Picked up the All Trac kit today.

Actually picked up one and half pieces worth of all trac today...




Two sets of skirts, complete connectors for the skirts to the bumpers. Two sets of rocker panels. Immaculate rear bumper.

Unfortunately the front bumper has seen better days...




I'm still missing the moldings that go above the skirts but I'm not sure if my existing moldings will work. Either way I'm picking those up in the next few days along with some more random all trac crap. Not bad score for $50. I got two working original fogs two but one is missing the lens cover.

 

I worked on repairing the front bumper today. Since all the torn areas were just cuts and not missing pieces I used a soldering gun to fuse the plastic parts together. Then I used plastic epoxy glue to hold the pieces with duct tape while it dries. Now finally I cover the area with JB weld 24hr in preparation for sanding, then bondo, then sanding again.

 

I roughed it up when I sanded it after I soldered it together. Unfortunately its already been covered with bondo and prepped for paint so I can't take any more pictures.

I did run into one issue though. One of the sections of the bumper I "overdid" the melting process and burned up the plastic. Since its the underside of the bumper you can't see it so thats ok. Just be aware that using something as hot as a soldering gun can burn the plastic and prevent it from bonding.

 

Damn that would of come in handy. Thanks for the link.

 

Thanks. I'm almost ready to put it on. The rest of the kit doesn't need any work. I'll be following what Mephtar did in his build thread and going without side mouldings for now since I don't have them.



You can find his build thread here: http://www.st162.net/forum/showthread.php?71-Mephs-89&highlight=meph

Sadly his thread hasn't been updated in three years.

 

1st coat of primer. Tomorrow it goes on.

 

No joke there. The entire rear bumper metal was rusted out completely. Which worked out because the rear bumper does not simply bolt onto the st162 chassis. I had to remove the rear bumper cover from the all trac and use my existing bumpers metal to mount it. Thankfully my current bumper was completely rust free and swapping wasn't too bad.

Everything is bolted on and ready for paint tomorrow. Pics soon!

 

So far so good.





Yes I dipped the car. I used a Wagner spray gun combined with two gallons of plastidip+thinner.

Spray cans are for the wheels.