"concept GTR" dash build-up...Fie Ro style! ;) (Page 44/56)
Fie Ro AUG 22, 09:23 AM

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Originally posted by cire36:

I have a question (excuse me if the answere is not bovious to me). If you are not sure that you plan on selling copies of your work, why are you maling molds of everything? Is it so if you need to replace any part, you have the mold to do so?

Thanks and good work.



Well there are several reasons to make molds.
As you can see earlier in this thread many plugs started out in Mdf and Pvc tubing, not something I want in the fiero, I want light fiberglass pieces, so of these parts I already had to make molds and fiberglass products.
When you have molds you can take some parts of these shapes as parts to buildup a plug of a new part....like I used a partial copy of the grey midconsole piece to start the same shape on the subwoofer plug..
The doorpanels will be cut for armrest and glovebox...once you start cutting its hard to go back so I will take a mold first. Having a mold gives some flexibilty because you can always start over when you screw up later....and its just a little extra work compared to the whole process and all the time involved.
I want to be able to make pieces available but I want to finish the interior first so I know everything fits and works together. The goal has always been to make it plug&play where possible and make individual pieces work too with the stock interior.
Fie Ro AUG 24, 04:52 AM
Ok I figured how to mount the hinges and mounting brackets...used some pieces of scrapmetal and glassed them to the back of the panel. I will be using the same hinges as the midconsole armrest....here we go:


Of course I want to see it upholstered now ! Pulled out the gluegun and started to put some blisters on my hands (no really)

Now its starting to get the looks..!
Fie Ro AUG 24, 07:13 AM
And this arrived this morning:

Yo Mo !
Out of the box, into the Fiero

I already had an adapter so I only had to swap the wheel itself.....note I also have a new shifter knob in a matching style...

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madcurl AUG 24, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by Fie Ro:





I like your style but, you might want to look at MOMO's floor aluminum floor mat thingie. IMO I'd go with the MOMO flooring and sell the other aluminum you have on the floor. That way, everything is in uniform, sterring wheel, shiftter, and flooring.
GonsaiPK AUG 24, 03:32 PM
That is really, really, ridiculously good-looking.

(But I vote for regular old carpet floors; aluminum might be a bit too much. Then again, if anyone can pull it off, it's you.)
Fie Ro AUG 24, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by madcurl:
I like your style but, you might want to look at MOMO's floor aluminum floor mat thingie. IMO I'd go with the MOMO flooring and sell the other aluminum you have on the floor. That way, everything is in uniform, sterring wheel, shiftter, and flooring.



I see what you mean, looked for a momo mat thingie, this one is nice

But after the first look something like this doesnt look more practical... you got me thinking why I am sticking to my old mat for now...hehe :
First, what I have is some industrial grade plate that takes a lot of abuse and I like the fact it covers a large area... I jump into this car almost every day, rain or shine (or snow) and it will catch the dirt and water. Theres a little "F" hole in the middle though.... used to have a copper cutout of the Fiero logo "F" but it fell out some years ago lol
and I already planned a piece of simmilar aluminium plating on the lower door panel so I guess this will be a variation on the theme.....so we dont get bored


And for some reason I dont want all these logo's on my fiero....its not a MoMo...


..its a genuine Concept GTR lol...dont care much about the name but at least its my choice, its just Roderick's GT and I abuse it with my ideas, hence the name. This logo can be easily hidden by the door...lol
and also today I fitted the only logo the backside will get...


the funny thing is that GTR on a car doesnt mean anything nowadays

THE BEAST AUG 24, 06:18 PM
Fie Ro
Are you going to offer a kit of your interior ? I will buy it!

PM please with details.

Thanks,
JG
RUNDLC AUG 24, 10:19 PM
Hey Fie Ro, I gotta tell you that you are da man!! your work is awsome. I was wondering (just started following your thread awhile back) if you did the carbon fiber door sills with the lettering yourself?? If so how? I have some fiberglass ones for my replica build and would like to do something similar.

RUNDLC

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Scott-Wa AUG 25, 12:30 AM
Have you given any thought to using hidden latches like the ones for cabinets where you just push once to latch and again to open?

What is the material you used for covering the new door storage area? You did a great looking job covering it with just a glue gun.

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PaulJK AUG 25, 02:10 AM
You might consider the clear floor mats that PepBoys, AutoZone, etc have. They're formed with a channel and ridge around the edge to hold in water and dirt. They're also clear so your carpet color would show through.

you're clearly a master at fiberglass work ... WOW ... not one wave in anything you've made. The pics of the top of the silver sub / console piece are amazing

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