SPY PICS!....first secrets of the GTR exposed! (Page 15/72)
fieroman87 MAR 16, 03:33 PM
i hope this turns out ok

[This message has been edited by fieroman87 (edited 03-16-2004).]

Fie Ro MAR 16, 05:11 PM
Thanks a lot for the support guys! I really appreciate that.

The ..eh ...."challenging" part everytime:
After I put a new part on the car something else is asking to be corrected!
Now the sideskirts have to be corrected to match the lower front or vice-versa. Or both (most likely). This happens when you make changes all the time, trying to get it right. Never Finished!

Next time I will build my car from scratch!

About making molds: I have made so many small changes during the process that in the end the car itself will be the plug
If any reproduction will happen I will have molds made by a professional company...

fieroman: thanks! I guess you are the first to photoshop my car! I really like that sideview ....Owww, that's mine!

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1987 Pontiac Fiero GTR in progress
1969 Chevy Suburban

fieroman87 MAR 16, 05:21 PM
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Fie Ro MAR 16, 05:42 PM

The lights are mounted on the back of the bumper. With an easy modification to the lighthousing the Fiero's turn/park lightsockets fit perfectly. ( In fact I had to dig up the originals after I replaced them with VW Golf lights after an accident!)

Smoothing the gap between the back of the 'stang scoop and decklid:

Shaping of the stage 2 rearbumper:

doublec4 MAR 16, 09:25 PM
I must have about 5 posts in this thread already, but here's another haha.

I finally got to see that nose on the car Im so happy! It looks really good along with everythign else... I really gotta learn how to fiberglass.

NotAFieroAnyLonger MAR 16, 10:19 PM
You know what I think...
WoWoWoWoWoW!!!!

Steve

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AKA. "SmoothGT"....
Custom Built W I D E BODY~GT!!
"I would rather be hatefully remembered, then just forgotten!!"

Fie Ro MAR 21, 06:38 PM
Sneek peek of this weekend job during progress (daily driver by monday again!):


It is so natural with the fiero -lines, strange nobody has done it before...?!!

And you haven't seen the detailing yet

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1987 Pontiac Fiero GTR in Progress
1969 Chevy Suburban

Fie Ro MAR 31, 01:08 PM
I did some shopping last week. I ordered some stuff from a local store and the Fierostore.
got this yesterday from the local store:

In front the stuff I ordered, in the back some molds and pieces for the stage2 rearbumper


A set of wheelspacers (10mm) which I will paint red if they fit. Some red and blue lights, blue's for the interior and reds in the Altezza's (to make them even more red). And a black plastic mesh with round holes: I already got a piece of fine aluminium grill too, the black mesh will go into the front middle gaps and in the rear diffuser and the aluminium mesh will go wherever is a vent or scoop


These are the windsplitter stabilisers....should be functional and some Euro-look too

Fie Ro MAR 31, 01:46 PM
This happend 15 minutes later: I put some sticky chemical stuff on a $200 part!

This ABS-plastic windsplitter will not hold up to the fiberglass nose so I will make a mold of it and make a fiberglass product, which can be easily molded to the nose.

I have another 6cm to take care of (because the honda-piece of the nose was lengthened 6cm) so I will use that to get a shape that will match to the sideskirt...I took the original windsplitter out of the mold today so now I hope to sell it to some civic-ricer so I get some of the money back

This arrived today from the Fierostore (fast as always):

Most important: the quarter windows! FS confirmed they're from www.kahines.com. On the pictures they looked great and in real life they look great too. They seem a bit too flat in the mid section but the overall shape is excellent and that's most important, no regrets here.
There's a new left mirror glass, 2 clutchpedal bushings (it squeeks) and 2 (L/R) E-brake cables....
I read the Fierostore isn't always popular in the US of A but for us european's they offer great service. They ship fast, they know about our import/tax issues and they keep this hobby affordable to us...

Fie Ro APR 04, 07:27 PM
...work in progress....matching and smoothing the frontmods...

The windsplitter is out of the mold:

Some testfitting on the front :

I am making extra parts for extending the windsplitter 6 cm so it fits the nosepiece. It will be very smooth with the M3 skirts soon!
Just a simple impression how it could look like......