It was definitely '88 blue. I bought it new. Maybe a glitch at the factory? Anyway, these codes are probably what I need. Thanks!
Interdasting.
The upper body color and lower body color are encoded in the RPO sticker, but I don't know the deets of figuring them out from the RPOs on the sticker.
Let's see newb comes on, claims he had the one 88 blue ever made, yet has no knowledge of VINs, RPO codes, etc. Vs Factory specs claim no 88 blues, no Fiero owners on the forums ever reported owning or seeing one (the most die hard Fiero enthusiasts are/have been here), and factory lines could only handle 4 colors at a time so they wouldn't have been able to shoot a blue car even if one had been requested. Further had it been an executive or a die hard that ordered one special, the owner would have known that. The idea of a random Joe showing up at his local dealer and saying "any 88 Fieros for sale?" and the dealer saying "yea we got this blue one sitting here", and neither party having any involvement in special order flies in the face of common sense.
My vote is an 87 left unsold on the lot into the 88 model year, and OP walked in in 88 and thought he was getting an 88.
Originally posted by reinhart: snip factory lines could only handle 4 colors at a time snip
Maybe Joe in the paint department forgot to switch Channel 4 from blue to yellow prior to the 88 start up and oops! a few blue ones!! I've never seen a blue 87 notchie myself.
Maybe Joe in the paint department forgot to switch Channel 4 from blue to yellow prior to the 88 start up and oops! a few blue ones!! I've never seen a blue 87 notchie myself.
Early 88 MY: White, Black, Maroon, Silver.
Late 88 MY: White, Black, Red, Yellow.
We know 87 was maroon and late 88 was red (last two Fieros were red). And we know 86 was red only and 87 was maroon only. It's likely those were the same slot. We know yellow was late 88 MY based on the literature stating yellow orders were not delivered until later, and that silver was avallable in 87 so I'm assuming Yellow took the Silver slot. I believe white and black were permanent paint slots from 84-88.
You're saying 88 coupe and 87 coupe had different front fascias?
As far as I know, the 87-88 coupe fascias were the same. The rear covers were different, the 87's only had a cutout for single sided exhaust exit, where the 88 had cutouts for a dual exhaust,
You're saying 88 coupe and 87 coupe had different front fascias?
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Originally posted by TM_Fiero:
As far as I know, the 87-88 coupe fascias were the same. The rear covers were different, the 87's only had a cutout for single sided exhaust exit, where the 88 had cutouts for a dual exhaust,
I did not realize the '87's used the same nose as the '88's.
I saw this on the mall ebay bar and thought of this thread.
I have a blue fiero with the silver rims. Seeing that one makes me think I need to get me some black ones. I have been thinking about getting the gold version but they seem to be rare and expensive to get, black ones are a lot easier to come by.
Also I used this thread to buy touch up paint from "the auto paint depot," and idk if i did it wrong or something but it does not have the same shine or even shade as the original paint. But I guess its better then seeing the black underneath.
I've never seen a blue 87 notchie myself.
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