Worth it? $600 87 Fiero

[El_Diablo]

meh, wasn't my fault, it was either get the car totaled and possible harm to me or go into the back of a van.... it does have frame damage (ive done work before, not just a newbs opinion ) so i will have to pull that to the tune of about $2-400

i really just want a new bumper and fender, doesn't matter which color, i would perfer to stay under the $200 range for both panels, $250 max if i have to ship, i dont really have the money for this stuff right now....

im gonna try the local pick-a-part when i get a chance.... who knows

[CobraCDR]

well.... it was nice while it lasted



coming home last night i went to make a turn, car came flying down the street i was turning on, i hit the brakes and took it wide... smashed into a dodge caravan it was either that or take my chances head on with a 4 door caprice the caprice split so its up to my insurance to take care of the damage... i have liability so my car wont be fixed unless i can somehow get together money for the frame and body panels, i think i can cover the frame ($400) but not the body panels now i HAVE to sell the neon to make the frame repairs and i have to sell it ASAP

if anyone has them i need a front passenger fender and front coupe bumper... anyone willing to post this on PFF for me? i need help here, i have less than 10 days to make it happen and idk what to do at this point...

Ah the beauty of mid engine in the wintertime. I remember running off the road with my 2.8 85 GT many times. So here is what you do there is guy in Connecticut I think outside New London called Kick Hill fiero farm. He will have all the parts you will ever need. He is a bit hard to get a hold of, but if you go out there with cash in hand you will probably walk out with a new hood, fender and bumper in the exact color of your car. I doubt there is any frame damage from the looks of it, even if there is just shim the body panels and you will never know.

here is the website:

http://www.kickhill.com/fiero.html

This guy has a Barn.....wait let me rephrase that......a barn the size of a small airplane hanger full of parted out fieros catogorized by part type. He has been parting out fieros since the first one got totalled. I think he is the main supplier for the fiero store's replacement parts. Warning beware of the chickens!

Ken

[El_Diablo]

well.... it was nice while it lasted



coming home last night i went to make a turn, car came flying down the street i was turning on, i hit the brakes and took it wide... smashed into a dodge caravan it was either that or take my chances head on with a 4 door caprice the caprice split so its up to my insurance to take care of the damage... i have liability so my car wont be fixed unless i can somehow get together money for the frame and body panels, i think i can cover the frame ($400) but not the body panels now i HAVE to sell the neon to make the frame repairs and i have to sell it ASAP

if anyone has them i need a front passenger fender and front coupe bumper... anyone willing to post this on PFF for me? i need help here, i have less than 10 days to make it happen and idk what to do at this point...

[series8217]

as far as the alignment... i always go for a FULL alignment had any experience with the silverstar 6054 headlights? im looking for something a bit brighter, i would love the low dual round pop ups sold on PFF but i dont have that kind of money right now

The silverstars work well. I have them on my DOHC Fiero.

[El_Diablo]

Playing in the snow-



I loved hearing about how all of our techs and mechanics had to put their vehicles in 4wd or they couldnt get up a hill or whatever but amazingly enough i had no problems in a rwd mid engined "sports car"!!! It was great Best thing is the rear tires are low on tread too and the streets i live on are brick and get icy the fastest. Gotta love it

[X11_STE]

Well, it was worth the try

[El_Diablo]

nice try



i must need more sleep than im getting cuz you almost had me, lol

[X11_STE]

el diablo, if you give me $800, I'll take yer neon away.....

[El_Diablo]

hell yeah, and you gotta give me $800 for the neon so you can get it out of my sight!! lol

[nirvana]

Shit man I gotta come check this out now.

[IsaacHayes]

the 4 tech (iron duke) isn't that much of a dog. it's got decent torq. In the 5spd grand am I drove it would fly up an on ramp that was up hill almost as good as my beretta does.

[El_Diablo]

lol, ive had one incident... last year i hit ice with my rear drivers tire with a full tank off gas and it rotated like nothing... couldn't even drive out of it, did one full spin atleast... maybe 2 and then ended up jumping a snow bank backwards between 2 poles, clipping the curb which in turn slammed me straight down from about 3 feet in the air, not like my spine wasn't compressed enough already

as far as damage to the car... just the front bumper cover and drivers rocker cover suffered aswell as minor brake issues (ground a rotor down due to sticking slides and FUBAR'ed anti rattle clips), still have my bu and im still in love with it, i was lucky but the funny thing was i was going fairly slow compared to surrounding traffic.... never had a problem other than that, go figure it was valentines day last year, heh

as far as the alignment... i always go for a FULL alignment had any experience with the silverstar 6054 headlights? im looking for something a bit brighter, i would love the low dual round pop ups sold on PFF but i dont have that kind of money right now

[Younggun88]

watch out with the alignment because of the MR design the rear needs to be aligned as well and many shops forget.

[Younggun88]

You are lucky maybe it was because i was only 15 and never driven anything before.

[El_Diablo]

meh, i was sliding the thing all day, lol.... was flying through snow and ice aswell without issue... just need to get an alignment and get the tires balanced, lol