At what point should it be tossed? (Page 1/1)
skywurz NOV 22, 05:34 PM
So like some around here I have amassed a collection of parts from taking apart the unfortunate Fiero or three. I have a bit of space but it is not limitless or multiple acers that i can squrrel something away and forget.

My question is at what point are some of these parts not worth keeping/saving? Some of them can be patched or repaired with fiberglass but at what point is it not worth it?

For example today i took off a roof... And i cant ever seem to get them off in one piece.


Now part of me says it can be fiberglassed. The other part says its trash won't ever fit right and will leak.

Then we have the parts that have cracked over the years or the rivet couldn't be removed.



Or the parts that got caught up in dum dum and cracked but could be glued and nobody will ever see it


I know this is a subjective question i just hope to get some opinions.
fieroguru NOV 22, 06:38 PM
Fiero parts are still cheap, so if will take hours to repair (which will cost more than buying an undamaged part), then toss it.
sourmash NOV 22, 07:06 PM
A solid roof can be harder to locate than a sunroof one, so maybe that makes a difference in saving?
skywurz NOV 22, 07:08 PM

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Originally posted by fieroguru:

Fiero parts are still cheap, so if will take hours to repair (which will cost more than buying an undamaged part), then toss it.



Good point. I guess if its a part that is still mostly available and the time to fix is less than the hassle and cost of a undamaged/less damaged one it should go.

I just hate taking them apart and like to save as much as i can.
skywurz NOV 22, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by sourmash:

A solid roof can be harder to locate than a sunroof one, so maybe that makes a difference in saving?



This seems true for some reason. I have a solid roof in about 4 parts over in the body parts pile. (Those a pillars suck) I was thinking id keep it just incase because its not a part people would think to save. This sunroof roof is just too damaged... But i have one more sun roof car... Perhaps ill get lucky.

It has been one of those thoughts, if i need this will it be less damaged than mine (the one that was on my car that was damaged for some unforeseen reason) or some other poor soul who had someone jump up and down on the roof during a riot and fell through. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Awalker W02 NOV 24, 01:32 PM
So I save everything but I also have the capability and space to save everything. I will take those broken pats cut them all up and make some pretty interring builds.
My fav is the wide body. Over laying fenders with each other and widening out the car.

Another in I took a junk bumper which had the lover portion broke and added the lower portion of another junk bumper.
And boom custom front end.


I was working on another project with scrap parts but my plans changed a little ways through it. But I was taking a c4 corvette back glass and making a hatch with the style of the 1990 concept in mind.

Now that I just picked up another car it might come back

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skywurz NOV 24, 01:46 PM

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Originally posted by Awalker W02:

So I save everything but I also have the capability and space to save everything. I will take those broken pats cut them all up and make some pretty interring builds.
My fav is the wide body. Over laying fenders with each other and widening out the car.

Another in I took a junk bumper which had the lover portion broke and added the lower portion of another junk bumper.
And boom custom front end.





Actually you just reminded my why i should not toss this 87/88 front bumper. I actually have part of one I got from CC Rider. He explained a neat mod that i want to try. Basically you cut at the aero seam flip it over an match up with the bumper.
Australian DEC 10, 02:38 AM
I would look at second hand and importing or just glass it up and bondo it. I just don't have luxury of finding parts with ease.