Choptop #025 "FIEROciousGT" Build (Page 36/37)
FGTO JAN 25, 04:07 PM
Two weeks ago I hired someone to started fixing the gap issue and un even body panels. No updates for last week due to the cold weather in Central Florida. Yesterday the rear clip was removed to fix what wasn't done right at archies shop. Next the door panels will need to come off for repair too.
joshua riedl JAN 25, 04:15 PM
Better unplug your garage door opener!
FGTO FEB 23, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by joshua riedl:
Better unplug your garage door opener!


It's actually was 4 feet away from the door, but thanks.


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Originally posted by madcurl:
IMO, you should have waited until you have pictures. Otherwise, the thread will blow-up.


B O O M !

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Well as you all know almost all the body panels had to be removed from FGTO (except the rockers and roof) for fixing the gaps and uneven panels. Here are some pictures from the BEFORE. Work is almost complete and I'll have the AFTER shots up in a few weeks... I'll be back to edit with details.



- Right side deck and clip uneven plus gaps (gap not visible from angle).


Left side (specially this side) and right side door gaps.


Here we see the left door panel. The fiberglass part is starting to crack (separate from the plastic door). Interesting cause this car has NOT been on the road.


Left side of rear clip un even and gap (gap not visible from angle). Why?


- Right side door uneven.


- Left side door uneven.




- Right side fender. Here are just two shots. This (chipped, seems like there was a rat at archies shop) was present throught out the entire lenght.


- Left side rocker side burn. Not stright. Right side is fine.


- This applies to both headlights. Notice the gaps.




- The hood gaps. Not as wide as the Grand Canyon but close.




- More gaps in the rear... Notice the tail lights gap. which went from 1/4" to 1/2" in the center.


- Left side sail panel area.


- right side custom sail panel... no curve!

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doublec4 FEB 24, 12:41 AM
Coinage FEB 25, 10:58 AM
No comments?Amazing....

Car should look great when its actually finished!
SAFASTRO FEB 25, 01:52 PM
WOW !!!
Pictures speak LOUD!

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fieroboom FEB 25, 05:10 PM

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Originally posted by Coinage:

No comments?Amazing....



I think the reason there aren't any comments on the pics is because a lot of us are just tired of hearing about the mess ups and arguments/fights between fierocious & Archie. I am by no means taking sides; I just want to see the build continue! I think it'll look awesome, but enough is enough... We know you're upset, so let's move on with the fixins!
-Paul

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MstangsBware FEB 25, 10:57 PM
No Comment

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86fierofun FEB 25, 11:41 PM
Some of those gaps don't seem too bad to me. If you look at cars from factory, you will sometimes see gaps up to nearly 1/4". However, I cannot believe the mismatched curves! Though I guess that will come with fiberglass parts. I for one would prefer to see after market parts made from the same flexible plastic that the original panels are made from. I think all this fiberglass is almost more trouble than it's worth. Good luck finishing the build!
Archie FEB 26, 12:28 AM
#1


You said you didn't want the 1/4 window scoops installed, you wanted them laying on the seats in the car.

When you picked it up on April 5th 08, You took it over to your girlfriend's place in Chicago for storage. You then went back to Florida. Later you broke up with your GF. I'm sure you know by now that you really shouldn't dis your GF when she has your car. During the 7 months she had your car, were those thin fiberglass parts still laying on the seat or had you stood them up on end in the trunk?

#2


I don't really know what happened here. I'd refer you to #1 above, was the car stored someplace where it was extremely hot or something?

From the time the car was finished in Feb. & the time you had the money to pick it up in April the car was stored safely in the shop & no one noticed any problems. In fact i took a bunch of pictures of the car, just for the record, before you picked it up & it was fine.







#3


While I don't have lighting that casts big shadows, I have these & I have higher res versions of these too.





#4


At worst case someone missed sanding a door edge.

The fiberglass door cap doesn't go all the way to the end. In fact it ends 3 or 4 inches behind the front edge of the door. So it can't be cracked as you say.

If you would have read thru this this thread as it was being built, you would have seen these 2 pics. You can see where the door cap ends.....





By the way, I'm just curious, when the car left here is was Gray. Why does the outside surface looks tan in the picture?

#5


First of all, that's a IRM nose (& front fender) on the car. You specifically told me not to do any work on the IRM parts that you don't tell me to do. Just like ordering at Burger King. No place in the Quote or the Invoice does it give me direction to work on that area. you're the one who likes to post those confidential documents up on the internet, so post them here.

I thought the door gaps looked pretty decent when it left here.









#6


I don't know how many times we have to go thru this. Did you actually measure this or is Photoshop all you can do?

If you gotta use PS, then get the camera down on an angle where you're looking right square at it, then compare to something else that's on the same plane. Like this......





#7




You better call Pontiac to complain to them.....



This is a 1988 Fiero GT that I have in my shop that we are going to do a V-8 swap to......









#8


This is funny. It's also pretty clear that whoever is working on this for him is sending him BS as justification for the $$$ he's charging. How many other BS things is he blaming on me?

A stock Fiero GT rear 1/4 window opening without a 1/4 window & without drip rails looks like this ......The slot is there to clip the drip rail into.



#9
Hood Gaps & headlights.

They both looked good when you picked up the car, see pics. Realize that the headlights are contoured all the way around & even up underneath the leading edge of the light. The pocket that it sits in is also countoured but as you move around & look from different angles you're going to see different spacing between the 2. It's funny that you're baggin me over something as countoured as your Troy look alike lights when it took me 3 days to 3 days to convince you that those POS 'Vette lights you bought wouldn't fit. It's the difference between being able to do something in real life & being able to do it in Photoshop. They fit great in photoshop when you didn't have to deal with contour.



Here's some pics of trhe headlights & the hood gaps.















Archie