought it. But I am thinking that the orignal owner took good care of this car cause the paint is in very good condition and my Friend at the body shop said that it looks to be a $1500 Paint job on it... But I would have to differ as the Moldings were sanded... but the paint is a higher Quality paint, However I will eventualy get it repainted in a Metallic Red. I am also debating on what kind of Scoops to go with on the sides and think I have decided on the ones I like the most.
Oh ya I am also going to get a new set of Floor matts made for it. They will have the Fiero logo on them with Fiero Written in them... As I didnt get any floor matts with it when I got it. The reason it may not look like its been waxed is due to the angles I have taken the Pictures at. I need to figure out some better angles to show that it is really shiny.... Its just Red isnt the best Color to show the shine at some angles.
On another note... A few more modifications that I will be doing next week. I ordered a Few Vinyl Graphics... now before you get up in arms about Vinyl... I am doing this... I am getting A Fiero Logo about 3 inches wide and 4 tall that will go low on the Fender behind the Front wheels. and Fiero written behind that on the door All in White. I have forgon the Idea of putting on a white stripe like in some photoshops that I have done of what I want. I am also getting one of those Windshield banners done in white that will say Fiero and have the logo on eather side. I am also getting rid of the Duel Outlet on the Exaust that is the Y tail pipe and going with a Single Square Borla Tip.... which I ordered today from Summit Racing. In the long run I will be doing an entire Borla Exaust system... But I am going to do an engine swap before that.
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Got my Vinyl graphics in today. I want to here what you guys think about it. I was thinking that I wanted the letters on the door to be bigger... I think they would look better to be the same size of the Logo that I had made. I will get some better photos tomorrow.
------------------ Don Pottorff www.vmf323.com Red 88 2M4 Silver 86 2M4 I give a - to those who correct spelling. I couldnt care less If I spell something wrong.
so since your car is a 4-cyl it shouldn't have come with a wing from the factory.
JazzMan, as I understand it, in 88 there was a "Western Edition" option. I'm not sure what all this entailed, but it DID come with a wing installed at the factory. There has been talk about the Western Edition in the past, both here on PFF, and also on the old mailing lists. I knew a guy that had one...88 4 cylinder coupe with a factory wing. It was kind of like the old "California Special" Mustangs...
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Oreif Member
Posts: 16460 From: Schaumburg, IL Registered: Jan 2000
I wanted to get the Ones on the Door bigger, After I get this car Repainted I will have larger ones made for the Doors. I wanted them to be the same size of the Fiero Emblem on the Front fenders. Oreif those look good. I will have to get them when I can. Maby some Hotwheels stickers too.... lol I have the Fiero logo on the windshield on the right side as well.
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After looking at the Arcives and looking at the options codes on the fender of my Fiero, I found it is infact a western edition. It has both the W02 and the D80 codes.
------------------ Don Pottorff www.vmf323.com Red 88 2M4 Silver 86 2M4 I give a - to those who correct spelling. I couldnt care less If I spell something wrong.
That is one sweet car! reminds me of mine (except without the wing......i added one from an 86 firebird) im pretty sure you would like it.........i wish i could show you some pics, but i cant upload them in the forum........those 2.5 have some balls!!! i remember i used to burn tires in all of the corners .........good times!
------------------ I own an original yellow 1988 pontiac fiero GT, (wingless, currently purple) very proud also....Truly is...Driving Excitement! Matching numbers GT #17889 of 26,402 made in 1988
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InDeX420 Member
Posts: 567 From: New MILF-ord, CT Registered: Dec 2003
Originally posted by 88Fiero2M4: and yes this is me in the picture.... I was going to post this in the thread about sex in the Fiero and say I dont see how it could be done. I am 5ft 11 inches and 280lbs. Also anoter not for the stoners out there I wish my Plates read 419-HRY but its 404 instead. For those who dont know 4:20 is the time to smoke it up and if its 4:19 you need to hurry so I though mine was close enuf at 4:04 Hurry.
Well, theres ways to get things done in there, believe me... I was gonna try and get FearOh420 as my plate but then I thought about all the extra attention from the piggies Id get...hmm..I get enough as it is...
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That is one sweet car! reminds me of mine (except without the wing......i added one from an 86 firebird) im pretty sure you would like it.........i wish i could show you some pics, but i cant upload them in the forum........those 2.5 have some balls!!! i remember i used to burn tires in all of the corners .........good times!
Yep and the way I shift it throws you back in the seat in Second and Third gear as well. When I really push it I just hardly let off the gas petal... the RPM's climb alittle as I find the next gear. However I keep breaking the Main transmission mount I have gone thru two of them with this Fiero and one with my 86. I guess its time to go Poly with the mounts. However I am not going to stick with the 2.5L... I think its a dog. I want a 3800 SC. Now if I can just get a good paying job without my former boss screwing it up for me.
+ For the Complement though thanks
------------------ Don Pottorff www.vmf323.com Red 88 2M4 Silver 86 2M4 Red 85 GT 1:18 Scale
.........good times!
