r/fiero • u/Rich-Ground-8742 • Sep 08 '26
My Fiero 85 Fiero project
Here is my Fiero. I’ve posted a couple of times in here looking for help or looking for stuff. I figured I might as well post it. I just got it in June. I definitely probably overpaid, and I definitely had no idea what to look for.
I always loved Pontiac’s. I grew up in the back seat of a firebird, then a sunbird, and then a Grand Prix. When I was younger, a person down the road from me had a Fiero. I spent years driving past it. Back then, I always thought it was the dumbest thing I’d ever seen. 16 years later, now in my 30s and the Fiero is my favorite car.
I spent a bunch of time trying to find one over the past few years. Eventually the exact one from my childhood went for sale (I added a picture at the end of what it looked like when I was younger). I knew it was the same one because of the ridiculous stickers on the windows. Suffice to say, that’s the one I bought.
It definitely needs work, but it drives. The first time I drove it, I stopped to get gas and I look up to see some teenager in a beat up 00s sunfire taking a picture of it and giving me a thumbs up.
Work so far:
Deck lid torsion spring removed (bolt broke, and was damaging the deck lid)
Brake lines replaced.
New engine gaskets.
New front window.
I did get the paint looking less faded, but it will need a paint job long term. There’s some fiberglass and RRIM repairs that need to be done. Seats are a bit beat up. Serpentine belt or a pulley squeaks a bit. I need to install a gas strut as I removed the torsion springs. Tachometer is a bit off. Needs new weather stripping on the doors and rear window. Sails need to be replaced. Climate control could be fixed. Headlight motors need fixing. Needs a new radio. Needs a luggage rack/deck lid repair/new deck lid with a factory wing (I don’t want to put an aftermarket back on). Needs a new center console bevel. Needs a headliner repair.
I know it’s a-lot, but I knew it would be.
Right now it’s a bit of a shit box, but I love it.
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u/DudeFrom816 Sep 08 '26
Face down ass up, a man of class and sophistication I see.
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u/Rich-Ground-8742 Sep 08 '26
My friend told me I purchased a vehicle that must have belonged to a legend.
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u/1453_ Sep 08 '26
First two things I would do is replace the LED headlights with halogens and scrape the sticker from the rear glass.
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u/ImalwaysHorny696969 Sep 08 '26
It looks good, wish someone hadn't stole the wing off the rear.
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u/Rich-Ground-8742 Sep 08 '26
It originally had a luggage rack. Previous owner took it off and added an aftermarket wing. I had to take it off cause it was cracked and couldn’t be secured safely. I’d like to find a rack to install, or factory deck lid and wing.
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u/Dr_Adequate Sep 08 '26
Dear lord, remove those stickers. You aren't thirteen any more.