Another Katatak Fiero Adventure! (Page 9/72)
Rick 88 NOV 15, 09:19 AM
Pat,

That was a great showing against Permian! Them boys are big Bubbas. They eat a whole cow for lunch
katatak NOV 15, 06:58 PM
Rick, Dan.....

It was a really good game and our boys played thier hearts out. Our defense was unbelieveable. Just could not get it done on the offense side. Not too bad for thier 5th year in existence.

Pat
katatak NOV 15, 07:20 PM
I got a lot done today! Started with cleaning the door panels and then shampooing the carpet on the panels. One was the stock grey and the other had the blue - silver paint on the vinyl and dark blue on the carpet.



One I got em all cleaned up, I masked them off and used the Dupli Color Vinyl and Fabric paint. They turned out pretty good but I have to give the "blue" one another coat. The blue was bleeding thru.




I wiped the vinyl down with thinner. I'm glad I did because the silver - blue came off. What a mess.



Once that was cleaned up, I shot them with a few light coats then a third.



Looking pretty good.



Tada!



Next on the list was the dash.



I cheaped out and had a couple cans of the Rustoleum Vinyl & Fabric paint left so I thought I would use it on the black part of the dash. Big mistake. Even after completely cleaning the dash and wiping it down with laquer thinner, it "fish-eyed" like crazy. after wiping it down, light sanding/scuffing with a scotch brite pad and wiping down again, I went and got a can of the Dupli Color. Problem solved. I think that the Rustoleum is simply not as good as the Dupli Color.




More to come.

Pat
Rick 88 NOV 16, 12:38 AM
Looking good!!!
Frizlefrak NOV 16, 01:13 AM
Good time to mount the 6x9's Pat.....you can guinea pig the operation for me LOL. Seriously....the Pyle 4x10's ain't bad for what they are, but some 6x9's would be better.
Sofa King NOV 16, 08:06 AM
Hey P,

Just read through the post. I love the work you're doing on the interior. The door panels, dash, carpet, etc. look great! The grey really turned out nice. Keep up the great work and keep those pics coming.

G(SK)
katatak NOV 16, 06:30 PM
Rick, Dan, Greg........

Thanks for the words of encouragement. It's a lot more work than I was thinking it would be but it's turning out better than I thought so I guess it balance's out. I am going to put 6X9's in the dash Dan but it will be easy for me - no AC duct work to mess with. But, just for you, when I get the speakers, I'll make em fit on the AC dash I have and then when you are ready to do yours, we can just transfer the AC ducts from the "mock" up dash to yours. I will probaly "steal" the new Alpine sustem I just put in the Monte for the V8 car as I want to go to a "factory" looking setup in the Monte. Plus I'd rather have the good tunes in the Fiero.

More to come............

Pat
katatak NOV 16, 06:55 PM
So this afternoon, I decided to try a headliner recover. I have been putting this off for some time now as I have needed to do one for the XTC. So I dug in and did it. I was worried for no reason. It was fairly easy to do and only took me about 2 hours start to finish and this inculede running to AZ right in the middle cause I ran out of glue. I went to the local fabric stroe a few weeks ago looking for headliner material. This was before I learned that I could go to Pep Boys and buy a "kit" with the correct headliner material for 30.00. Anyway, I bought a yard of material and it cost $8.79. I bought 2 cans of the "Permatex" headliner adhesive at AZ. $10.00 a can. So for under $30.00, I got it done and it truned out way better than I was hoping for. I did not use the traditional headliner material. It is a black faux leather and at first I was not sure if it would look good but I was willing to give it a shot.

I have to do a little "glass" work on the back side at the sunvisor mount locations. When I pulled the old material off the headliner board, it pulled a triangle shaped piece of the board with it. I will just cover the back side of the area with a layer of glass to give it some strength and keep the sunvisor mount from pulling clear through. It will be a good practice run on my fiberglass project.

Here's what the headliner looked like right out of the car:


I got so involved in the headliner project that I forgot to take progress pics. So all I have is the before and after. One thing that I think is important and I have read several threads that state this is to make sure that all the old foam backing form the old headliner material is off of the board. I used a stiff nylon brush and basically buffed/scrubbed the old foam off. I did find that if you brush too hard, you will peel out chunks of the board itself. I layed the material over the dry board and centered it then folded it half way over to one side. Sparyed the glue on the board and the back side of the material and let it sit. After a few minutes, I sprayed on another coat in the opposite direction and let it sit for a few then sprayed on a third coat and let it sit for 5 minutes. Working from the center out, I started smoothing out the material. All was great until I hit the head recessions. Those little bowls gave me fits trying to keep the material from getting wrinkles in it. It took some patience but it worked out.

New material on. I just have to trim out the dome light hole, cut slits for the hanger hooks and hoes for the sunvisors plus reinforce the back side of the sunvisor mounts and it is done.



Let the fiber glass work begin........

Pat
katatak NOV 17, 08:35 PM
Started working on the Console project this evening. The pieces I have are a little broke up so I will have to do some repair work first, First things first was to strip the covers off and clean off all the glue and foam. Then I epoxy'd a few of the broken pieces. I cut the original glove box out of the rear piece and will fill this hole with a thin piece of wood. Once the glass work is done, I will fit an 8"sub in this space.

The donor:

Taking off the Cover:

Stripped:

The line up:

Cleaned up and trimmed:


I was looking for some carpet clips that hold the carpet to the skeleton. I posted over in the Mall looking for some and had one guy say that he had them and I never heard back from him. While I was rummaging through my shed this afternoon, Yahtzee! I found about 20 of them. I really need to go through this stuff and make a list of what I have. I could probably build a complete car if I had a frame.

Here's the little buggers:


Off to Lowes for some inspriation/ideas/supplies.... That's funny. I have to go to Lowes to get ideas how to build my console. I'm sick I tell ya....Sick!

Pat

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Sofa King NOV 18, 08:58 AM
Hey P,

Just looking over the build. You're doing the entire console not just the armrest area? WOW Great start so far! Now it only gets harder and more fun so HANG ON!

My console was so banged up and cracked I had no idea what it actually looked like intact. The entire front piece where the lighter mounts was broken and a good portion of both sides were cracked and / or missing.



Do you have any sketches of your ideas or are you just gonna wing it? Do you have a general idea, theme or layout you'd like to achieve?

PS - the headliner looks fantastic!

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