im thinking about making my car RHD (right hand drive) when i do my engine swap, btw yes i know i will get a million responses saying its a waste of money blah blah blah, if i were to undertake this operation what kind of welding/replaceing of the firewall would have to be done. understanding that relocation of steering column, new dash etc. ?

 

a buddy of mine did this in a eg, he drilled out the welds on the firewall and put the new one in, he had a jdm rhd integra clip for all his parts though, he bought a motor swap that way so i guess it isnt realy a waste of money if you do it that way

 

any idea where he got that clip from, and do u know if that teg firewall fits right up or is ne fab work needed?

 

You could pic up a front clip from and jdm porter. Most of time you'll have to buy the whole clip with motor and suspension. Sometime you'll get lucky and they have just the front clip.

 

can u just replace the firewall and not the entire front clip because cutting a car in half would make me nervous

 

helped a friend do a rhd dc, just sawed off the firewall from the inside and tack welded then ran a bead over it.

 

how dificult is it? i can weld and have good mechanical skills. is there aneything unexpected besides like swapping wiring harnesses and fiewall dash and foot controles?

 

i dont know about the details but they didnt seem to run into any problems. just needed to extend the harness to the other side. make sure you test the wires thoroughly.

 

i have done plenty of rhd conversions....if you have questions lets me know...if you want it done let me know

powder

 

what is easier swapping the whole front or just firewall and whatnot?

 

from what i hear you gotta swap the upperdash supporrt as well? and its pretty much straight forward just cut out tack and weld a bead... i took apart my entire RHD clip... but i have yet to cut it out... then everything else should bolt up. im going to use the RHD under dash harness and find a RHD engine harness... hopefully i dont run into any problems. LOL

 

it wont work, you need the complete dash harness from the RHD, and the complete engine harness from the RHD, cant mix and match it for obvious reasons.

 

we have converted RHD to LHD civics/integras. the fasest way is to buy a half cut without the engine from an importer. its cut after the A pillar. comes w/ dash HVAC , wiring harness, pedals, steering rack, steering column, console etc. this will make ur job a lot easier.
my next question is why?

 

if u had a front clip from a rhd would u be able to swap it without welding the entire rhd front on the car?

 

Some guy just did it on here.
He might have some answers for you.


https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1072221

 

i absolutely love it, and plan to do my eg ehd coversion ASAP, jsut waiting to find a web site to get a clip, if anyone knows one, let me know

 

http://www.jdmshit.com

 

Bump

 

your best bet would be to drill out the spotwelds on the firewall, and replace it with the RHD one, I just had mine done, and i couldnt be more happy with the results.



after paint


done by Red Zone Performance in San Jose, ca. along with all the other fab work.
I think they are a memeber here,Red Zone is the screen name i belive..

 

DMAN!!!, looking extremely good, very awesome, hope mine turns out that good, im having a really known reliable body shop do mine, just because i only have about 1 year and a 1/2 exprience welding, and a arc welder, rather have it dont profesionaly. But looks really good, good luck with it, love the color

 

post more pics through the process

 

definatly need more pics of the process!!

 

bump on that note

 

if some one offers me the right price id sell my RHD coversion pieces... only thing i dont have is the heater core or blower and harness for the heatercore and blower... but i have every thing else... located in Urbana, IL i paid $700 shipped to me from the east coast. ill take a loss for the shipping... so make me a offer and ill think about it... LOL

 

Could you use a mig welder to weld in the firewall or would you have to use a tig? Just wondering as I have no experience welding