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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 02:48 PM
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How Hard is this and can anyone refer a good place to buy a half cut from?
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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passwordjdm.com or i think jdmshit.com had one
yes they do hear is a link its down the page a bit http://jdmshit.com/parts/engines/index.html
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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Why?
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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want to convert car to RHD!
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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Isnt that ilegal in the US? Im not dissing you just wondering.
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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ya know never really checked but i'll check it out
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 08:33 PM
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its not illegal last time i checked
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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i've seen imports that are RHD... people drive them around all the time. i doubt it's illegal.
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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Call the DMV
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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by flipwhip &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why?</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old Apr 4, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by flipwhip &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Isnt that ilegal in the US? Im not dissing you just wondering.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nope...I've seen 3 RHD Skylines in my area.....If you guys remember that MTV special they had about 2 years ago about street racing. That purple Integra on there was RHD...If I was good in Auto Body and had money, I'd attempt this myself. I think it'd be nice to have a RHD 5th Gen.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 12:17 AM
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why would it be illegal? as long as the car performs as it should and passes inspection there is no reason why it would be illegal. i've seen at least 10 RHD cars that have had up to date inspection stickers on them. i think it's pretty cool........you'd definitely turn some heads, but i doubt that it's worth the money it would take to convert. i'd rather have a fast *** LHD than a slow RHD. that's just my $.02 though.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 04:14 AM
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I was looking into this before when there was a front clip on ebay without the motor for 200 bucks.....very tempted to buy but my body shop said prob about 2 grand in labor for this
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 04:16 AM
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2 words....mail man.

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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 04:26 AM
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how would u ever go thru the drive thru by urself??
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 05:04 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DTPrelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how would u ever go thru the drive thru by urself??</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol... best quote evar...
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 06:53 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DTPrelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how would u ever go thru the drive thru by urself??</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's not as hard as you think, I do it all the time.

Unless your arms are a foot long, you will be fine
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 07:37 AM
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RHD conversion = pointless

just buy a JDM 'lude and swap the VIN plates...who would know???
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 08:04 AM
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removing a vin to transfer it to another car is ILLEGAL.

How would you sell the old car with missing Vins ?


RHD is pointless, a waste of money, and somewhat dangerous. First off, we drive on the right side of the street, not the left. Second, how are you planning on doing this ? hacking the whole frontend off your car or removing the firewall and replacing it with the RHD one ?

Eaither way. waste of time, waste of money.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 98TypeSH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">removing a vin to transfer it to another car is ILLEGAL.

How would you sell the old car with missing Vins ?


RHD is pointless, a waste of money, and somewhat dangerous. First off, we drive on the right side of the street, not the left. Second, how are you planning on doing this ? hacking the whole frontend off your car or removing the firewall and replacing it with the RHD one ?

Eaither way. waste of time, waste of money.</TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DTPrelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how would u ever go thru the drive thru by urself??</TD></TR></TABLE>

in reverse?
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:15 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DTPrelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how would u ever go thru the drive thru by urself??</TD></TR></TABLE>

my buddy has a RHD eg and he went to our mcdonalds and the guy serving him didnt know what to do....cops around here didnt know the laws though, it was completly legal yet he was 19 so they didnt believe him and impounded it he had to wait 3 weeks for the state police inspector to come to the impound to ok his car and it was 1 day before a show
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:22 AM
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wait so the police didn't know the laws, impounded his car illegally? Did your friend sue, thats an easy law suit. Its unnecessary and unprovoked action on behalf of the police
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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ok someone did this on another forum

he had to register his RHD prelude and do all the neccessary paperwork.

normally, ppl that ask a question like this won't do it becasue 90% of them don't know how.

the dude that did this, did it with a machine shop and then posted pics of the way they did it. cause its really hard to get teh front clip aligned right to the usdm body.

i would love for this dude to prove me wrong though.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:02 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMF22B &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wait so the police didn't know the laws, impounded his car illegally? Did your friend sue, thats an easy law suit. Its unnecessary and unprovoked action on behalf of the police</TD></TR></TABLE>

he has plenty of money, he didn't need to sue, the cop did apoligize to him i guess that was good enough for him
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