gay rhd question

[swapster]

what would the some of the steps/procedures be to convert my car to a rhd car?
how much s**t would i be gettin myself into would it be worth it?
plus i plan on going to japan and picking up a rhd eg over summer too
gimme some input

 

[Jezek]

expect to spend @ least $4k just for the parts + labor, etc...

 

[Matt.]

plus i plan on going to japan and picking up a rhd eg over summer too
gimme some input

Ha good luck with that! It will be next to imposible to find. THe japanese don't hold on to cars that long. And when they try to kill off one generation, then crush them.

 

[FRODO]

You will need a complete front clip and a shop to do it. Look at Price of FrontClip+atleast a $1000 in labor.

 

[rei]

not to discourage you, but its really not worth all the hassle..

 

[$lick Rick]

You will need a complete front clip and a shop to do it. Look at Price of FrontClip+atleast a $1000 in labor.

i'd say more than a grand labor

you're paying someone to cut your car in half and tack anthother front end on.... which is not easy in itself
but keep in mind the frame will be less rigid, the alignment will be off... you'll end up having to shimmy your front end to get it ligned up unless it's done flawlessly by a pro... and then you're looking at allot more money

all that for what?
to make it impossible to go through drive throughs?

it's jdm ricer bling.... nowhere near worth the money

 

[Tiso]

on a lighter note...swapster check out our OHIO meet thread that will be going down in columbus *click here*

 

[nurvcom]

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1435957


this is all about converting your car to RHD

 

[HP Civic 2]

i'd say more than a grand labor

you're paying someone to cut your car in half and tack anthother front end on.... which is not easy in itself
but keep in mind the frame will be less rigid, the alignment will be off... you'll end up having to shimmy your front end to get it ligned up unless it's done flawlessly by a pro... and then you're looking at allot more money

all that for what?
to make it impossible to go through drive throughs?

it's jdm ricer bling.... nowhere near worth the money

And think about if you get into an accident...your motor/firewall will collapse and go straight through the cabin

 

[nurvcom]

only thing i did was change out firewall and put all rhd stuff on and it was not hard at all

 

[King Bob]

not to sure what you mean by worth it, imo its not worth anything, just sell your can and import a rhd

 

[mint]

i'll sell you my RHD EG hatch i have two lol.

 

[bigpatskize]

i don't really think it is worth it but hey if it floats your boat go right ahead

 

[IN2deep]

i knew a girl with a mazda rhd car and they got it cheao b/c it was rhd now this was in the late 90's and i always thought u know its hard to pass etc over here, i mean i think it would kill the resale value of the car

 

[Team Rukus]

Ha good luck with that! It will be next to imposible to find. THe japanese don't hold on to cars that long. And when they try to kill off one generation, then crush them.

wow you are soooo wrong. please educate yourself more regarding how the system in japan works before giving more false information out on the net.

 

[Team Rukus]

i'd say more than a grand labor

you're paying someone to cut your car in half and tack anthother front end on.... which is not easy in itself
but keep in mind the frame will be less rigid, the alignment will be off... you'll end up having to shimmy your front end to get it ligned up unless it's done flawlessly by a pro... and then you're looking at allot more money

all that for what?
to make it impossible to go through drive throughs?

it's jdm ricer bling.... nowhere near worth the money

what you said is wrong aswell.
the proper way to do a rhd swap is to swap out the firewall only. you NEVER are supposed to cut the car and half and join it. People who do this are stupid and should die.
And the firewall is not a part of the structure in terms of strength it doesnt do anything but hold the dash up and the parts on the wall inside the engine bay.

 

[Team Rukus]

thats how the layout of the front end is and all the pieces are spot welded in.
all you do is take out section 36 and 30 out completely and re-spot weld it in your car.
simple


i worked for Honda as an autobody technician before i went and bought my own shop.

 

[Tek-C]

google Used Japanese cars and buy a CTR...

 

[defvayne]

i know where to get a RHD DA front clip.

 

[Team Rukus]

i can get you as many eg, ek, da, dc, dc5, cd5, cb7, etc front clips as you want.
just name it. if your dead serious pm me.