Ok after reading some older posts I dont think I would touch Pisa for a body kit, So can anyone advise on a company that makes nice body kits at good prices.
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Old Lar Member
Posts: 13798 From: Palm Bay, Florida Registered: Nov 1999
I've seen them at some car shows. Most kit car bodies need a lot of finishing work to make them look nice. There was a yellow one at the Pontiac Celebration in Warwick, RI this past September.
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Hockaday Member
Posts: 2165 From: Clifton Park, New York, The States. Registered: Sep 2009
body kits? I believe there is only one body kit and that is the full body kit from archie...he makes a side skirt and intake you can bolt on though...and there are some wider fenders etc but no body kits. just rebodies...
Edit: I remember there is one place that makes body kits...was in a thread awhile back...
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madcurl Member
Posts: 21401 From: In a Van down by the Kern River Registered: Jul 2003
Ok after reading some older posts I dont think I would touch Pisa for a body kit, So can anyone advise on a company that makes nice body kits at good prices.
I have never used one of pisa's parts let alone a full body kit, but i do know any fiber glass parts and re bodies in general require fitment to the frame in question which can vary more then you would imagine from car ro car. I would however be annoyed as some have been that they nearly had to re engineer the parts to even make them usable.
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Fieroseverywhere Member
Posts: 4242 From: Gresham, Oregon USA Registered: Mar 2006
Don't delude yourself. There is no direct bolt on kit. Every body kit you buy will require hundreds of hours work just to fit and line them up. Do no think for a second that any manufacturer can make you a simple to install kit. Prepare to spend hundreds of hours to get it right. I would even bet you couldn't line up another fiero body on another fiero without some modifications as even eurothane warps. I won't jump on the pisa hate club i think you get what you pay for an unfinished project. I will say ido not attempt to do a kit if you do not have the skills to do it from scratch. I would also also bet that our cars would differ by 1/4 inch at factory let alone 25 years on.
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datacop Member
Posts: 1426 From: Indianapolis, IN, USA Registered: Jan 2004
When working with fiberglass your going to find that unless its something small it is never going to be a "Direct Fit" I've never seen any of the PISA kit's first hand But i have worked with one of there sets of taillights..... I don't really have anything bad to say about them but than again i don't have anything good to say about them. Only advice i can offer is in your Rebody endeavor is to do your homework and do it well. for instance if your going with a stretch project make sure who ever you get to do the stretch does it right. I have heard countless stories of hackjobs and how they cant even drive the car after there done. If your going with a non stretch i would steer away from rebodys that replicate another car because they almost never look right when there done. Personaly the fino or fanalli would be my rout to go.
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Blacktree Member
Posts: 20770 From: Central Florida Registered: Dec 2001
Originally posted by Hockaday: someone did a scarab kit on here...had many fitment issues iirc.
That was me. Maybe I was just unlucky. But the part I received was definitely NOT worth what I paid for it, even after PISA gave me a partial refund (because it was defective, and shipping it back to them would have been expensive). The nose did not fit the Fiero, and was not symmetrical.
If I had a chance to rewind and start over, I'd just buy the fiberglass nose from Dan at FieroFiberglass.com and be happy.
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bulldog85043 Member
Posts: 403 From: Phoenix, AZ USA Registered: Jan 2009
Looked at the phone number for that place and thought it sounded familiar. If you look up the address in GoogleMaps, it's an empty lot now where they're building a 'sky-tram' to the airport.
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pdemondo Member
Posts: 448 From: Peoria, AZ, USA Registered: Oct 2007
The property was taken under eminent domain law by the city. We had an AZ Fiero club meeting there as they were packing up to move. I am fairly certain they are set up now at another location.