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HC MAR 19, 02:57 AM
I think they are called scorpion or something, its just a generic racing seat, I want to get Corbeau Forzas

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doublec4 MAR 19, 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by Eau_Rouge:
I also bought a pair of black Sparco fighter seats from JRP for my car. Adaptation to the stock slider was exactly the same as you describe. With my seats, I had a major problem though. When bolting the slider and seat to the floor, I found out that due to my seat's design, the seat belt receiver was interfering (hitting the side of the seat) due to the fact that the fighter seats don't taper in very much as you move down toward the slider. As a result, I couldn't bolt the seats down to the floor. In order for my seats to work, I'm going to have to notch the part of the seat that interferes and taper it in. Another issue that I found was that the fighter seats bolted to the stock sliders made me sit to far forward for my liking - not enough recline for my liking...I guess the moral of the story is make sure the seats are going to fit before you spend over a grand on them!




I also noticed with mine, that I lost a bit of range with the slider mechanism as well. When I installed the new bolts to hold the seat in, they interfere with the track of the slider. I do not have full range anymore, but I probably only lost an inch or two I think. I still comfortably reach the pedals and am not cramped. I'm 6 feet tall. A taller guy might run into some problems.
As for the seat belt, my seats are pretty narrow so the seat belt still fits up beside the seat and only needs to be wiggled a little bit when sliding the seat back and forth.


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Originally posted by HC:
I think they are called scorpion or something, its just a generic racing seat, I want to get Corbeau Forzas



I originally planned to go with Corbeau's as well, but no local speed shops had them. I've seen the Clubman's fit in fieros, but the Forza's do look really nice as well. Hope they fit for you!!
doublec4 MAR 22, 03:50 PM
To comemorate the last time my car would have the stock spoiler I did a photoshop before I would switch over to the new IMSA look. I had always wanted the IMSA look and a wrap around spoiler but they were hard to find and usually expensive. Luckily, Joe at racetech had one locally. It was a little rough around the edges, but the price was right and I had the cash. I picked it up and it sat in my garage for a while until I could find a decklid with no decklid holes. Again, I found one locally and for cheap.

If you have noticed in the pictures I already posted, when I bought my car it had the stock spoiler installed on top of a luggage rack. I always despised this part of my car. It was finally time to dust off the wrap around spoiler that was hung up in my garage.

Out with the old look:



Took the luggage rack off, and the spoiler. I didn't like the wingless look at all on my car:



Off to the body shop where I would have the spoiler touched up and painted and installed....

Fresh paint!!











I loved it!!
doublec4 MAR 29, 09:31 PM
I haven't updated this in a while. Next thing I did was look for a way to balance the rear end of the car a little more. The new spoiler stands up pretty high and I wanted to bring the rear of the bumper down a little. I thought a rear diffuser would look pretty good. Instead of investing time and money into a real one, I figured I could install what would be a temporary "look a like" to see if the look suited the car. I found some cheap shark fin antennas and decided they would give the overall look temporarily. If I didn't like them they could be easily removed, and I would only be out 20 bucks.

They're still on the car now and I've grown to like them, but this summer I'm going to attempt the real deal, and out with the shark fin body accents:







Enjoy
doublec4 MAR 31, 02:35 PM
Moving on with the build... I had considered new rims but I had recently bought new tires and didn't want to sell them and lose a bunch of money. I figured the rims I had on could last me a while longer and could use some sprucing up. I had seen guys paint their rims, but I decided that I just wanted a small red lip. I bought some red pinstriping from a local parts store and got creative I also repainted my calipers so that everything would look crisp and new again:





Then I figured I would give the car a good wash, take a few pictures of how it looked all together:







And then I was off to the annual Southern Ontario Fiero Association car show in London Ontario:




I believe I placed that year and possibly took home some hardware. My memory is a little fuzzy... but the show is always a good time.

Then it was time to head home:



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mrjohnishome MAR 31, 03:54 PM
I love your car so much, it is one of my favorites on the forum, so simple, yet so sporty. Did you get rid of the those black seats you decided not to use? I would also like some more information on how you did the red lip stripes on your wheels.
Nick
doublec4 APR 01, 01:59 PM

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Originally posted by mrjohnishome:

I love your car so much, it is one of my favorites on the forum, so simple, yet so sporty. Did you get rid of the those black seats you decided not to use? I would also like some more information on how you did the red lip stripes on your wheels.
Nick



Thank you for the compliments! I did in fact sell the old black seats that I didn't use. As for the red lip on my rims, it is just automotive pinstriping. Just go to your local autoparts store and they should have vinyl adhesive pinstriping. Then just apply it to the lip of your rim. Takes a bit of time to get it smooth, just be patient. Thats all!
hagans19 APR 01, 08:15 PM
i may have missed it but how did you make the rear defussior thing i like it alot !!!
HC APR 02, 02:21 AM
Again; great looking car, the new tail looks awesome, what is that called exactly, and where can I get one?

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doublec4 APR 02, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by hagans19:

i may have missed it but how did you make the rear defussior thing i like it alot !!!



Thanks It is just 4 shark fun antenna's that you can buy at autoparts stores. I fastened them to the bottom of the aero bumper for the diffuser "look" to see if I liked it. I will be making a REAL diffuser this summer.



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Originally posted by HC:
Again; great looking car, the new tail looks awesome, what is that called exactly, and where can I get one?



I got the spoiler from a local place but it is called an IMSA wrap around spoiler. You can find them at www.fierowarehouse.com Hope that helps!