quote Originally posted by ZarZ: I like the project name, I'm sure Derpy approves. I'm more of a Vinyl person. Always liked the scoobys also but lived and bled DSM for a while. Glad too see another 88 being restored vs. parted. Keep posting!

:P Love me some pon3! Thanks a lot!

quote Originally posted by Prinz: Hi There!.. You mentioned being excited about seeing two '88 GTs (Yours and your Uncles')in north Jersey at the same time... I have two in Pequannock, NJ... We should get together sometime and go for a drive... There'd be four!.. Prinz '88 GT 2.8 Turbo '88 GT 3800SC

Heck yeah man we should! I go to shows all the time, Whisky Cafe, Bear Mountain, ect. I think I am gonna go to Carlisle this year too, a convoy sounds like a fun idea!

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Check out the factory rims and tires I got!!! They only have 30K on them and they look BRAND NEW!!! According to the RPO code under the hood, these are the ones that belong on the car. I like them wayyy more than the American Racing "astrella" or whatever the rims were called that the PO had installed on the car.


The car really looks great at 10 feet away. I can't wait until paint... Whenever that will be... More important stuff first... It runs great right now, got a slight exhaust leak at the joint of the cat off the down pipe that I need to weld up one of these days and most importantly I want to take the deck lid off soon and assess/remove the rust and put some thick undercoat on there it so I never have to worry about if it's got cancer ever again!
In the coming weeks, the interior is FINALLY going in. Carlisle is coming up fast... Procrastinating is also one of my hobbies haha

I also ordered tail light lenses from Slammed, If they ever show up they will be installed ASAP. Got my Embrace Racing LED kit all soldered up, wired and ready to go...

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I did a lot of stuff in the last week!

Check out what I got done!

First off I did the temp gauge rewire to stop the needle from pegging. I cut the wires and spliced in extra wire so it looks pretty.



Second I replaced the driver side door handle; a black one, so it matches the passenger side (replaced it when I first got the car because it was broken!). It was a fiasco because I found out that the pins that mount the door handle were too skinny and short for the replacement self tapping nuts The Fiero Store sells. I called up Doorman and they say they mount to the car with 7mm self tapping nuts... NOPE! I had to improvise the mounting bolts and came up with this solution:

I stacked four flat washers under a regular M6-100 nut and tightened it up, tight, but not too tight; just enough. Hopefully they hold up... well see! If they don't, the real solution is a size of self tapping nut that is SMALLER than 6.3mm. I ordered a box of them and even they are too big, so I at least have an idea of where to go next if the improvised solution fails.

Third, I lubed the crap out of the window motors and all the moving parts. They are like rocket ships now!!! I lubed every single moving part with HHS-K spray grease (the spray that we used at my old dealership for sunroof lubrication, fixed many a squeaks for me) Stand by for a video, Ill record one tomorrow or something.

Fourth, and most importantly, I received and installed Slammed's GT lens repair kit with the Embrace Racing LED Tail light kit...





OLD SET ALREADY ON CAR


OLD (origional) SET; RESTORED








FINISHED





For more information on the tail light lens installation, check out my install thread here!

I know I keep saying it, but I reallllllly have to get the interior done soon... It's all sitting patiently in my basement waiting!


My "to do" list before Carlisle this coming June:
New interior installed,
Finish sound deadening
stereo mounted permanently
Fix catalytic converter leak (defiantly not removing it and re installing my strait pipe, nope definitely not doing that!)

Stay tuned...

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So on Thursday as I was driving my 44 ounce iced coffee took a spill all over the place. I was NOT happy, but I knew what it was time for...

After a year of procrastinating and accumulating parts, the interior is finally going in. WOOO!

I drove up to my uncle's house, he said he would give me a hand. I did a lot of stuff to his Fiero, so he said it was the least he can do.

Here is what I did last night (Friday)

• Preped new seats for install
  
• Painted and lubed up seat tracks
  
• Removed old seats
  
• Removed carpets
  
• Removed interior trim
  
• Removed headliner
  
• Removed stereo system
  
• Separated bottom of carpet rubber stuff from old carpet

Today, we got an early start and got tons (did I mention tons) of stuff done today before the rain!!!

• Replaced faulty subwoofer RCA cable
  
• Re upholstered headliner with black suede. (AMAZING LOOKING)
  
• Laid and duct taped carpet rubber stuff to the floor
  
• Installed and trimmed to fit new carpet (PITA)
  
• Cleaned up and Plasti-dipped all "surrounds"
  
• Installed new shifter boot and parking brake boot from Russ
  
• Permanently wired up and mounted the stereo system

Then it started raining.

Unfortunately, I didn't get an installed stereo shot since it was pouring by the time we got it all buttoned up. It didn't help the speaker wires all got mixed up and had to play around to make sure each speaker was plugged into the correct channel on the amp!

Have some some pictures!

Old:





Stuff:







Doesn't everyone use a 2001 Mercedes CLK320 as a workbench? (It has a blown engine and is going to the junkyard)













That's all the pictures I got to take before it started raining. Stand by, tomorrow it's getting finished. I also am going to install the strait pipe if I'm feeling saucy!

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Ugh. What an exhausting weekend... today was a long day too. The interior took longer than I though it would... Now I remember why I was putting it off for so long! It's finally done!!!!!

Mr. Mike's seat covers look STUNNING.




There is stuff here and there that are annoying me about how it went together. Aftermarket parts are funny sometimes...

The driver side carpet, the side that I thought would give me the hard time because I had to deal with the peddles went in flawlessly. Put it in, trimmed to fit, blah blah blah, and done.




Unfortunately, the carpet on the passenger side was not "molded' correctly it seems. It seemed like the curve of the back that goes up against the firewall to the inner most edge that goes under the center console didn't have the correct "shape" to it so I cut a slit all the way down the seam to make it look halfway decent... Not perfect by any means. Unfortunately due to the terrible fitment, there is a slight bump in the carpet under the subwoofer. Ironically, since I needed a little room to snake the wires for the stereo back there and through the carpet, it kinda worked out for the best anyway. It's really hard to see with the seat in anyway, even when showing off the stereo, which is now mounted permanently.





I installed the freshly Plasti-dipped trims, the new shifter boot, the new parking brake boot, and the sun visors. They all have red stitching to compliment the red stitching I had the steering wheel upholstered with, as well as the shifter knob itself.






Old vs. new:







And, no, those old floor mats are NOT permanent. I have a pair of Lloyd floor mats on order with the Pontiac emblem embroidered into them! I also plan on getting new inner door panels from The Fiero Store in the future, so I didn't re upholster the bottoms of them. They will be getting a fresh coat of fabric paint to look decent until then.

That's all for now...

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Lloyd's floor mats came in today... I love the end result. Old door panels stick out like a sore thumb.





Strait pipe goes back on tomorrow.

Hope to see everyone at Carlisle in two weeks!

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I know this is a late update, but here it goes!



Went to Carlisle with my uncle in both our Fieros. Wow, what a great show. It's the best car show I have ever attended... Can't wait till next year...



Hit traffic on the way home and nearly overheated. Good thing I fixed the wiring on the coolant temp gauge, the light came on just as it should have from the factory when it started getting a little too toasty! Pulled over and noticed the rad fan was spinning SLOWWW; I punched the sucker and it came back to life to get me through the traffic. The rad fan motor took a dump, the next morning I started it up and the same thing happened. My buddy has a parts car nearby and he was gracious enough to give me the one off it. I fixed a few wiring things that have been driving me nuts since I got it, and a few things I found when looking through the fan circuit for any faults. While I was at it, I threw in a brand new Rodney 180° thermostat and low temp fan switch for good measure, because I like things running cooler, gives me peace of mind.


ECM coolant temp sensor was wired like this for a while. It worked, so I left it alone... until now! :P



YEP THAT IS HOW THE COOLANT FAN WAS WIRED. ONE OF THE FIVE PREVIOUS OWNERS I HATE YOU SO MUCH.

MUCH BETTER!!!


I drove it in the local parade, my dad DJ'ed the fireworks show so I parked it right next to him, and got some nice shots of the fireworks! Use them for desktop backgrounds if you want, I really like how they came out, considering the lighting was terrible...








One step at a time, and two years later, I am diggin' just driving it around right now... I love having a "driver" show car, it looks great from 10 feet away. Once paint happens, I have a feeling Ill worry about taking it out for the random drives I enjoy so much right now. All in all, It's been a productive year with repairs and mods if I do say so myself...

Next year for sure, suspension overhaul. I have Rodney's one inch lowering ball joints waiting to go in.......

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Well... I went on an adventure!


The farm fields of Lancaster PA!


Got a 4.9 Cadillac engine out of a 93 Deville, An Allante Intake setup, steel rocker supports, as well as a set of LT1 Camaro valve springs from a 96 Z28.


Loaded in the back of the truck! My buddy Jerry was a lifesaver and helped me wayyy more than he needed to...


Got it home


And since I don't have a garage, I put it in the basement of my house. It was a fiasco, but we did it!

I originally wanted to do the 3.8 SC swap in my car, but with a mixture of a deal I couldn't refuse, the relative ease (as well as lower cost) of doing this swap, and the fact that I LOVE the sound of a V8, I had no choice! I am not looking for a rocket ship, I think that the rumble of the V8, the added torque, and the 50 extra horsepower over stock will be fine for the cruses that I love taking the car on now.

There is NO RUSH to do this swap... I don't plan on doing it for at least a year or two. it was an offer I couldn't refuse. The engine has a lot of miles on it, 148,087 to be exact. I know, not optimal... I want to refresh it... No matter how hard it may be with the steel sleeves and what not. I used to work on Porsches, I think I will be able to figure this 20 year old beast out... I don't feel comfortable putting in a mystery engine in my car! Bad news would be inevitable down the road!

Worst case scenario if it doesn't turn out well, I can always go get another one with a lot less miles. I got this engine, with all the upgrades I mentioned earlier for it for only 400$! I basically got the engine for free for buying the Allante intake!!!

I am very excited! :3

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