quote Originally posted by RCR: Question for Mera, 308/328 clones and Stinger bodies: Does the hood normally sit so high above the rear fender line? No wonder the window gets small. I'm thinking of ways to drop the hood more even with the tops of the fenders. Thoughts? Am I nuts?

The angle of your deck lid doesn't look right, but yes, the deck lid does sit higher than the fender line. That's true even for the Fiero body though. I think it's an inescapable design issue simply because the Fiero's upper rear frame rails kick up quite a bit higher than the line created by the top of the door. On the Fiero (as with the 308 bodies), that difference in height is masked by the sail panels.



I don't think it needs to be all that high, but in so doing, it creates the "reversed chop top" look. For comparison's sake, there's only 5-1/2" of the rear window that shows above the deck lid on my Stinger kit. Maybe someone with a Mera or Mera clone will chime in with the same dimension on their car.





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quote Originally posted by fierocarparts: Bob, Found door handles with mods. Hopefully I can get them shipped out today. If not, it will be June.

Thanx Steve.

Made some dust today. Doing things a bit...different..

I'm kind of partial to the hood mods I started a while ago using Rockcrawl's vent.
So, I started by peeling off the 308 skin from the hood beneath.



Then I proceeded to cut out the center. I want to mount it flush to the hood's uder support, without the Fiero skin in there.
It will also make it lighter.





Then I removed the skin and started fitting it.



I've got some more crazy ideas floating around that I want to try.

Bob

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quote Originally posted by RCR: Question for Mera, 308/328 clones and Stinger bodies: Does the hood normally sit so high above the rear fender line?

Yes, it will be quite a bit higher. In this picture you can see the MERA offset hinge bracket that shifts the decklid mounting up almost the spacing of the holes.

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quote Originally posted by ericjon262: did I miss something? are you ditching your custom nose?

I had the opportunity to do the whole shebang, which is what I've always wanted to do. Front facia is not dead, though.



Just a thought...

Bob

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