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NOV 27, 01:58 PM
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I hope to have at least a couple pictures to post of it this afternoon. |
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I hope so too!
I hope so too!
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JohnWPB
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NOV 27, 09:07 PM
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WooHoo!!!! ok, so I picked up the car today, and it looks great! There are a few issues that will need some touchups, so I have to take it back in a week and a half or so after the paint cures.
So, come to find out DSL is out, so I am typing this on a minature keyboard hooked up to hy HP touchpad, running Android ICS. It is connected via WiFi to my Galaxy S3, being used as a hotspot. Gotta love technology. Unfortunately, the PFF image poster will not work on Android, so no way to attach pictures. So, I guess that you guys are now in a bit of suspense as to what it looks like, till DSL comes back up.
In the mean time, I tried to put the Fiero Store sunroof tracks in tonight...... TRIED is the key word! They stick up where they do fit, and the front rail the bolt holes do not even line up. It's gonna take some persuading to get them installed for sure.
I will get pictures posted as soon as the DSL comes back up.
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87antuzzi
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NOV 27, 09:21 PM
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upload to facebook and host it from there.
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JohnWPB
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NOV 27, 10:21 PM
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Ok, DSL is back
Of course, something had to go wrong today, it just wouldn't be a normal day for me if something didn't! LOL Driving the car home, there was some light smoke, that smelled kinda rancid, like burning paint. I am thinking that it is all the over spray on the exhaust and such. That is till I get home (just over a mile from the paint shop) and the back right tire is smoking! Great, locked caliper. I got the hose, and lightly misted it, as to not cool it too quickly and warp anything. I wanted to cool it down, as I did NOT want the paint on the calipers to catch fire, then the wheel well liner, then the battery above that... not after spending 2 G's on a paint job a half hour earlier!
Anyhow, I bought new hubs from Rock Auto just 2 days ago for the rear, and seems will just do the caliper while I have it apart.
Ok, on to the paint. This particular blue seems to be very hard to photograph! I have looked through all the pictures I have taken today. Each picture of the car, seems to be a different color! Let me say, this shade of blue is Ok, but not what I thought it was going to be. It seems to have just an ever so minute tint of red in it, giving a very slight purple to the color.
Ok, here is the first picture I took of the car, after I put the tail lights back in, so I could drive it home.
This image makes it look like a standard darker blue:
The next picture from the other side, the top looks very teal / aqua marine, and the bottom, a different blue that the first picture:
Lastly, the car in the driveway here at home. This picture is the closest to what the color actually looks like. Not exact, but close:
 [This message has been edited by JohnWPB (edited 07-19-2014).]
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mrfred8
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NOV 27, 10:28 PM
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1984whitesc
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NOV 28, 12:14 AM
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Flames...been there done that lol. Im glad nothing really bad happened. The car looks beautiful. ------------------
1984 White Fiero Sport Coupe (Juliet) in restoration
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/089093.html
1988 Red Fiero Standard Coupe (Bella) in restoration
1990 Black Buick Reatta (Noir)
2002 White Chevy Impala base(Haylie)
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JohnWPB
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NOV 28, 11:06 AM
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Now I am just sick to my stomach.... I had leaned the spoiler against a wall, and came back an hour later, and it had fallen over. It has a huge scratch,, right across the top. Not sure what this blunder is going to cost me. 
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NOV 28, 11:25 AM
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On the spoiler possibly they can just touch up and reclear?
Nice color, I love that teal to blue reaction with the sun, I have a car that sort of does that. Under a flourescent light such as a street light it takes on a purple-ish hue.
Dont let anything touch the paint if they told you it takes a week to cure. Dont cover it, dont wipe off dust or anything IMO. Trying to install things could lead to a damage spot too...? Make sure much later if you want to use a wax of any kind it is "breathable" just to be safe. Ask the paint shop because it seems many paints are different.
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Alex4mula
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NOV 28, 03:09 PM
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That is a very nice blue!
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eljibaro127
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NOV 28, 06:26 PM
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Did you ever mount the front bumper?
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