1st Alltrac Project st185

Knedroscik · Mar 25, 2015

New guy here.
Found the car in Ohio. Has 127 miles. Flew out, drove it back to Texas with my wife. Car made it with no issues. I was told 1st owner had the car Ziebart protected. No rust, car is in pretty awesome condition. I'm still reading on the forums to see what to refresh or replace first. I'm a noob so any insight or help is always appreciated.

This will be hard because it's sorta my daily driver. Wife works from home though, so i should be able to use her car 2-3 days a week.

Shifter is the squishiest shifter I've ever used in my life, and thats after the previous owner replaced all the bushings. E-break needs tightening. It's got an aftermarket security system from the 90s, hack job, that must go eventually. As well as a hard wired 90s radar detector. Exhaust also sounds like it could use replacing. Suspension is original, needs replaced.

First things.
I'm going to replace the old purple tint, front window visor won't pass state inspection.
Needs new wheels badly, so I'm gonna get some new rims to put new rubber on. I wanna do coilovers too, but well see if i can afford that for now.

Pictures

mx6er2587 · Mar 25, 2015

wow looks super clean for an ohio car.

I'd look into the shifter issues. I've found the Trac to be pretty precise. I wonder if the previous owner missed the "sugar cube" There is a small square metal piece that looks exactly like a sugar cube on the shift linkage at the transmission. Its a wear item and can cause sloppy shifts. Fortunately it can also be turned around so you're left with a brand new wear face without spending a dime. I'd check there first. Some searching around this forum should turn up some pictures,

amx · Mar 25, 2015

Ha -- I remember this one from ebay! I bid on it in a moment of weakness and despair at the state of my own project, and then decided Ohio was too far to ship/drive.

Sounds like it turned out to be pretty much as described -- it looked beautiful in the photos. Really glad to see it show up here.

I actually asked the previous owner about the sugar cube and he told me he did not replace it, so mx6er's advice is probably spot on. You might also look into a short shifter -- the factory throw is pretty long, so shortening that up can really make a difference in feel.

Mr Alltrac · Mar 25, 2015

Awesome looking car. Where in texas are you from?

Knedroscik · Mar 25, 2015

I'm in Dallas. Sold my 2000 celica gts so i could buy an all trac. haha. WORTH IT!

Tint got completed today.
Rims are ordered 17x9 +30
still deciding on what size tires to get... i want em sorta meaty

underscore · Mar 25, 2015

17x9's? I'd go with 265's (assuming they'd fit, you'd have to check).

Mr Alltrac · Mar 25, 2015

Looking better already!
I'm over in Lubbock, about 5 hours away if you ever come this far west let me know!

What rims did you buy?
I have the Bridgestone potenza pole position s-04 which have been some of the best tires I have ran on my sti so far.
I can hardly get them to break loose even in the rain, they did alright during our baby winter storm as well.
They are beefier than the stock dunlops they came on my car, they might be what your looking.
You can kind of see what I mean in these photos, they are the same size.
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=49196

Knedroscik · Mar 25, 2015

Looks nice! 18's look good on sti. After some debate.. I think I'm going with 255/40 17, hope they fit.
Oh, and the wheels i got are 17x9 e30 Rota Torque - Flat Black.

These are the exact wheels on this wrx, but mine are flat black and the tires i'm getting should be a little fatter width wise, the pics below are running 245/40 17. Mine should be 255/40 17. Gonna try Hankook rs3 tires. They are a little more than i want to spend but have the exact look i want. NOW... imagine those wheels on an alltrac.

Knedroscik · Mar 26, 2015

Turns out... they are out of those wheels and it will take 3 months for them to have some in stock. so... need to find new wheels.

Mr Alltrac · Mar 26, 2015

Where did you try ordering them from?
Wheeldude. Com has quite a big selection and there usually in stock. If not if you have the money work cr kai are the original rim the rota torques were built from.

Knedroscik · Mar 26, 2015

Yeah, it was from wheeldude.com. They were out of the Flatblack. Maybe i'll just go classic oz rally wheels...

Mr Alltrac · Mar 26, 2015

Have you looked at topspeedautosport?

http://www.topspeedautosport.com/mobile ... x?id=37754

Are you set on flat black? I think the gunmetal would look awesome.

Knedroscik · Mar 27, 2015

I would probably buy them from that site but they are $200 more than wheeldude.

So I was set on that rim/color combo. But after looking i wish i was wealthy enough to get fifteen52 wheels. Some super cool "rally " inspired wheels.

http://fifteen52.us/shop/#!/Forged-3-Pi ... ort=normal

too expensive for me though.

I'm currently looking at these wheels...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rota-Wheels-Ree ... bc&vxp=mtr

what do you think?

Knedroscik · Mar 28, 2015

ORDERED!
Wheels should be here on the 7th. Now to figure out spacers for the crazy offset.
Size: 8x17
Offset: 44
PCD: 5x100
HB: 73

Ordering Hub Rings + spacers soon.

Mr Alltrac · Mar 28, 2015

Hmm interesting looking wheel, looking forward to seeing it on the car!

Knedroscik · Apr 8, 2015

Rims are In and tires are on!
Need to measure for spacers.

Rubbers = 245/40r17 Yokohama S Drive

Can you say Beef?

also: thanks MrAllTrac, I went with same tire size you posted just 17" rim insead of 18. Love how they look sitting there, hope i like the way they look on me alltrac.

Mr Alltrac · Apr 8, 2015

Those look really good sitting there. Excited to see them on the car.

Knedroscik · Apr 12, 2015

Test fit one wheel. SEVERE rubbing, it's not driveable.
Waiting for spacers to come in. Should arrive midweek.

I really like how they look but it really needs to be lowered.

Knedroscik · Apr 21, 2015

Here they are!

17x8 +44
Yokohama S-Drive 245/40r17
25mm Spacer Rear
No Spacer Front
Original 25 year old suspension...

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