Ferrario Progress (Page 40/51)
whadeduck FEB 19, 06:17 PM
Wow! Didn't realize how long it's been since I updated. This weekend, I'm hoping to get my mirrors finished, my headlights installed and my fenders, nose, and hood all installed. At least to the point where I can do the fine tuning on them. I still have major surgery to do on the hood by installing a vent.

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Whade' "The Duck Formerly Known As Wade" Duck
'87 GT Auto
'88 Ferrario
'84 Indy

whadeduck FEB 22, 05:47 PM
Ok. Got some things done on the car this weekend. Not as much as I wanted. But more than nothing. The mirrors are finally corrected for the five degree differrence from the Corvette doors to Fiero doors. The adapters I was working on just didn't work out. So I ended up just grinding the right angle into the mirrors.

Yippee! I have folding mirrors now.

I think they give the car a different look.

I also got the fenders off and trimed up. At the tops, they were kind of "bunching up" the windshield panel.

Once I trimed them back a bit, they fit a lot better. Oh, if you forgot, these are wider fiberglass front fenders.

I was also able to finally get the dual headlights mounted. If anyone else is about to do this, buy an extra set of hardware. I broke three of the clips that you mount in the headlight bezels trying to snap the light modules in. But that's all for now. Hopefully it won't be as long before I update again.

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Whade' "The Duck Formerly Known As Wade" Duck
'87 GT Auto
'88 Ferrario
'84 Indy

Amida FEB 26, 09:20 PM

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Originally posted by whadeduck:





Mirros look good.
whadeduck MAR 15, 10:13 AM
Some updates. Working on getting the nose mounted. Ran into a little snag. When I initially mounted the top part of the nose, the wider fiberglass fenders didn't line up. So I checked everything out by removing the new fenders and reinstalling the old stock fenders. Then everything lined up. So, after reinstalling the new fiberglass fenders, I commenced getting everything to line up. What I found was that the driver's side fender was warped. The passenger side is fine. So Paul (War Hammer) recommended that I clamp the fender in the appropriate position and then hit it with a heat gun. So far, so good. The fender is relaxing under heat. Then, once it cools, it's in a better position than before. I want to go through the heat/cool cycle one more time and then it should be good to go. I also want to add some metal backing along the beltline between the fender and nose to aide alignment and support.




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Whade' "The Duck Formerly Known As Wade" Duck
'87 GT Auto
'88 Ferrario
'84 Indy

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Vogelsong MAR 15, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by Sharkman:

I think this is the best one




If the car in red had wide rear IMSA fenders on it with that color it would be Fiero p0rn .


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Voge

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Sebringdcp MAR 17, 08:47 PM
If your still looking for a deep looking blue/black, there is an old painters trick you could use. Paint the car with a black base coat then follow that with about 3 coats of blue candy paint. Follow with clearcoat. It will look black straight on and have blue highlights whenever you get a light reflection thru the paint or the right angle of light on the body.
pontiackid86 MAR 17, 10:41 PM
not bad with the mirrors probabley what ill end up doing with my mirrors. im doing an old aurora set up
Swedish Fiero JUN 02, 02:19 PM
Bump
CETICARS JUN 03, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by whadeduck:

Wow. Just saw the last time I updated. Anyway, here's a little something I did today. Won't get a chance to work on it tomorrow. Gotta go outta town for training. I finally got the tail light panel back with the carbon fiber on it. Got the LED tail lights all hooked up too. I also have Fiero1Fan's third LED brake light. Everything's REALLY bright.





trying to find one of these tail light panels

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Scipio JUN 03, 05:32 PM
http://www.kahines.com./

Or another alternative.

http://spacecoastfieros.com/lindsey/gtstyle.html