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DKcustoms
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APR 18, 01:48 PM
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Everyday a little more progress.
Now, the car is half silver, body panels from my 86 SE Aero, and still half white from the formula body.
Also some new sail panels courtesy of Grabber Green that should be going in soon
(new vs old)
 [This message has been edited by DKcustoms (edited 04-18-2015).]
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DKcustoms
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MAY 06, 02:28 PM
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These pictures were a few weeks ago, while I was taking body panels off and cleaning and painting the frame
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DKcustoms
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MAY 16, 04:51 PM
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Then I moved onto the front bumper/fenders.
Got the frame all cleaned up and painted, this picture shows before any paint.
Looking a lot better with all the silver aero body panels instead of the white, dirty, moldy Formula ones that had no clear coat left.
As the car sits right now, only the hood and decklid need to be put on, but the decklid will stay off until the motor swap is done, and the hood will stay off until I clean up the front compartment.
Will be swapping over the best of the interior parts Monday or Tuesday when I get home (the benefits of having 2 cars with the same color interiors!!).
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DKcustoms
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JUN 01, 08:52 PM
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Need to get some up-to-date pictures but,
Just ordered my Spec Stage 3+ Clutch, SC883F
for the 3800 and the Fiero 5 Speed Getrag.
Was able to find it for $449.10 on tunersports.com
instead of the $499.00 that Spec was asking.
Hopefully things go together soon.
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DKcustoms
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JUN 15, 06:17 PM
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This is how she looks today.
Need to glue the suede I bought to the headliner (toughened the weak spots with fiberglass resin) then put the pillar trim back together.
The front sits about 2 inches higher than the rear.
I have new koni coilovers for the rear, as well as kyb shocks and 1.5inch lowering springs for the front that will need to be put on soon.
Current project is dropping the tank to put in the fuel pump for the 3800 and new SS fuel lines, as well as cleaning and painting the tank and bottom of the car.
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DKcustoms
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AUG 17, 08:49 PM
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Unfortunately I had to scrap the 86 on Saturday.
I did save everything worth saving beforehand and that I could remove at the scrap yard.
The car only had 3 wheels, as the front passenger assembly was removed and put on a different crossmember when I thought I would have this car forever. So for that reason I thought I would be at the scrapyard forever trying to get the car off of my trailer. As you can see in the video, it came off quite a bit easier than I expected.
If I had known that that was an option for removing the car beforehand, I would have brought the tools with me to save the rear cradle, as it looked like a reproduction piece and was in immaculate shape with polybushings....
Supposedly these cars are 2740 pounds stock, this one was less than 1600 when I scrapped it, just to give you an idea of how much stuff I saved from this car.
Scrapping my 86 Video  [This message has been edited by DKcustoms (edited 08-17-2015).]
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DKcustoms
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SEP 10, 02:13 PM
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Finally getting around to updating this thread
The 88 had a knock when I got it, ended up shooting a rod through the block
That was back in March.
Just removed the motor this Labor Day, the 7th.
And of course the obligatory standing in the engine bay shot.
Got the bay degreased, going to start wire brushing and painting soon in preparation of putting in the 3800
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DKcustoms
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OCT 24, 12:04 AM
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Took out the spare tire tub in order to put in the Fiero Store's new Stainless steel brake lines.
But due to that annoying bracket on top of the crossmember, as well as quite a bit
more rust on the crossmember than I was expecting, I dropped the entire front suspension
Gonna be cleaning and painting this entire section
Frame rails looking pretty
The old crossmember:
I'll put up the new one once I bolt in the new upper control arm
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DKcustoms
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NOV 09, 05:30 PM
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Seeing how I've switched to an 88, it was necessary to find the torque specs for the 88, obviously.
Front suspension (only torqued once the suspension was fully compressed, will check after a few hundred miles)
I neglected to take a picture before installation, but we've got all new:
TFS powdercoated crossmember
sway bar end links- RD zero lash
poly bushings
TFS ball joints
KYB shocks
lowering springs
TFS inner and outer tie rods
Might be forgetting something, but its all new
In the process of installing new SS brake lines now, just the rears left.
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DKcustoms
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FEB 22, 09:41 PM
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Been working, slowly but surely on the car, but here is a small update
First, I rebuilt, cleaned, painted, and everything else you can imagine to the rear calipers, they are essentially brand new with the exception of the parking brake springs
After
Then I moved on to the fronts, but with a 3800 going out back and track time in the future, the stock Fiero brakes wouldn't cut it...
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