A few questions on our new 348

Not sure I can answer your questions but did you try to make your Fiero look like a 348?

btw, tell your GF nice 348
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Nice looking car...how much research did you do on the car?....you make it sound like you learned about the Tubi after you bought it.

 

The reverse light switch maybe just the sponge or bellows under the gate being jammed up and activating the switch - usually when you choose 2nd gear. Or it may be a faulty switch which is thankfully not expensive and an easy diy task to replace.

Have a look in link below for instructions/pics

348 DIY "Restoration" - Page 62

 

With regard to light I would disassemble it and see if it can be glued otherwise I would try and source a 2nd hand light with a cracked lense (the usual problem) and make one good one out of the 2.

 

Workshop manuals can be downloaded at ferraridatabase.com

but...

Why did you buy your girlfriend a nicer car than yours? That makes no sense.. now guys are going to be even more interested in her..

 

Beautiful car..best of luck with it

 

Love the pic with your gf by her new car! Chive on!

 

Nice to see another PFF member on Fchat!

I would check to see if any of the foam/spong under the shift gate was bunched up. The foam had deteriorated in my 348 and made it hard to shift into a couple gears. Nice it was an easy fix.

 

I'm just bustin'. I try to find reasons why my sweetie needs to drive her Audi instead of the Ferraru. I actually have alot of respect for Fieros. I had an old boss that collected them and thought very highly of them.

Be careful with this one. As you know parts are what might be a challenge. So many like the foglight simply are unobtanium. Checkout the parts interchange thread here as well. Common parts without the Ferrari tax. Also checkout ricambiamerica.com if you haven't yet for exploded parts diagrams.

 

I always said they shoulda kept making the Fiero. Just when they got it right and the Fiero GT looked so good, they stop. No wonder they are out of business. Kinda like the
G8, they come out with a great car just to go under. Get rid of Buick, they have not built an exciting car since the GN.

 

Why a belt driver supercharger and not a large turbo? Oh and I have had a friend who worked at Sears back in the 80's tell me that a guy liked the handling of his Fiero better than his 928! I didn't believe it then, but since I've experienced the mid-mounted engine.. I'm a believer.

 

Pontiac and GM killed the Fiero just as they got it right. I think the Corvette guys got nervous about Pontiac building a better sports car then them.

 

Pics of underneath the H gate, how to adjust the closeness of the reverse switch to the gear chae and also the rubber bellows which superceded the horrible piece of sponge in the earlier cars.

You may be able to just get away with undoing the 2 screws either side of the gearstick to fetch the sponge out but if not working from the coin holder (which just pulls out) unscrew and pull out each plastic panel then lever up the gear surround
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To answer your questions about speakers, you have two places to deal with. You'll find the tweeters up on the dash next to the side air vents. The whole air vent pulls out after releasing the tabs and you'll see the tweeter. There's a surprising amount of space behind there and that's where I placed my cross-overs.

The mids are down on the doors. Search this site and there are instructions for removing the door panel. The stock speaker is around the 6.5 inch size, but the bigger problem is that the enclosure is covered in carpet. I had my lower door panel covered in leather that left the speaker hole exposed and then fabricated a speaker grill that is notched on the top so as to butt up against the underside of the armrest.

And one note about working on the reverse light problem. Anytime you take the ashtray out and put it back, be sure not to break the ashtray by overtightening the two screws holding it down. Depending on your car, the screws may not be able to tighten all of the way down. It's possible that the top lip of the ashtray doesn't line up quite right and overtightening the screws will pull the ashtray down so far as to break the lip.

 

Welcome! I recently acquired a 348 myself.

The speakers are behind the carpet on the bottom front of the doors. It's pretty easy to get at them. Just remove the middle panel (screws at each end and nylon retainers in the middle), then remove the screws at each end of the carpeted panel below it. It's also held with retainers (though mine weren't actually engaged so it was even easier for me). The speaker is easily accessible then.

Mine has coaxial speakers, not sure if that's factory or not. I know someone had the panel off before me, so they may have been replaced at some point.

Good luck and nice rides! I've always liked the Fiero, almost bought a GT myself back in the day.

 

Pick of the carpet panel - held on with 3 fir tree clips
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