I'll put it this way, you wouldn't recognize that 88 4 Cylinder coupe today, I'll leave it at that for now.

Still looking for a reasonably priced set of wheels that will be appropriate to this project, thanks to some Forum member's suggestions, we have found some very nice wheels that would look fanastic on the cars, only issue is price. That's right, we're still Fiero folks at heart and in the wallet. Anyone with suggestions, please reply to this. Thanks for asking.

I recieved and interesting package today, from Bo, in Sweden.

Seems he owned a Pantera and a Fiero, both at the same time. He used his Pantera air dam to fashion an airdam for his Fiero. I have previously posted a pic of his creation.

Anyhow, in the spirit of bringing something new to the Fiero community, Bo has shipped the mold for his airdam to me. I had offered to build a few Fiero/Pantera airdams from his mold and offer it to any Fiero customizers out there.

Enjoy.

Somebody get busy Photoshoppin'... I gotta see this!

you have my interest here how much are these dam's going to be sold for and when will
they be avalable

Cost will be very modest, although I can't really say untill the first one is done. I'll earmark it for you and you can decide later. Shouldn't take too long to get the results.

Here is a brief update on the front airdam. The shape of this airdam requires that the plug be built on the front clip....then removed. This is to allow for the surface preparations before applying the gelcoat of the mold.

You've seen the pouring and rough shaping of the foam so far. The lip and ramp were made seperately, using Clarke foam. It comes in 3/8" sheets and is resistant to epoxies and resins, and it shapes easily. These parts were cut to fit and the radius of the outer edge sanded in. Then a mixture of resin and glass micro-balloons was made up and squeeged onto the foam surface. Before this slurry set up, a layer of fiberglass was applied.

Next, a layer of fiberglass was applied to the poured foam pieces on the nose clip. This was after metal furnace tape was carefully applied to the nose clip, to act as a release. The glass cured and was trimmed and sanded a bit.

Next, the lip and ramp pieces were jigged into place and bondo was used to create radius edges, to further shape the final product.

Here you see kleen-clay being used. I didn't like the look of the lip on the sides of the airdam, so here we are using the clay to quickly fill in and reshape a portion of the plug. Once this is finalized, another layer of glass will be applied. Then the whole works will be turned over, the underside reinforced and glassed so it won't warp, and the entire plug removed from the nose clip.

Here's some of the most used items or tools. Duct tape and furnace tape make quick, thin release tapes for both foam and glass cloth. Bondo is used for shaping radius and filets, and for filling foam surfaces. Hot glue gun is for quick jigging or attaching parts. Most shaping is done with a rasp file, a surform, or 80 grit paper on a hard or soft block.

If you look at the unused resin in the cup, you'll notice it has turned a red color. The resin I use does this when some is left in a cup. This makes a great "double check" device. When you start a layup or as the layup progresses, you can use this trait to confirm that you have properly mixed your resin. There was a thread recently where someones layup was slow to cure. Although temperature may have been the culprit in that case, it's not uncommon to either improperly mix your resin, or actually forget to catalyise a batch. Red cups at the end of a layup are nice.