I spent that last 3 nights installing the new leatherette seat covers on my Fiero seats. The original seat skins were in great condition, but I need to change the colour of the seats because I am going in a different direction with the interior - the tan colour would not match the new interior.

I was impressed before, ...but since they are installed, ... I'm even more blown away by the quality of the seats from Mr. Mikes.

I'm glad I did this little project because I learned a lot about automotive upholstery. The metal tension bars, hog-rings, etc. etc. etc. - it's all really cool

Oh BTW, I bought these seat covers over 1.5 years ago - so you can see how behind I am with the car









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quote Originally posted by pontiackid86: Just to let you know your going to need to get a GT rear bumper bracket to hang the GT bumper. The notche one will not work with the Gt bumper. Im talking about piece of galvanized metal that screws to the bumper.

Yep, I know. Look at the metal piece just beside the white bumper

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quote Originally posted by fierofury: Very nice! Looks very clean! How do you like the 3.4L?

Thanks, the seats turned out very well.

As for the 3.4L, I love it.

I've driven a 3800SC, and when comparing it to my 3.4L (which has a more radical cam than stock 3.4L) it is not that far off. The 3800 would blow it's doors off in the top end, ....but off the line and the low rpm torque street driving are nearly identical.

I'm not a speed-freak, so most of my driving is subtle - which is why the 3.4L suits my needs.

It's a great step up from the stock 2.8L.


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I took the front bumper off tonight.

The Ferrari 355 nose will be going on next.


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Today I removed the driver’s side carpet, …and everything looks good.

The picture (of the driver’s side floor pan) looks worse than it is. The paint has bubbled, but there is no rust underneath the bubbles - it has a white powdery substance. I think it is road salt. But from owning previous GM vehicles, the galvanized metal underneath the paint tends chip and lift the paint covering it. Maybe that is what this is.

I’m just glad it isn’t rusted out, because all this needs is a little TLC and some rock guard paint and it’s back to new:



I also test fitted the turbo-scoops I bought back in November 2008. They look pretty good - they’ll look even better once they are painted :

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I spent a 1/2 hour today, with the wire brush wheel, cleaning up the Fiero floor pans. As I thought, there was minimal rust - most of the paint was just chipping off.

Next step is to primer, and then paint the floor pans with a thick rocker guard compound - which doubles as sound insulation.

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I went over to the post office today to pick these up. In one word - AWESOME. These are the trueleo headers.

I will have to address the intake on the Fiero to take full advantage of the free-flowing trueleo headers - but that will come in time. This is a nice add-on for now.

I’m getting a quote on ceramic coating, because I would like to avoid wrapping them due to the risk of moisture and rusting.


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