Fiero parts sources (Page 1/1)
damittron JUN 28, 03:11 PM
I am looking for a source for new parts for Fieros. I know, lot's of people will mention The Fiero Store, nope, not for me. Rodney, yep, happy to use him, any others? I know it's hard to find a place that is Fiero Focused, so if you know of places that are a dependable source, whether or not they are Fiero Focused, I would like to hear about them. Maybe (if it hasn't been done already) we could put a list, and maintain it, in the How-To/FAQ section?

TIA,

D.
johnt671 JUN 28, 04:11 PM
The Mall section, The Fiero Factory.
fierofrenzy JUN 29, 10:35 AM
Humm....The Fiero Store, not for you ? With Fiero's on the list to extinction, having a business dedicated to keeping our cars up and running in this day and age it something to be very thankful for. With 129 pages of parts in their catalog, as Tony the Tiger would say, their "great". At least in my opinion. Maybe someday you may want to reconsider....
....But, if you do seek elsewhere, the above listed along with the Mall on here.
I would also STRONGLY recommend "Handymanpat" . I've done a bunch of business with him. Being he's from Texas, his parts are as close to brand new as you can find. His prices are good too, and he's also just a downright nice guy. He has alot of the rarer 88 stuff too . He also knows a guy who has 14 Fieros on his property. Wow ! So if Pat don't have it, he can probably get it for you.
Finally, you can brose Cragislist. I did once for a couple of hours. I just punched random locations all along the east coast ( the part of the country I'm from ) and came across alot of people selling Fiero parts. One or two with a huge amount of parts.
I've found everything I've ever needed thru a combination of the above merntioned. I certainly hope the same for you. Good luck !
Dennis LaGrua JUN 29, 10:36 AM
Rock Auto still sells some mechanical parts, eBay sometimes has a few and there are a few parts dealers like Fiero Jon Miller, and Wayne Renninger that have a big selection. If you advertise in the mall, you are bound to find some interesting stuff there as well but the Fiero Store has many reproduced parts that you won't find elsewhere.

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fierofool JUN 29, 11:02 AM
You can also find Fiero parts at PartsGeek.Com PartsTrain.Com PartsDirect.Com RockAuto.Com and sometimes at SummitRacing.Com.

They aren't new parts but there's also Todd Weikal at The Fiero Farm in N. Charleston, SC, formerly of Missouri. todd "at" weikal dot net. Southern cars and like HandymanPat, super nice and helpful.
hyperv6 JUN 29, 12:15 PM
Well if you want new parts the generic GM parts bin parts are everywhere.

But if you want new Fiero specific parts you have 4 choices. Love em or hate em the Fiero Store. We should be great full to have them. Few others are willing to invest in a limited market car as they do.

Rodney is the king of quality and specialty. We all should send him a Christmas card every year thanking him for his efforts.

Third is E bay. It is a crap shoot but if you visit regularly in time you find your NOS part of need there.

Swap meets. It may take time and travel but occasionally I will find something at one.

My best advice is to buy the lowest mile best condition car you can afford. In the long run you will have a better car with less invested. The Fiero has a great lack of resto parts and I expect it may not improve much. It is not like a Camaro where you can build a complete car from restoration parts.

In the future I expect to see some Fieros worth more parted out than sold as a whole car. Lack of parts leads to this even on high dollar cars like a Dusenburg or Ferrari.

The small home vendors are a help but so many of them struggle to last.
fierosound JUN 29, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by hyperv6:

My best advice is to buy the lowest mile best condition car you can afford.
In the long run you will have a better car with less invested.
The Fiero has a great lack of resto parts and I expect it may not improve much.
It is not like a Camaro where you can build a complete car from restoration parts.



Agreed.
Many people have started with a $500 "fixer upper" and spent way more than a "mint" car would have cost.

Prices on low mileage cars are going way up.
https://www.hemmings.com/cl...delFacet%5b%5d=Fiero

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IMSA GT JUN 29, 12:33 PM
It's a standard old Chevy V6 so parts can be found brand new on multiple websites or as mentioned, Autozone, O'reilleys, and others. As far as interior parts, I would simply buy used parts and respray them to match the interior.
And to answer fierofrenzy, yes, most of us will never use Fiero Store for one reason or another.

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hyperv6 JUN 29, 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by fierosound:


Agreed.
Many people have started with a $500 "fixer upper" and spent way more than a "mint" car would have cost.

Prices on low mileage cars are going way up.
https://www.hemmings.com/cl...delFacet%5b%5d=Fiero





Oh the money pit stories I have seen Fiero and otherwise.

Yes prices are up but a good clean GT at $12k is cheap in the collector car market. The days of really good $2k cars are pretty rare anymore.

Even doing the work yourself you still end up with a patched up car with a ton of labor in it.

The first thing I do looking at any Fiero is pull the carpet on the left corner of the trunk. So many are rotted away there. If it is good odds are the rest is solid.

But then you need to look inside. The engine is an easy fix but finding good interior parts is down right difficult or expensive.

Even with more repo parts cars like a GTO etc can be expensive to restore right. Often you can find a very good restored and documented Goat for less than a restore.

The collector car market has changed and when the stock market is good prices on cars drop. When it slows they go up as people direct their money away from the market. Now is a good time to buy.
damittron JUN 29, 06:16 PM

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Originally posted by hyperv6:

Well if you want new parts the generic GM parts bin parts are everywhere.

But if you want new Fiero specific parts you have 4 choices. Love em or hate em the Fiero Store. We should be great full to have them. Few others are willing to invest in a limited market car as they do.

Rodney is the king of quality and specialty. We all should send him a Christmas card every year thanking him for his efforts.

Third is E bay. It is a crap shoot but if you visit regularly in time you find your NOS part of need there.

Swap meets. It may take time and travel but occasionally I will find something at one.

My best advice is to buy the lowest mile best condition car you can afford. In the long run you will have a better car with less invested. The Fiero has a great lack of resto parts and I expect it may not improve much. It is not like a Camaro where you can build a complete car from restoration parts.

In the future I expect to see some Fieros worth more parted out than sold as a whole car. Lack of parts leads to this even on high dollar cars like a Dusenburg or Ferrari.

The small home vendors are a help but so many of them struggle to last.



My story has been told here, but here is part of it again. I ended up with a 1987 GT that had 983 miles on it. It has 1370 on it now. It was stored in a garage for over 20 years, but it still had some issues. Mice moved in anywhere they could, so there was a lot of clean up involved with that. I don't trust rubber stuffs that have been sitting around for that long, so I replaced all of that stuff.

My issues with the Fiero Store have been discussed as well, so I won't go into that again. Let's just say, they will be my last resort, and only for parts I don't need quickly or parts that are easy to get to in order to replace (i.e., not going to buy any internal engine parts, or parts that are hard to remove in the first place). Rodney will have my business as long as he is making/selling parts. His stuff has proven to be very well made and he does exactly what he says he will.

I have been working on older cars most of my life, and I am over 50. I am used to dealing with companies like FCP Euro, they give a lifetime warranty on ALL parts, including normal wear parts, like brake pads. You wear it out? Send it back to them, and they will replace it. They tell you what they will do, and they do it. NAPA has been an awesome resource as well, at least in the Dallas area. They either have the parts, or can get them within a couple of days.

This is my first GM vehicle to restore, so I am at a little bit of a disadvantage, but I am having fun with it!

D.