Hey guys spring is coming and I am finally getting ready to paint my Fiero! Since my sail panels are cracking like crazy, I was looking into the fiberglass sail panels from Fiero Fiberglass as an option. They peaked my interest simply because I won't have to worry about cracking again, I can paint them to match the color, and they also have a little window; making it slightly easier to work on the engine back there.
If anyone has pictures and/or reviews of them, I would be very appreciative!
A search turned up the original thread where he was thinking of making them. There are a couple nice photo's in there. Other than painting, they can also be wrapped in canvas / convertible top material as Jimmy did with his in the photo's.
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Wrapped mine in 3M carbon fiber vinyl. They are a good quality product and fit pretty well but do require a little work. The perimeter has a little extra curve to it where the oem windows are flat. If this isn't ground down a bit the window will require an excessive amount of double stick tape to mount them. I didn't do that and had to come up with an alternate method to mount them.
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How are these for wind noise at highway speed? With the opening like that it looks like they may be noisy, but I'd like to be wrong. I'm thinking of going this route for my restoration, and this is really the only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger on these.
How are these for wind noise at highway speed? With the opening like that it looks like they may be noisy, but I'd like to be wrong. I'm thinking of going this route for my restoration, and this is really the only thing keeping me from pulling the trigger on these.
I haven't noticed any increased noise over the solid windows
Don't know much about aero dynamics but not only does the pic with the carbon fiber look great I would think that it would help in extracting heat from the deck lid louvers especially at high speed . Looked over my 88 gt louvers and thought what a bad design as compared to the 85 gt which if I remember correctly were unobstructed. In Vegas when it's over 100 degrees the engine gets up to 220 degrees. Plus it may increase down force on the rear wing.
Originally posted by Silvertown: Don't know much about aero dynamics but not only does the pic with the carbon fiber look great I would think that it would help in extracting heat from the deck lid louvers especially at high speed . Looked over my 88 gt louvers and thought what a bad design as compared to the 85 gt which if I remember correctly were unobstructed. In Vegas when it's over 100 degrees the engine gets up to 220 degrees. Plus it may increase down force on the rear wing.
I'm not sure what you mean by unobstructed, but the notchback vents certainly had a thin metal mesh shield on the bottom side. If you want to get rid of the sheet on the fastback vents, it's very simple to drill out the rivets holding them on.
I'm not sure what you mean by unobstructed, but the notchback vents certainly had a thin metal mesh shield on the bottom side. If you want to get rid of the sheet on the fastback vents, it's very simple to drill out the rivets holding them on.
Definitely a must do unless I just drive it in the winter but what's under my vents looks more like rain deflectors where as my 85 had a wire mesh more akin to c coop wire.
