OK, so we have this interesting lime green Fiero that I use for winter daily driving.





My 9 year old son Jordan and I want to customize it a bit, maybe add some purple accents and so on.
Any ideas of what you can do for color combos on a lime green Fiero?
Maybe a purple and green color scheme interior?

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks

Steve & Jordan Kelley

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Wow interesting colour. I would accent it with bright purple, then your car will get even more looks of interest!

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02' 3800SC Poly, Koni, Enkei

cool!

i'd go for something subtler myself, but it's certainly an eye-catcher!

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'84 2m4 se, a work in progress

lime green's pretty "out there" anyway. i think i'd dig through the spare parts for body mods before i'd try a contrasting color.

if you had to accent it i'd say maybe yellow? if it had to be purple maybe a really dark purple? hard to say cause... lord... that lime greens talkin' pretty loud by it's self.

ok... i did just think of something. i just got some of those barreta gtu (or is it gtz) body color wheels. what about finding some of those, painting them the contrasting color and adding a racing stripe to match the wheels or something? or if you can find the right color (i know i've seen it in yellow, not sure about purple) some of that two tone window tint? all potentially cheap and not too hard to reverse.

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Phil T.

start where you are,
use what you have,
do what you can.

that certainly is a bright green....but I like it

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Nick
AIM: Naskie182010 www.naskie18.com

You go with whatever you feel you'd like..its your car. But in my opinion you already have a "loud "color, I'd accent it with something more mellow, like gold pin,stripping, etc. Check out all these suggestions, and use what catches your liking most. I like the green....

yellow goes pretty well with lime green.

So are you saying do the interior in a yellow, or some of the outside trim, or both?

I kinda like the fact that the rims are painted the same color, but they are only the 13" rims. Works for me for winter driving, but doesn't exactly have that sporty look that it could have with bigger better looking rims and tires.

I was thinking of putting a set of Grand Am rims on it and painting part of the pattern that is on the Grand Am rims the same lime green with maybe a small line of purple.
Jordan wants to do some of the outside trim in purple to have a similar look to his older brother Stephens 85 GT:

Steve & Jordan Kelley

OK, this morning Jordan got ready to take his Lime Green Fiero to school:


Once he was in and buckled, he fired her up:


What a handsome young man he is in his "Lean Green Cruising Machine".

IMO the tan interior does not suit lime green. I think you should make it black and purple or white or something other than tan.
You asked about colors, i just thought yellow also looked ok with lime green, i don't know where you want to put it though.
i think the grand am wheels are a good idea.

quote Originally posted by fierce_gt: IMO the tan interior does not suit lime green. I think you should make it black and purple or white or something other than tan. You asked about colors, i just thought yellow also looked ok with lime green, i don't know where you want to put it though. i think the grand am wheels are a good idea.

I agree, the tan does NOT go with that color at all. The grey interior would have been better.
I have been trying to figure out if I should take out the tan interior (dash, seats, carpet, etc.) which are all in excellent shape BTW, and replace it or just color over it and get seat skins and all that?

Decisions, decisions

Steve

the tans hard to add color to, but if i had to i'd drop purple as a color consideration and go with yellow still, or orange.

"Your sons" 85 GT no longer exists! Whats left of the frame of that piece of JUNK is waiting to be hauled out of my backyard..

Dave

quote Originally posted by 2farnorth: "Your sons" 85 GT no longer exists! Whats left of the frame of that piece of JUNK is waiting to be hauled out of my backyard.. Dave

I'm sorry?
Piece of junk?
I highly doubt a car we had over $2500. in and was displayed at Fiero shows was a piece of junk or worthy of you highjacking this thread.

Thanks

Steve

You could get a big Joker airbrushed on the hood. The Joker from Batman. Didn't he wear green and purple?

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quote Originally posted by Fiero5: I'm sorry? Piece of junk? I highly doubt a car we had over $2500. in and was displayed at Fiero shows was a piece of junk or worthy of you highjacking this thread. Thanks Steve

Twenty five hundred AMERICAN dollars? Wow, I bet that was nice...

I've been toying with doing a conversion over to the tan interior... I would be willing to trade, but you see, I'd need the gt guage pod and my interior is an automatic oh, and a GT wheel too...

Anyways, uh, I was thinking you could definitely go with two thick purple racing stripes, that would look good, and I'd say that you could EASILY vinyl the panels on the doors to white or yellow/purple or purple, but purple would be hard on the eyes... I don't know.

quote Originally posted by DarkRain: I've been toying with doing a conversion over to the tan interior... I would be willing to trade, but you see, I'd need the gt guage pod and my interior is an automatic oh, and a GT wheel too... Anyways, uh, I was thinking you could definitely go with two thick purple racing stripes, that would look good, and I'd say that you could EASILY vinyl the panels on the doors to white or yellow/purple or purple, but purple would be hard on the eyes... I don't know.

Hey! That is a great idea.
I could get some vinyl the color I want and cover over the panels and such.
In fact, I have some extra panels laying around I could do it to, and then just swap them
Hmm, yeah purple would be a bit much maybe, I like the idea of the white
Maybe I can play with Photoshop a bit and see what color combo's would work.

Steve

quote Originally posted by stimpy: Twenty five hundred AMERICAN dollars? Wow, I bet that was nice...

ROFLAO..

Not purple, Fuscia. Although my wife is saying to do the interior black and do prismatic black flame stripes on the outside.

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Notchbacks Rule
84 Coupe(parts car)
85GT(show car)
87SE Gold(project car)
87SE Silver(daily driver)
88Coupe (daily driver)
88Formula (daily driver)

Wow, what's with all this negativeness? I mean, if you don't like this guy's car, just don't post.

Brian

"Twenty five hundred AMERICAN dollars? Wow, I bet that was nice..."

Geeze, I guess I never realized that putting a lot of money, hard work and time into a car is worthy of ridicule?
Or is a couple thousand bucks just not considered a lot on this forum?

Well, moving right along

This is what my son Jordan and I decided for a color for the steering wheel:

...and for the center horn button:

Hmm, now that is certainly different

Steve

Like everyone said, do what YOU like. That 'lime' green is pretty light, I think Id prefer more to go with a dark green with it like Minngrns graphics. Dark green & tan interior. European cars all look good in 'natural' tan leather, no matter what the outside color. For factory, I love the Mustang dark green with tan interior and top, looks really classy to me.

I know that ultimately it is the car owner who makes the final decisions, but as many on here do, it is always nice to get ideas and feedback

Here is an updated pic of Jordan and I continuing to paint stuff:

Here is what the steering wheel looks like in the car:

We can't waite to get that tan interior redone/replaced

Steve & Jordan

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Good luck and keep us updated!
-Ryan

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Red 88 Formula

AOL - i am RATDOG

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You have........um, interesting taste.
Anyway..ok, what kind of paint did you use on the steering wheel? Is it Semms leather paint? Courious...thinking of spraying my Indy wheel (the original color, or close). Thanx.

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The Force will be with you, always.

Not a bad thing to go with Purple(as long as its kinda dark)... Anyone remember the real Green Goblin's costume from back in the day? well here is what I did with your fiero and a picture of him hehe...

that was fun now for a spiderman version! J/K

My 4yr old thought that color green was awesome then I showed him what I did to it and he wanted one..damn guess I'm gonna have to buy another Fiero.

If you like I can email you the other views of it so you kinda see what I did (hey the kids were napping..hehe)
-Darius

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1987 Fiero GT
Project car

[This message has been edited by Unltd1 (edited 11-02-2002).]

Well, here are some updated pics:





Steve

Edited as #3 image was waaay to big

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You know, I kinda like that. Its different. More pics

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FieroJodi@Aol.com

OK, just a few more pics until I get to do some more to it

Steve

Maybe it will be ready for The Fast and the Furious III... I am sure stickers are the next 'mod.'

How about you get serious and obtain a new set of wheels, body panels, etc... purple only makes it worse...

Rice scale: 5.5

Ricky

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Yeah, I have a cowl induction hood - with NON FUNCTIONAL GAUGES!! HELL YEAH - FieroRice

what kind of paint is on the ribbing?

i may be trying that myself sometime. i have my "cheap thrill" fiero that's red, and a set of $30 wheels for it that are blue. changing the color of either would add to the cost of the car. i'm thinking i'll have the whole car painted red for cheap and have the bumper pads and other black trim painted red also, except the side ribbing. that would be the blue the wheels are. then the wheels i've put a red reflective strip behind the spokes and if i put them on this car i'll probaly try using some stock lug nuts and painting the covers red. that should tie the wheels and car together.

it has a tan interior also but i just can't see anything matching up to it without changing the whole thing. i'll just do a home limo tint to hide it from the outside.

Man, I really hate to sound negative, but I gotta say this. Ive always liked the work you've done on your Fieros...especialy the Indy. But just who exactly told you that lime green and purple are a good combination? Its one thing if your 7 year old son (cant remember how old he is/Im guessing) thinks it looks cool..but really man. That has got to be the most hiddeous combination of colors I think Ive ever seen lol. I know you like to be "different"..but the fact that you drive a Fiero is different enough....you dont exactly pass yourself ever few minutes in one of these cars. Lime green and purple....yikes. Sorry, really, but that is plain hiddeous. (Your other cars are cool though!)

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The Force will be with you, always.

quote Originally posted by My7Fieros: Man, I really hate to sound negative, but I gotta say this. Ive always liked the work you've done on your Fieros...especialy the Indy. But just who exactly told you that lime green and purple are a good combination? Its one thing if your 7 year old son (cant remember how old he is/Im guessing) thinks it looks cool..but really man. That has got to be the most hiddeous combination of colors I think Ive ever seen lol. I know you like to be "different"..but the fact that you drive a Fiero is different enough....you dont exactly pass yourself ever few minutes in one of these cars. Lime green and purple....yikes. Sorry, really, but that is plain hiddeous. (Your other cars are cool though!)

ROTFLMAO

That is a funny response. I still have tears in my eyes from reading it.
Well, you see, I got this for practically nothing and was obtianed for no other reason than really a winter daily driver. As it is nothing more than that and being a plain base model 85 with a lime green paint job, unless i spend some money on a different paint job that I can't afford right now, this makes a great back up car and something Jordan and I can have some fun with and look back on many years from now.
My 9 year old son loves to do things with me and is always complaining that Daddy spends to much time working on his Fieros. I thought this would be a fun thing to do with my little buddy and also maybe get him more interested in Fieros. He immediately showed great interest in doing something with me on the lime green beast when we got it, so away we went
As it came already painted that lime green color, he and I have had a great time making it realy stick out and of course reading these posts.
I agree, it is not my first choice of what I would want for the look of a daily driver. But Jordan enjoys it and that is all that matters in the end

Believe me, if he gets bored or loses interest in this, I will be changing a lot on this Fiero real quick!

BTW: Thanks for the compliments on my other rides including the Indy. Another reason I jumped at the chance of getting this green beast was that I didn't want to have to drive one of my other sweet Fieros in any kind of crappy weather. One of the dissadvantages of fixing up each Fiero you get into show cars is that you then do not want to drive any of them in any bad weather.

We were looking at vinyl stripes this afternoon. We were thinking of doing a purple double stripe up and over the middle, but then we thopught maybe the stripes in a darker green would look even cooler LOL
Man, when we get done with this green beast, it is either going to be one heckofa bizaar head turner or something I am going to want to bury out in the backyard afterwards

Steve

Not my cup of tea...

But hey, at least you'll stand out in the winter!

Well, you want to hear the latest?
Jordan is now saying how much he is looking forward to going to some shows next year...... with the green Fiero
His mother and I asked him how he was going to get it there as he does not have a license yet.
His answer: Dad can take me in it and drive it for me

Hooooh boy
Heh, heh, heh

Steve