I bought my 87 GT in August of 2019. Since then I can't leave it alone. I made lots of little upgrades to the drive train.
The stock sound system leaves much to be desired so I stated making changes.
My car came with a Pioneer head unit and aftermarket speakers. I discovered Pontiac offered a factory subwoofer so I bought one on Ebay.
It had a Boss 4" subwoofer and it was an okay subwoofer for it's size. I powered it with a Kicker 250 watt amp.
After a weekend of hard playing during the Cruising the Coast event it eventually gave up the ghost.
Exhaustive searches led me to the Tang Band 5.25" subwoofer. I made a wooden adapter to fit the subwoofer to the factory box.
I hammered that little subwoofer for months and it never failed.

As with any tinkerer I just can't leave swell enough alone. My sound system has come a long way and here is where my journey began.

Below is my stock interior with my little factory sub box and my TangBand sub.


I looked at some 10" touch screen head units on ebay and wondered if I could make on work in a Fiero.


Figuring out what to do with the vents and climate control took some thought.


Here is where I began the mods to the center pod.




This is where it gets real ugly. I had to relocate the climate control and redesign the air vents.

First test fit.

Now for some supports.

and reshaping the airduct.

now that the control is mounted time for the vents.

I started with the vents from a 88 though 94 Chevy/GMC truck.
This was not easy by any stretch. Lots of cutting and gluing small parts.

didn't turn out half bad.



Now time for mounting the head unit.

and mounting the vents

Now that the hard stuff is done it's time to make it pretty.
I used Nason black base and clear for all the trim panels.


While I was at it I also shortened the shifter. A little cutting and welding and done.


If you look to the right you will see something else I made, That is a custom fiberglass subwoofer enclosure I made.
In it is a 6.75" high powered subwoofer made by Amper Audio. I'll get into those details next....

Interesting...
I saw your video on Youtube yesterday for this conversion.
You certainly don't have any worries with modifying the center consol!
(Some would here I bet! But it's your car to do what you want with.)

I like the touchscreen but since I already have a screen (smartphone), I just wanted Bluetooth capacity with the existing sound setup:
https://youtu.be/GYB39Ru_AXI

Regards,
Rafe

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"Turbo Slug" - '87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. Sticky tyres. Driven hard!
https://www.youtube.com/cha...1wZvWQlkYxTjivW_0XNg

I am looking at things like tesla screens as have an rx300 with air con controls. Wondering how much screen you can fit in there in 2021.

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quote Originally posted by Frenchrafe: Interesting... I saw your video on Youtube yesterday for this conversion. You certainly don't have any worries with modifying the center consol! (Some would here I bet! But it's your car to do what you want with.) I like the touchscreen but since I already have a screen (smartphone), I just wanted Bluetooth capacity with the existing sound setup: https://youtu.be/GYB39Ru_AXI Regards, Rafe

It's all a bunch of old brittle plastic so I really didn't think much of cutting it up.
This car wasn't in mint condition so I'm not too concerned about keeping everything pristine and original.

I was looking for a little contemporary look to the only 80's interior.
I figured the large screen fun so perfectly in the bezel I had to go through with it.
The only issue was the top of the head unit is just a little wider than the bottom.
Not much of an issue since the vinyl is flexible enough to permit this.
I then used a piece of acrylic to make the upper bezel

Very clever idea, especially the vent rework.

I have some similar ideas for using a Raspberri Pi as a head unit. We'll see how that goes.

Has anybody actually tried to run the climate controls via an infotainment system or touch screen pad?

Sorry to sidetrack this a little but what's going on here?

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quote Originally posted by IMSA GT: Sorry to sidetrack this a little but what's going on here?

You mean this old thing? It's just another of one of my 80's things. 1988 Chevy

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quote Originally posted by Cajun Road Warrior: You mean this old thing? It's just another of one of my 80's things. 1988 Chevy

Very nice.

quote Originally posted by Cajun Road Warrior: It would be interesting to blend-in modern technology into the 80's interior. Given the blocky shapes of the Fiero I'm sure larger screens in a vertical position could be made to look real good. A touchscreen interface could be made to work with an arduino to control the actuators for the climate control. We would just have to make new vents behind the screen.

I have a similar idea, but I’m looking into putting the vents in the aux gauge pod, since voltage and oil pressure readouts would be on an electronic instrument panel.

quote Originally posted by fierobear: I have a similar idea, but I’m looking into putting the vents in the aux gauge pod, since voltage and oil pressure readouts would be on an electronic instrument panel.

I seen that done and I considered going that rout but the air path is a little tricky. The other issue is finding or at least modifying vents to fit that shape

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quote Originally posted by Cajun Road Warrior: You mean this old thing? It's just another of one of my 80's things. 1988 Chevy

What are the scoops? Are they something you can get from Summit or Jegs?

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quote Originally posted by dremu: What are the scoops? Are they something you can get from Summit or Jegs? -- A

I bought those on ebay I think back in 2011

Looks close to fitting.

https://www.aliexpress.com/...40830026124847_5&s=p
spinning 12.8" screen and it might fit. Automatic my hand would go through it in manual.

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This one looks like it will cover up the hole without cutting a thing. Screen is hight adjustable up and down. Holes on back.
Also thinking it could sit behind factory bezel buttons would be accessable and might look better than any install if the case.
then i see

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If you do not want to cut up your center console, there is a much quicker alternative available. I use a single DIN pop up screen in the standard location and it includes all of the goodies (Bluetooth, NAV, rear camera, DVD player, etc.). Use the commercial adapter kit to go from the 1.5 DIN to the 1.0 DIN slot.



Nelson

I have a manual with custom short shifter and i cannot use a pop out screen no room. I am also buying a 10 inch android for the other car in first post and adding another 2 screens. I have 1. 5 din adapter so if i not like it will it it in fiero. But the chinese brand "Joying" has every screen size you can think of as a hight adjustable car stereo. I have never seen so many options for screen size.

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1.5 din bolt in. i bought a couple of car stereos this week so have been on look out for what fits same time.

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