Clearance around the booster seems to be fine.

I decided to do some more work on the fiberglass rear fascia. I had to correct one problem, though. The fiberglass piece was made to fit a fastback, but my Fiero is a notchback. On my Fiero, the tail light section is angled, whereas on the fastback, the tail lights are almost vertical. If I put the fastback fascia on my Fiero, it would look funny.See photo below.



To correct this problem, I made a casting of my original rear fascia, and used it to mold the correct profile into the fiberglass one.





Here you see the top section cut out of the fiberglass fascia.



And finally, the notchback profile molded in.

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Thanks!

BTW, it seems my new rear fascia has developed a split personality.



Hmm...

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... And now my fiberglass rear fascia is mating with the decklid!



Seesh... leave some car parts alone in the workshed overnight, and look what happens.

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Thanks, Dave

The old diffuser fascia came off last night. It won't be going back on my Fiero. Say goodbye to the old diffuser fascia, everyone!



Today, I test-fitted the modified rear end ( I don't think I can just call it the decklid anymore ). It took longer than expected, due to interference with the plastic energy absorber. I really did not want to remove the energy absorber, but it caused so many interference issues that I eventually threw in the towel and removed it.

I also had to re-route some of the wiring for the rear lights. For example, the license plate lights swing up with the rear end now. So their wiring had to be routed through the decklid. I also deleted the rear side markers, and mounted the reverse lights (fog lights) to the rear impact beam. Here are a couple photos:





I didn't have enough time to install the lower (diffuser) section. I'll have to do that tomorrow.

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Installing the bottom section took longer than expected. But I was able to engineer a mounting arrangement that works to my satisfaction. There's a bracket mounting it to the bottom of the trunk (near the muffler), another mounting it to the impact beam (behind the license plate), and a couple rods holding up the outer ends. I also decided to add a couple alignment pins, to help keep the top and bottom sections lined up with each other. In the photo below, you can see one of the rods holding up the side, with the alignment pin sticking up (it's actually a bolt). The top section has matching holes, with brass bushings.



Here are a couple shots with the rear lid open. If you look closely, you can see the brass bushings in the bottom lip of the lid.





And lastly, a shot of the lid closed. As you can see, there is still plenty of finish work left to do. But at least the body panels are installed and fitted.



I need to make some fins to put in the diffuser, too.

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