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Sourmug AUG 12, 11:57 PM
Hi Timo:

Here's the picture, it's a little dark so I might try another one during the day.


Nolan

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Fiero1Fan AUG 13, 12:01 AM
That looks soooooo good!
RCR AUG 13, 08:18 AM
Holy Crap, Nolan. I'm gone for a week and you come up with this? It's awesome!!! While I'm spnding your money , might I suggest a DVD player/monitor for the dash, and one of Riceburner's HVAC controls mounted on the shift surround or console.

WOW....I've gotta get back to work...

Bob
wicked93gs AUG 13, 10:35 AM
something you may want to consider....just taking the armrest/door latch area(the general big circle) and merging it with the stock fiero panel...might be less work...and since you'll need to recover the entire thing anyway...

edit: now that I look at it closer I see thats almost what you are doing, wasted post, my mistake

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Sourmug AUG 13, 11:35 AM
Morning:

Bob, I'm not a real audiophile so I probably won't do the DVD/monitor thing but Riceburner's HVAC controls might be a great idea. I'll have to get some dimensions from him.

wicked93gs:

You are correct, that is basically what I think I'm going to do.

Nolan
Sourmug AUG 13, 03:53 PM
Here's a few progress pictures. The next thing I did was put the bare Fiero panel back on and trace the approximate outline of the end of the dash:

The curved "b" shape line is the dash while the other line is the end position of the GA panel.

I then cut up the GA panel to shift some of it around and then reattached it to the Fiero panel and placed it into position:


The circle end of the arm rest sticks out a little further than I thought and the Stealth dash end is closer to the Fiero panel than I realized. There is some room, I think, to move the whole panel in closer to the door structure once some of the now redundant Fiero brackets are removed. You can see the issue better with these pictures:




I was trying to keep the door speaker grille but I think that it is going to get cut off. I need to modify the cuts on the bottom edge of the sill and then fill the gap to make the sill continuous. I may end up cutting most of the GA panel away and mount the GA features that I like directly to the Fiero panel. I don't know how I'm really going to do this at the moment. I'm going to have to think about this.

Suggestions??

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Sourmug AUG 13, 04:01 PM
Oh, and Bob, you are spending my money. The spousal unit saw this thread and read your comments, she thinks the DVD.Monitor is a fine idea.



Nolan

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Icelander AUG 13, 04:47 PM
Why not trim 1/2 inch off the speaker grille that matches the curve of the dash and create a fiberglass fillet to make the transition?

You could use a 1/4 inch piece of masonite attached to the door panel, load it up with a bunch of modeling clay, close the door and sculpt the stuff that squeezes out. Let it harden and you've got a buck for your fiberglass mold.

Once the clay hardens, remove the masonite and that'll give you your 1/4 inch clearance.

Just my $0.02

Kendall
Icelander AUG 13, 04:51 PM
What is the brand and model number of that steering wheel? It's sharp looking?
Sourmug AUG 13, 05:07 PM
Icelander:

That's one heck of an idea, A + for you!

I purchased the wheel off of Ebay. Here is the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=320013179272&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT
Nolan