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An Exotic Adventure,..the Rebirth of Choptop #4 ! by exoticse
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Report this Post06-16-2011 12:07 PM Click Here to See the Profile for exoticseSend a Private Message to exoticseEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post



Hey Choptop, good to hear from you !

Yes i had considered it and Dean was going to build me one, but i changed my mind and decided to go with the regular fiero bumper with the ledge (hehehe).

I am going to replace the old outdated rear reflectors and add a custom, exotic looking diffuser of some sort. Stock, but sulper tweeked.
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Report this Post06-21-2011 04:31 PM Click Here to See the Profile for exoticseSend a Private Message to exoticseEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Picked up a pair of these for #4 !

RX-8 side mirrors.



Acknowledgement to FerociousGTO for being the first fiero enthusiast to incoporate and perfect this particular mirror modification (below).





Just in case anyone else was interested in doing this mod, i have a third RX-8 mirror i will not be using that i will be happy to sell.

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That mirror looks nice on there! Hmm... Giving me ideas like that while my car is sitting at Deans shop next to yours.. Shame on you! LOL
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Originally posted by Kilofox13:

That mirror looks nice on there! Hmm... Giving me ideas like that while my car is sitting at Deans shop next to yours.. Shame on you! LOL


Yes Tony... shame on you!!! You are making us spend more money! LOL
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That mirror looks nice on there! Hmm... Giving me ideas like that while my car is sitting at Deans shop next to yours.. Shame on you! LOL

I agree those look good. I might have to use them on my wife's build.

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Report this Post06-25-2011 05:52 PM Click Here to See the Profile for exoticseSend a Private Message to exoticseEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Whooohooo !

My mirrors arrived today ! Darn do they look good !! Wow.

More parts on order !

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BTW, I think the RX-8 mirrors look HAWT on a modded Fiero, such as Dave's. I'm not just saying that because I did the RX-8 mirror install on Dave's car, either. I really do like the look.

If you need any help, let me know. Or are you going to have Dean do the install?
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BTW, I think the RX-8 mirrors look HAWT on a modded Fiero, such as Dave's. I'm not just saying that because I did the RX-8 mirror install on Dave's car, either. I really do like the look.



The actual goodies.







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Going up to see my baby at the end of the month !

Dean check your PM.
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Looking good man !

 
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Going up to see my baby at the end of the month !

Dean check your PM.


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I have found my wheels !!!

The wheels will likely be 19 x 8.5 up front with a 20 x 11 setup in the back. Rear lip will be at least 4", maybe even more.

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I cant wait until we FINALLY get finished with atleast one Fiero...
Still workin pn mine too..

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Going up to see my baby at the end of the month !

Dean check your PM.


Tony,
Are you going to be at the open house?
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Tony,
Are you going to be at the open house?
Paul


Unfortunatly i will be up the week before.

Unless a fellow CFF member drives up also i will likely miss the open house.
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Originally posted by exoticse:

I have found my wheels !!!

The wheels will likely be 19 x 8.5 up front with a 20 x 11 setup in the back. Rear lip will be at least 4", maybe even more.



PM me a link, it will make those calculations easier.

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PM me a link, it will make those calculations easier.

A


Done

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Unfortunatly i will be up the week before.

Unless a fellow CFF member drives up also i will likely miss the open house.



That’s a bummer was looking forward to hanging out and talking chop tops

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Those are hottt! You are making me consider them. Darn it!!!!

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The actual goodies.











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Report this Post07-15-2011 11:12 PM Click Here to See the Profile for exoticseSend a Private Message to exoticseEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post

Ordered some of the mini-cooper side marker lights this past week and to my surprise the company never responded to my order !!

I got a response from Amazon that the company has not acted on the order in a certain amount of time so the transaction got cancelled. Arrrrgh !!

Maybe my piddly order was not worth their time ? Then why advertise the items ???

I guess it is back to ebay to find a set.
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Nice mirrors.
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I put Konig 18's on mine. Everyone seems to like em

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about 1.5 but they really stand out. The slaesmen from discount tire said 19's wouldnt fit, but im sure they could.
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about 1.5 but they really stand out. The slaesmen from discount tire said 19's wouldnt fit, but im sure they could.


Koenig Unknowns - I had those on my Solstice for a while...


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I put Konig 18's on mine. Everyone seems to like em





Was this posted in the wrong thread? I don't get the post Tony will need custom wheels with the wide body kit
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Was this posted in the wrong thread? I don't get the post Tony will need custom wheels with the wide body kit


i already have my wheels picked out, they are custom 3 piece wheels that IMO are bad to the bone hehehe,

Only a couple people have seen my choice and i am going to keep it secret until they are in my hands.

Unfortunately i can't really order them until all the bodywork is done and precise measurements made so they fit like i want them to.
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Tony

These are the ones I am looking at from bonspeed



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NICE! I am looking forward to seeing you this next week.
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NICE! I am looking forward to seeing you this next week.
D.


Ditto, it has been awhile !

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Got to visit with dean and #4 today, had a great time ! More pics and details later.
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Got to visit with dean and #4 today, had a great time ! More pics and details later.


Awesome!!! Please post pictures. I can't wait for the open house, I'm going
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Awesome!!! Please post pictures. I can't wait for the open house, I'm going


Don't want to post too much and spoil the open house, hehehe.

Anyway my main purpose of the visit was to sit down with Dean and go over some stuff for #4.

Let me tell you i thought Orlando traffic was a beast, ....it is a joke compared to Atlanta traffic,...WOW.

In fact right before i got to Dean's shop there was a pretty ugly rollover wreck.





The troopers are no joke in Georgia either, those guys were everywhere ! They looked like they were playing video games standing on the side of the road picking off cars !

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Was not hard to find Dean's shop, thank god for navigation (what the heck did we do before ??).



When i first walked up the front offices were all dark and it looked like the place was closed and i was like huh ??

Then some guys from Atlanta performance stepped out of the shadows hehe and walked me to the back and thru the shop door and Wham,..now we were talking ! Music was cranking and whodeanie and crew were hard at work.







The shop is HUGE !

Hung out first in the work area with all the lifts, and tools, then Dean took me over to the other side,..and WOW it was like candy land !



just a sneak peek for you guys going to the open house. So many cool projects gong on.

Now about #4,........

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Thanks Tony!

For not showing all the good stuff… I can wait a few more days

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Found #4 snuggled back in a corner next to Dean's own lambo roadster and FierociousGT's widebody choptop.



from there Dean showed me the engine swap and a couple other things like the frontal battery relocation.



One of the things i had been unsure on was the hood scoop, but a closer in person inspection, erased all doubts !





I am really, really not a hood scoop type person, but trust me it looks way better in person than it does in pics, and Whodeanie and i discussed ways to make it flow with the car perfectly.

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Among the many other mods we mapped out were the installation of the RX-8 style mirrors like Dave has here on his widebody choptop.



a side by side comparison of the stock ones and the RX-8 mirrors.



The RX-8 mirrors look absolutely amazing on a fiero, so much more modern and complimentary.
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The widebody rockers going on #4.

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a little noise.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...mfu_in_order&list=UL


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Fell in love with these wheels at a Supercar rally in Orlando today.



They are Vellano wheels, and very, very similar (different brand) to the ones i have picked out.



The only thing on this particular brand, the owner said he has had clear coat problems and has had to send the wheels back three times for recoating !!



Still they were totally drool worthy and the best looking wheels at the gathering IMO.

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