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JUL 11, 11:29 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by sanderson:
And these would be impossible to get out with a "special tool". I used the under the glass method and still had one of the screws break. There's no way you can get enough bite with a "special tool" to break a screw.
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I ended up stripping the the PITA middle screw with the RDickman tool...  Not knocking Rodney, I bought the tool as more of a donation to his other great Fiero parts I've bought and DO work like the idler pulley and stainless steel vacuum lines (that run under the intake plenum).
So, I found this thread and I wish I found it sooner. What a great write up jstricker! I finally installed the GM original I bought about 8 years ago. My old dew wipe was so destroyed and weather beaten. The rubber was so brittle, dried, and cracked it literally fell apart on me as I attempted to remove it. Now I can tackle the RH door with more confidence.
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=-Eric the Dread
1988 Fiero GT 2.8L V6
2001 Grand Prix GTP SC3.8L V6
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LZeitgeist
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JUL 16, 07:52 PM
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Tony Kania
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JUL 16, 09:56 PM
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I too replaced my dew wipes with DIY-Stu's. Not quite the hassel that I was expecting. Then again, a fellow Fiero owner lent me his dew wipe screwdriver. Really made it loads easier. ------------------
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infinitewill
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JUL 16, 10:12 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by jstricker:
When you have the middle screw out, you can move to the PITA screw to the rear, that is the second one from the back. For this one, you have to slide the window BACK on the regulator arms. There is a point at which you will gain access to the screw, again you might have to help lift a little bit with a screwdriver on the glass, but you should have enough clearance.
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I did mine today as well but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what John meant by back on the regulator arms. Back which way? Back toward the outer door skin, back toward the door hinge, back toward the door catch? I couldn't get the glass to move. So I ended up removing the PITA screw with the tool I made "a la Rodney". After fighting with it for 20 minutes it came out. Then I accidentally pushed on guide track itself and the glass shifted toward the door latch and I felt like a complete idiot! 
The first one took me about 2 hours, the second took about 20 minutes. Thanks John, your write up saved me a huge amount of grief!
A+ to you![This message has been edited by infinitewill (edited 07-16-2009).]
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masospaghetti
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JAN 18, 09:48 PM
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So when you move the window up as high as possible to get those two middle screws, can you move it too far? Like, can you make it come out of the door entirely?
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Knucklebuster
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MAR 10, 09:14 AM
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Well done.
This write up helped me overcome the most PITA repair on the Fiero.
Thanks a million!!!
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1988holleyformula
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AUG 05, 12:44 AM
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Spent the evening installing DIY-Stu's passenger side outer dew wipe. Many, many thanks to both OP and Stu for making my car look that much better! 
They really needed it
Looks like new!
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RULOOKIN
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DEC 11, 05:38 PM
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Will be atempting this next weekend hope it goes as smooth as it looks !! Great write up will have it right beside me as i do the work !
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qwikgta
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JAN 09, 03:10 PM
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I noticed that the door used for this dew wipe change was a power window door. Not sure if the proceedure for manual windows is the same. Can anyone confirm that you can raise your manual windows up as high as this write up with out causing something to "go wrong". In other words, when you raise/lower the window with a manual crank, is it possible to go to far and then not get the manual gear assembly back together (the large gear and sissor drive in the middle).
Im not familiar with the inner workings of the door, so when I look at my door i see the guides on the sides, I see the bolts that are holding the window stops but of course I have a window crank assembly across the middle and the window crank on the lower forward area. If you remove the window track as pointed out, does this screw up the tracking for the manual windows.
I just want to be sure that with manual windows, you would do the same steps. I'd hate to get to a point where I can't get my doors back together because something has gotten off track.
Rob
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BOBBY D
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APR 15, 04:46 PM
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What size self taping screws did you use?
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