The hardest part of making the sideburns is matching the left side to the right side.
Again I got the base blend first and added a skim coat of filler, then added the foam blob to start the lower rocker detail.
The shaping went pretty good, did not have to re-foam anything.
After much sanding and filling I think they are ready for glassing. I've been trying to decide to make a splash mold now or after I get it glassed and smooth again.
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While I have been putting a layer on the sideburns I started in on fixing the many cracks from the shipping damage on the front clip.
One of the largest damaged area is the pivot bar area. There were 2, 6 inch rips where the nose took a hit. After grinding away at glass to prep it for repair found it was really thin in a place were high stress occurs at the hinge. it looks to be about 1/8 of glass and then the polyester bulker, then a thin mat or chop spray on top. Added about 1/4" of mat to the effected ripped areas.
I still have to do the outside cracks.
I will be building up the front fenders with foam to make IMSA style fenders, in preperation I sanded the 3/8 to 1/4 thick bondo off the fenders untill I found fiberglass. It looks like they uses a thin wood strip to form the wheel arch.
More to come.
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Digging out the delaminated glass with a rotary tool from the back side.
Around the light bezels.
The last big one on the nose, about 7 inches long.
I need a little more arch in the front wheel well.
I also need some more width to cover the front tires.
At this point the front track is wider then the stock fiero by about 6 inches. I need to finish up the sideburns and get them installed before start on the fender flares.
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Nothing new yet to post other then its not dead, just paused while I recovered from spinal surgery. As any fiero fanatic knows you spend a lot of time bent over working on these things.
While it's still cool here I'm itching to finish on the foam and glass work.
------------------ yellow 88 GT, not stock white 88 notchie, 4 banger
