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AusFiero
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DEC 17, 05:12 PM
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| quote | | Originally posted by FieroMontreal: How does that system work Aus? |
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I will have pictures during the week when the unit arrives that will show it better but the basic principle is the steering column gets cut in half. The lower half stays on the left side of the car and the upper part gets mounted on the right side of the car. Joining the 2 is a chain drive unit which is basically a multi chain unit enclosed inside a metal casing. They are very strong and precise and have been engineered to do the job on any LHD car. All states of Austraia allow them as they are often the better alternative to chopping up too much of the original car.
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Custom2M4
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DEC 17, 06:32 PM
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Looks good Aus! I've always liked the wingless GT's! ------------------
Custom Fiero Fiberglass
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FieroGTdude
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DEC 17, 11:39 PM
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Very nice!
Keep up the good work.
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Frizlefrak
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DEC 18, 12:45 AM
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This is, by far, one of the coolest build threads ever. Keep up the good work Aus....you've got us on the edge of our seats. 
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AusFiero
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DEC 19, 04:19 AM
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Previously I mentioned the dash would crach between the bondo and original dash section so now we move onto the solution.
We take fibreglass tissue and lay 1 to 2 layers over the entire lower dashboard section. After first masking off the upper dash section at the recess along the top of the dash. Not shown in these pics but very self explanatory. For those who do not know what fibreglass tissue is well it is basically fibreglass matt but so light it is like tissue paper with fibres. Light, flexible and strong. This will stop the joins in the outter dash cracking before we move onto the next stage. 
The following pictures show the now fibreglassed dash. 
Next we will move onto smoothing the dashboard skin out ready to paint, Beechwood of course. [This message has been edited by AusFiero (edited 12-23-2005).]
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jscott1
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DEC 19, 11:22 AM
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So when you are done the entire dash will have the texture of solid fiberglass? Not that that is a bad thing I'm just wondering if that's the way it turns out. I'm lousy at upholstering, so I'm considering the same method for my next dash.
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AusFiero
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DEC 19, 04:55 PM
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| quote | | Originally posted by jscott1: So when you are done the entire dash will have the texture of solid fiberglass? Not that that is a bad thing I'm just wondering if that's the way it turns out. I'm lousy at upholstering, so I'm considering the same method for my next dash. |
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Nope next stage is a quick going over with the sander and then high fill primer to get rid of the glass pattern. After that I am going to experiment (on something else) with duplicating a vinyl texture. If that fails I will be doing a smooth finish. The smooth finish is only on the face of the dash as the top of the dash has not been touched.
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Gordo
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DEC 19, 05:43 PM
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timmer
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DEC 19, 11:44 PM
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very nice work aus
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agrabo85fiero
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DEC 20, 08:47 PM
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allways wondered how they converted fiero to RHD . it would be real cool to have a fiero with two steering wheels
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