86barettaguy
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 posted on 6/4/09 at 07:39 PM |
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need a few tips
seeing as how I never seem to get my fiero out of the garage and as my doubts regarding its potential as a sportscar keeps rising, I figured I might
as well plan for building myself a locost (yeah, that's what I get for buying Ron's book in the late 90´s). The Fiero wheels are 5x100 and
as I have a set of 17-inch wheels in addition to the original 13-inch wheels, I figured I might as well start there. But where would I find suitable
donors for the hubs and uprights? Any suggestions (other than getting them from another fiero or butchering the one in my garage)? VW used the same
bolt pattern for a while, is there anything there that could be useful? Do we have any sort of lists regarding what components have been used from
what donor cars?
[Edited on 6/4/09 by 86barettaguy]
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 08:02 PM |
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Personally i'd say sell the wheels and build using more typical donor parts from Ford or maybe Maxda (MX5). Not sure what you could use with
5x100pcd but you would have to know a lot about suspension design to build chassis / wishbones to suit whatever you found. Just not worth it tbh.
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chrisg
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 08:06 PM |
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Tiger used VW golf front uprights for a while, mabe something to look into?
Cheers
Chris 
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 08:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisg
Tiger used VW golf front uprights for a while, mabe something to look into?
Cheers
Chris
These were 4x100pcd, and Tiger discontinued the Super 6 as they were finding Golf mk2 parts hard to come by. I actually tried selling all the parts i
had but had no luck so i have pics somewhere - not that the hubs are 5 bolt anyway. Not sure if the later Golf stuff is similar
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 6/4/09 at 08:17 PM |
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86barettaguy
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| posted on 7/4/09 at 06:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Personally i'd say sell the wheels and build using more typical donor parts from Ford or maybe Maxda (MX5). Not sure what you could use with
5x100pcd but you would have to know a lot about suspension design to build chassis / wishbones to suit whatever you found. Just not worth it tbh.
wouldn't I need to take a long hard look at the suspension design either way?
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 10:50 PM |
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Sell the fiero? Use the money to get more suitable parts for the locost
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86barettaguy
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| posted on 8/8/09 at 05:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Sell the fiero? Use the money to get more suitable parts for the locost
if the fiero turns out to be a disappointment it will be sold not until I have decided on its replacement though
I think the mkIII Golf used the 5x100 bolt pattern, or was it the mk IV? the new beetle did for sure though.
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gottabedone
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| posted on 8/8/09 at 09:39 AM |
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try having a look at these stud patterns
Steve
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