mini wide body (Page 4/20) 2.5 FEB 27, 09:31 AM quote Originally posted by bjc 350: .. Then the custom nose, .. Whats the idea for custom nose? Have some sketches? Curious. dajack761 FEB 27, 09:53 AM quote Originally posted by bjc 350: Finally , the tail light panel is pretty much in a finished state. Awaiting arrival of WEB Electric sequential controllers for the lights. I have the blind nut mounts ready to epoxy in place to hold the panel in,and that should finish up this area. I will likely move on to the custom nose, now. It may be slow going since we are going to Texas for a family wedding. That looks cool man. dajack761 FEB 27, 09:55 AM quote Originally posted by bjc 350: Finally , the tail light panel is pretty much in a finished state. Awaiting arrival of WEB Electric sequential controllers for the lights. I have the blind nut mounts ready to epoxy in place to hold the panel in,and that should finish up this area. I will likely move on to the custom nose, now. It may be slow going since we are going to Texas for a family wedding. That looks cool man. Macs86GT FEB 27, 02:57 PM I have to say this is one of those looks that is so different it takes time to grow on ya. Liking it much more now that its coming together. bjc 350 FEB 28, 12:39 AM The basis will be something like "My Idea" pictured below,but less of a beak and a quicker slope, on the center nose area. Hard to explain, we will have to wait and see. The driving lights will likely be replaced with LED strip/turn/park/ signal lights. The lower park lights will be eliminated and that will likely be a brake duct area. No rubber air dam and a more enhanced splitter look. We just have to wait until the foams starts flying! No drawings, the best i can say is the image is in my head. Sometimes thats good, sometimes not so good. You can see the center of the nose (beak) sticks out a little too far. bjc 350 MAR 30, 12:11 PM I'm back from Texas holiday, but I must have enjoyed it too much. The reason being, I just had my first hernia repaired at the ripe age of 69 years. Went all these years, no problem, and a late night Wheelbarrow race must have put a little too much strain on the body. You know, load your wife in one barrow while your 27 year old nephew loads his wife in another wheelbarrow and off around the yard you go. Didn't feel a thing until two days later. Another week or so, and I can start light duty stuff on the project. One good thing, the wife is mowing the lawn for a while! I will be back at it soon. bjc 350 APR 13, 01:11 AM I'm still recuperating from the hernia fixed two weeks ago today. But I did get a new headliner made up and into my other 88 GT and made up a second headliner for the future. But, as pertains to this project, I finally made up the Mr. Mike's seats I had purchased off the Mall back in Nov/2010, from Paul Vargyas. Well, they have been in the packing box for a looong time and it was pretty hard to install this set. I've done two other MIke's seats and this was the toughest. The seat on the left turned out OK. The one on the right, I really stuffed the bolsters, but used the old seat cover foam, per instructions, on the back and it seems to have left it a little loose. I may take the back off, and add some foam to the seatback area. I started today to reassemble the interior with new carpet. This was the first 88 carpet I have removed, and it has a moulded foam back which fits really well. I've been debating whether to install the new gray carpets over the old as some people do. The new carpet set I have does not have near the padding that the factory ones have. Anyway, attached is a picture of the seat progress. tonycampbell86gt APR 13, 09:12 AM Very nice work! Ya got skills, man! I love to see when someone's vision comes to life. What are you going to do with the wheels, keep whats on it, or something new? Tony bjc 350 APR 13, 12:42 PM Tony, glad you like the project so far- it takes a little getting used to, for some. I'm using the wheels and tires I had purchased for an 85 that was since sold with different wheels that the buyer liked better. These are Discount Tire specials and only came with the multi lug , which I don't like. However, since this is a sort of a "budget" build I will use these, only having a few hundred miles on them. They are 17x7 with 225/45-17 tires and not staggeed as they should be for an 88. The rears are offset to the outside with 1" spacers. I know, spacers = Not Good. Attached is a pic of the wheel type. bjc 350 APR 15, 03:07 PM I installed the aftermarket carpets and the Mr. Mikes seats yesterday. I purchased both these items from the original purchasers, so I don't know the brand of the carpets. They had the recycled pad back and not a lot of it. But, they actually went in really well, being very form fitting compared to a set I had previously installed in another car. They are not too plush, but look good installed. I used some 1/2" J.C. Whitney foil faced pading to supplement where there was no pad. Likley won't be as quiet as the foam form fitting pad on the 88 carpet. That was a good feature compared to the carpet in the earlier Fiero's. A few pictures of the nearly reinstalled interior. Not necessarily the color combinations I would choose, but the pricing was right.