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madcurl
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JAN 07, 03:23 PM
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01-07-2009 02:45 PM
| quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
IMO I think not, because of the numbers and money involved the Fiero will out live any replica base Fiero. Plus, all that is needed is tweaking. A tweaked Fieros will always be a Fiero. Whereas replica kits are always playing "catch-up" thus are soon viewed as "out dated" when the next best kit is on the market and sadly people will always question if your car's a fake.
Tweak your Fiero and there's no need to be faking. |
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Four years ago my words spoken here have survived the test of time. Trying to play catch-up, iconic replication (good & bad), and the relentless pursuit in properly badging their 50 or 10 footer replica.
On the other hand, you can by-pass the desire trying to play with the elites, the brand names, and the latest models produced and just tweak your Fiero. You'll be unique, save tons of money, and continue enhancing the Pontiac Fiero design.------------------
"Friends don't let their friends drive stock."
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Bloozberry
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JAN 07, 04:30 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
Trying to play catch-up, iconic replication (good & bad), and the relentless pursuit in properly badging their 50 or 10 footer replica. On the other hand, you can by-pass the desire trying to play with the elites, the brand names, and the latest models produced and just tweak your Fiero. |
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Only in your world of double standards does the relentless tweaking of your own car not constitute trying to play catch up with the latest models. 
| quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
You'll... save tons of money |
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How much money did you spend save? 
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steve308
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JAN 07, 05:58 PM
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Just a thought --- If Curly is going to the 30th / How about all the attending kit cars circle the choptop for a group photo 
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RCR
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JAN 07, 06:45 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
01-07-2009 02:45 PM
Four years ago my words spoken here have survived the test of time. Trying to play catch-up, iconic replication (good & bad), and the relentless pursuit in properly badging their 50 or 10 footer replica.
On the other hand, you can by-pass the desire trying to play with the elites, the brand names, and the latest models produced and just tweak your Fiero. You'll be unique, save tons of money, and continue enhancing the Pontiac Fiero design.
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Curley, just curious if you feel the same way about those that install a MadArch body kit...Aren't those just people just trying to play catchup to the original or do those not count because it's your "design" and not a true exotic?
Bob
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madcurl
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JAN 08, 01:24 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by RCR:
Curley, just curious if you feel the same way about those that install a MadArch body kit...Aren't those just people just trying to play catchup to the original or do those not count because it's your "design" and not a true exotic?
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| quote | Originally posted 12-15-2011 07:40 AM by TXGOOD:
I like both modified and stock versions of the Fiero, but even modified it is still a "representation" of the original design.
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Given that the MadArch kit is nothing more than a kit designed from original Fiero parts, it can only be a modified version of the original-nothing more, nothing less. The various components that make up the kit was using the simplest of ideas-using the front Fiero fenders, IRM rockers, ground FX door caps from Ausie Fiero, a Fiero rear bumper, and last but not least a front Fiero fender (modified by V8Archie). The end result is nothing more than a modern or exotic look base upon the "simplest" of ideas from the Fieros DNA at the cheapest cost to date. However, at the end of the day it's a Pontiac Fiero-badges or not.
MadArch Cost? 2k for the kit, 2k for installation = 4k and your pretty much done. Go to the Fierostore or to the nearest junk yard and pull off a Fiero badge and call it a day.
Lamborghini/Ferrari kit? 10k-20k just for the body and a additional 80k in a relentless pursuit in trying copy the original. Click on Ebay, purchase a real Lamborghini/Ferrari badge and then turn around and sell the car, because you've realized that the Duke/2.8 engine is still in the back and you're now in too deep.
"Failure is no accident."-Dr. Phil McGraw
 [This message has been edited by madcurl (edited 01-08-2013).]
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LEEEZARD
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JAN 08, 06:22 AM
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madcurl, first let me tell you i like your madarch car. i think its inovative and attractive. with that said, i have a mera and yes it is fiero based but from mine and many others points of view it was very well executed in build quality. mine is badged as a fcar, not my doing, prior owner did so. but from what i can tell most of the mera owners on this site have the pontiac mera badges still on their cars or are trying to find them to represent them as meras again. my car has never been in public during my ownership, but once it does i will gladly tell anyone that its a mera. i will explain why it now has fcar badges, fcar interior, fcar wheels, fcar brembos, etc. no mis representation intended or will be given. and no i have not spent 20grand or 80grand making it what it is. i have less than 5grand in it with a ls aluminum 5.3 v8 and f23 conversion. i think its every ones personal tastes that makes up the forum and owners. you like things i wont like, i like things you wont like, etc. in the end we can all just be gearheads... and we should get along? right...?
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LEEEZARD
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JAN 08, 06:27 AM
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post script; i chose the mera over a real ferrari 308 gtb due to high maintenance costs associated with the real fcar. not because i wanted to be a " POSER " just fyi.
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LEEEZARD
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JAN 08, 06:48 AM
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and no im not picking on madcurl at all. i just think there needs to be some objectivity.
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bomaze
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JAN 08, 07:43 AM
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Just my opinion, but if the car doesn't look like it did when it rolled off the factory floor, then it should be labeled as a rebody or kit. Widebody kits included. This is in no way a statement to knock the efforts on either side of the fence. At the end of the day if you are happy with what you have either a Fiero based Diablo, Countach, Testarossa, Mera, XTC, a tweaked widebodied Fiero, or a Fiero as stock as the day it drove off the dealer's lot. Then that is what is important. I hope we don't lose sight of that in the long run.
( I will now step off my soap box) : )
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Bloozberry
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JAN 08, 08:18 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by madcurl:
MadArch Cost? 2k for the kit, 2k for installation = 4k and your pretty much done. |
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$4K. Really. George Orwell would be proud to know that the use of Double-Speak has endured this long.
The truth is once you have a MadArch kit you also need new wheels, tires, body prep and paint as an absolute minimum, unless you plan to drive your car around in primer for a couple years. Then you discover that the 2.5L or 2.8L engine just doesn't impress anybody when you open the decklid on that fancy looking car, much less step on the gas when the Honda Civic owner pulls up next to you at the light. And those 9-3/4" brakes look awfully small behind the big wheels, and the headlights are old-school, and it would look much better with scissor doors, and the dash is looking kind of dated, not to mention the need for better looking seats, and on and on. Boy it's a good thing "modified Fiero" owners are exempt from the relentless pursuit of the latest models.
Trouble is, nobody knows what you're saying anymore, much less why.
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