I saw on passwordjdm, they now have rhd conversion clips, and i wanted to know if anyone has done this before and knows what you have to do?

 

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Dude, it's not even worth it. You have to CUT off the front end of your car, and then weld on the new clip. Not only can it cause structural stability issues, if you have no idea what you're doing, your bound to **** up.

That is an asinine amount of work for something as silly as RHD. Don't get me wrong, it would be badass, but I don't think it would be worth it.

 

hit up SINFULintegXsi, i think his car is a RHD conversion if i'm not mistaken

this is his car




Modified by DA9-hari at 2:01 PM 6/19/2005

 

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Dude, it's not even worth it. You have to CUT off the front end of your car, and then weld on the new clip. Not only can it cause structural stability issues, if you have no idea what you're doing, your bound to **** up.

That is an asinine amount of work for something as silly as RHD. Don't get me wrong, it would be badass, but I don't think it would be worth it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Cant you jus cut the firewalls out and swap them though? The dash and interior stuff should just bolt in, as for the rest of the hardware shouldnt it bolt on as well?

 

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Yes, I'm assuming you could just 'swap' firewalls. But you still have to connect to 2 peices of chassi though. What I'm saying.. If you mess that up, the car can be structurally unsafe during an accident. I suggest you read up A LOT on this topic before you attempt to do this yourself.

This isn't like swapping a motor, there is a lot more work involved in this. Good luck.

 

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Yes, I'm assuming you could just 'swap' firewalls. But you still have to connect to 2 peices of chassi though. What I'm saying.. If you mess that up, the car can be structurally unsafe during an accident. I suggest you read up A LOT on this topic before you attempt to do this yourself.

This isn't like swapping a motor, there is a lot more work involved in this. Good luck. </TD></TR></TABLE>


from what i understand is the firewall....is meant to be a structual part of the chassis....i mean not as important as the bulk heads. the conversion consist of more than just swaping firewalls. its the steering colum, steering rack, and the throtle and clutch cables....which i dont think are easy to find here in the US

 

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Yeah, either way it's a HUGE task to take on alone. Definitely read up as much as you can on it, that's going to be your key to doing this right, and have some friends help you, two heads are better then one.

 

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from what i understand is the firewall....is meant to be a structual part of the chassis....i mean not as important as the bulk heads. the conversion consist of more than just swaping firewalls. its the steering colum, steering rack, and the throtle and clutch cables....which i dont think are easy to find here in the US</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm not really thinking of doin the firewall swap myself, i go to ATC automotive training center in exton, pa. Im sure the body class would be able to do it, or my buddies cousins body shop, but passwordjdm sells a coplete swap. Take a look...http://www.passwordjdm.com/pro...D=209

Plus I wanted to do a motor swap and for the price of the clip its almost worth it depending on the motor I look at.

 

Oh, well that changes everything. If you're taking it to a body shop, make sure their reputable, the last thing you want is some shop to do half *** work and then **** you over even more. Just watch out.

 

i wouldnt do it IMO..its like the same thing but driven on the otherside like people do in japan..and all that time and money cutting and welding..if you get into an accident then its game over

 

Go to http://www.g2ic.com/forums. I asked this question on there a while back. It is very extensive, and should only be done be a professional body shop with experience doing such a thing. You can keep at least some of the structural rigidity by seam welding the **** out of the frame once it is tacked into place. I am no expert, but this is what I have read/heard.

 

Thanks for your help guys. I'm just thinking about it, it's not something i can really commit to for a while because I need to get to class every morning. Just doing some hw for the posability.

 

who told this guy you have to lop off the front end, thats the most retarded way ive ever heard or doing right hand drive. all you have to do is swap fire walls. thats the easy part, wiring is a different story. im lookin for wiring diagrams right now, cuz im at a dead end with my teg. the cool thing about rhd is that the "xsi" swap is a direct drop in, no wiring or anything.

**i also have a clip for sale. someones lookin into it right now, so if he doesnt want it, i kno someone else does.**

thanx
justin

...oh yea, the other stuff you have to do besides the fire wall swap is pretty much take everything off of the rhd clip that has to be used like: steering column, rack, pedal assembly, clutch cable, dash wiring, and wiring that runs to engine bay, etc. on my car the usdm wiring was cut right after the fuse box and everything that was towards the back of the car is used(i.e. taillight wiring, fuel pump, seat belts, etc.) and then you hvae to find out what wires from the jdm harness go to what wires go to the usdm harness. is a pain in the ***, but i think its worth it. its definately not a weekend project, make sure you have plenty of time to do this.

 

all u have to do is swap vin numbers that happened to be on the dashboard,doors, trunk, etc.

it is a lot easier this way, saves time and money.

 

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it is a lot easier this way, saves time and money.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you CAN do that....but what about the VIN that's ON the firewall? To those suggesting that you should swap out the firewall....I'm not so sure about that. Sure, its very unlikely that you should get pulled over and a cop just so happens to WANT to look at the VIN located on the firewall, but hey.....anything can happen ( two different VINs? and the cop ain't gonna smell some kinda bullsh*t going on? ). Aside from that, most body shops in my local area told me they wouldn't even want to TOUCH something like that much less cutting holes into it so that you can route the new steering column into the other side due to legality issues they may face if the car was to be driven on the streets. To the person who said it wasn't worth it.....he's hit the bullseye with that statement. In your best interests, I would suggest two things. 1: you might as well import a RHD car over if YOU REALLY WANTED a RHD car, that way...no BS to go through about legalities ( to an extent ), and....no need to worry about different VINs on your car 2: you can convert, but me...( and this is just MHO ) I'd only do it if the car was strictly for show and nothing else.

Of course, I'll also wait for someone to say "you can just cut out the part of the firewall with the correct VIN and swap it out with the new RHD firewall".....ahhh....HELL NO.....

 

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it is a lot easier this way, saves time and money.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah all you have to do is cut the VIN out of the firewall...hehehe...LOL. I'm sure someone with ample welding experience could make it "appear" stock by welding it from the back side. IMO...like psychoticmindset said ".....ahhh....HELL NO..... ".

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HONDA_TYPE_R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah all you have to do is cut the VIN out of the firewall...hehehe...LOL. I'm sure someone with ample welding experience could make it "appear" stock by welding it from the back side. IMO...like psychoticmindset said ".....ahhh....HELL NO..... ".</TD></TR></TABLE>

LMAO....if anyone in here welds....they'd know that they'd really have to do a damned good job to hide the welding job with a damned good coat of paint and other type body work. Not only that....you might as well at that point paint the entire damned car so nothing will look "fishy". Way too much damned money and work involved for something that may or may not be worth it in the long run.

I was even asked at one point why I didn't convert my DC Integra into RHD so it will go along with the JDM front end ( more so because the stupid *** ricers wanted to really know why I just didn't go all out and make it a JDM Type-R out of a DC4....oh goodness...please....lets NOT get into that one...). But yea...it wasn't worth it to me and I left it "Type-R" badgeless on the outside (but I do have the center console badge that says 98 Spec R just for novelty reasons ), no stickers.....left it looking like just a plain ol integra

 

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LMAO....if anyone in here welds....they'd know that they'd really have to do a damned good job to hide the welding job with a damned good coat of paint and other type body work. Not only that....you might as well at that point paint the entire damned car so nothing will look "fishy". Way too much damned money and work involved for something that may or may not be worth it in the long run.

I was even asked at one point why I didn't convert my DC Integra into RHD so it will go along with the JDM front end ( more so because the stupid *** ricers wanted to really know why I just didn't go all out and make it a JDM Type-R out of a DC4....oh goodness...please....lets NOT get into that one...). But yea...it wasn't worth it to me and I left it "Type-R" badgeless on the outside (but I do have the center console badge that says 98 Spec R just for novelty reasons ), no stickers.....left it looking like just a plain ol integra </TD></TR></TABLE>

Hehehehe...yeah...I said what I did more or less to elicit a response. It would be an utter and total complete waste of time. Maybe one of these days I'll buy a REAL RHD DA.