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mera7
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JUN 22, 07:17 PM
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rak... jimmys automotive in windsor canada does not have 308 panels, they have 328 panels. they called me a while back for 308 specific stuff. they wanted a 308 front clip, and 308 rear clip. 328 and 308 doors, hood, and rear deck are the same though. their 328 front clip minus hood and headlight covers was 3500.00 or something like that. and they dont have headlight cover molds, they wanted me to make them some of those too. it turns out shipping large parts like that from us to canada is troublesome with customs. brokerage fees make it very very expensive. cost inhibitive actually. but you are welcome to call them, they are nice people.
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mera7
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JUN 22, 07:22 PM
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rak from the pics you posted it looks like you need a front bumper, a rear bumper, a rear lower valance, and headlight covers. also a reverse clear light. i have spare mera/ford reverse lights and i can make all of the other components from my mera molds but im not cheap. you would be better off trying to source the parts from ebay or kitcar.com or the likes of. if you dont find them then try me as a last resort. thanks, mike in oklahoma
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mera7
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JUN 23, 01:34 AM
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rak please let me clarify something... i am sorry if i sound like a complete a$$ but my parts are meant for the mera specific community. i will sell to the aftermarket fiero 308 community but at a premium. my time is spent mostly on my family and pro monster trucks. thanks, mike
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hnthomps
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JUN 23, 01:58 AM
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For a bumper, try Paul Angel (Tha Angel) on the forum. He should be able to help you with this and possibly some other parts.
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mera7
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JUN 23, 03:55 AM
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i think rodney sells front bumpers too.
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Fiero-in-Paradise
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JUN 23, 04:30 AM
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Dano..thanks for the measurements! I'll see what I can come up with. LOL...will need to waiting until I get back to work. I'm on leave, but busy with house projects. This am, went to change just one stupid sprinkler head. Apparently the previous house owner or whoever installed it, GLUED it into the pipe. So, what should have been like a 15 min job, turned out to be most of the day...digging down to the pipe, and under, so I could cut it, and install a correct, threaded T so the sprinkler head could be screwed to it. I should have wore a t-shirt...I now have a nice tank top tan.
Rick, no problem on the parts! I think that headlight switch thing was a F/S repro. I was looking at the Mera last night, and the type is much better/clearer than the repro...almost looks like painted on. Yep...door sills on the long-range radar.
Hey Mike, did not mean to slight you. I knew you were able to provide the panels, just weren't sure how willing you were so I did not mention you. Well dang, the last time I talked with "xxxx" (can't remember her name) at Jimmy's, she said they did carry 308 panels that would also fit the Mera. Oh well.
Okay guys, don't flame me too hard, but I saw this ad for a 1998 Z28 SS and thinking seriously about doing a trade-in with the Mera.
http://honolulu.craigslist..../ctd/1804612303.html
Jeez...the car just looks fast sitting there! HIGHLY tempting, for sure![This message has been edited by Fiero-in-Paradise (edited 06-23-2010).]
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mera7
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JUN 23, 06:45 AM
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hey tom, your fine.... no problems here. 
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GMplastic
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JUN 23, 09:32 AM
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This is a fascinating thread. Here is a picture of my Mera. It is fun to drive, with the MAJOR drawback of being absolutely the worst cop-magnet that I have ever owned. It is in storage so far this year because I've been too busy with house repairs and taking care of LaFierte's & Yellow87FieroGT's (my two sons) cars to do anything to my own.
I need to repair some stress cracks around the headlights and just above the bumper, then do a repaint of the front end. The rest of the car is in pretty good shape. It's an 88 with 49k miles on it, 5 speed,
serial # 85.
The only mods I've done are SS exhaust, ported exhaust ports, Rodney Dickman short shifter. The rest of the mods (cosmetic stuff like bumpers and badges) were on it when I bought it several years ago.
Last fall I drove it up to a neighboring town that is about 15 miles away. A county sheriff deputy followed me from about a mile from my house, all the way to the NAPA parking lot, sat there and waited for me to come out. I waved at him. I think he got a real good look at all my gray hair and decided I that I was probably closely-enough in touch with my mortality that I wasn't going to do anything rash, so he left.
Then my son and me were out for a drive in it, a white van cut us off at an intersection. I thought we were in for a car jacking, so my foot was on the clutch and it was it first gear...ready to do a doughnut and get out of there. So a guy jumps out of the van with a camera, stands right in front of us and starts taking pictures....RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC!
....so it doesn't get driven a lot.
The GT's that I own are as much fun to drive without the "cop magnet" and "celebrity" hassles. But the Mera always makes a trip worth remembering.
~~Dan aka GMplastic------------------
Gold '87 GT, Black '87 GT, Black '88 Mera, 64 Stingray coupe, '01 Corvette coupe, '03 Corvette coupe & caretaker of son's Yellow '87 GT, & Other son's Red '86 GT,
General tinkerer and doer of mechanical deeds
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reholmes
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JUN 23, 10:29 AM
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Fiero-in-Paradise
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JUN 23, 02:31 PM
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Hi Dan, welcome! LOL...you got way too many toys!
Are you going to fix that spiderweb yourself? I have the same thing going on near the headlights. Please post pics if you're doing it yourself. What brand of exhaust system did you go with, and did you have any problems removing the manifolds (i.e., broken bolts)?
Thanks,
Tom
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