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Author Topic: WTB: Special Request  (Read 16703 times)

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2019, 03:29:26 pm »
Awesome!I'll take both, yours and Pat's.  ;D
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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2019, 04:06:05 pm »
The Fiero Store mats are already a copy, as are probably 99% of all aftermarket mats, for any car.

TFS sells GM licensed floor mats.  Not exactly a copy.

The other aftermarket mats are various and sundry.  Not very similar at all.  Some just traced the floor.  Some have contours.  I actually bought a bunch of sets for comparison.  I have a set of stock mats in the original packaging, 2 slightly different sets from TFS, and 9 other new sets, as well as 2 used sets from different years.  I don't have a set of Indy mats, yet.

Some of the mats I do have fit better than others, and there was a particular reason why...

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2019, 04:17:51 pm »
What are you doing starting a car mat collection?????

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« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2019, 04:24:14 pm »
No.  I wanted to know which was best, so I bought a mat from each vendor.  Some mats are the same, but sold through different places.  I did not purchase duplicates, except TFS.  It was going to be a newsletter article, but I decided against it.

Actually, one of the sets is borrowed.  The owner would not sell them to me.

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2019, 05:55:48 pm »
Can't you just box a set up and send them . send the set you want to me and I will Re box them and send  or .. put 'em in a Box of clothe's Heck it ain't Contraband.

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2019, 10:14:57 am »
I found my Fiero floor mats in the garage to take a  look at them. I still need to find some craft paper. The mats don't seem to have been made with a lot of precision. The passenger side is 1" longer than the driver side, and the cuts are not exactly the same.
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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2019, 03:33:48 pm »
Yeah...some are better than others.

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #22 on: June 08, 2019, 09:50:56 am »
Any updates?
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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #23 on: June 08, 2019, 09:13:45 pm »
I made a trunk shelf for my 87 GT. I used 1/2 inch plywood stiffened on the bottom with scrap pieces of wood.  I covered it with vinyl from a local fabric store. I can trace it and send the tracing to you if you wish.

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2019, 01:49:35 pm »
montegut,While I appreciate the offer, I am sure that trunk covers from a GT have different dimensions than a Notchie.
But thanks anyways.
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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2019, 01:57:35 pm »
The lower cover should be the same; however, the '87 has the cooling pipes, and the '88 does not.

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2019, 02:36:58 pm »
Year for Year, notchback and fastbacks have the same trunk but as GTRS pointed out, the 88 varies a bit on the right side due to the elimination of the engine cooling fan.  The rest of it should be the same, though. 
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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #27 on: June 09, 2019, 03:09:59 pm »
It should also vary on the trunk wall for the cooling tubes.

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Re: WTB: Special Request
« Reply #28 on: June 09, 2019, 06:19:42 pm »
That area is higher up and wouldn't affect a shelf. 
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« Reply #29 on: June 09, 2019, 06:23:22 pm »
I thought so, but I was comparing some of the lower trunk coverx.  2 have a part that sticks further forward on the dtiver's side.  Since this was for a pre-'88, I have no other explanation.