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Old 01-21-2003 | 11:45 AM
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lets say i could get my hands on a front clip from a japanese FD. would it be possible to do the conversion. what would be incolved. only major thing i can think of would be relocation of the steering column which would require another hole in the firewall. other than that u can pretty much rip out ur **** and put in the new **** (wiring would be a bitch and i would have no idea where to start with the 3 pedals and relocating them)



has this ever been done? heh im sitting here staring out the window at my car thinking how hot it would look RHD with a 99spec kit. hhhhhhh



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Old 01-21-2003 | 12:32 PM
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just sell your car and import a whole J-Spec car, you'll have an actual 99, probably spend less money, and it'll be problem-free (well as problem free as fd's go).



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Old 01-21-2003 | 12:54 PM
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the only difference in the body is the fire wall, you also need the jdm dash, and wiring, also the subframe steering rack and the pedal box



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Old 01-22-2003 | 07:55 PM
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I have a better idea.



Buy a RHD car and put a LHD column and pedals and all that good **** in it and make it a drivers ed car
Old 01-22-2003 | 08:21 PM
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yah that would be sweet, lhd and rhd at the same time



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Old 01-22-2003 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 93 R1' date='Jan 22 2003, 07:55 PM
I have a better idea.



Buy a RHD car and put a LHD column and pedals and all that good **** in it and make it a drivers ed car
why would you do that? then the person learning will have no idea what it feels like to drive on the correct side of the car, unless you mesh the two dashes together from a RHD and LHD and get two instrument clusters, etc etc....



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Old 01-22-2003 | 11:17 PM
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the learner would be on the left side.
Old 01-23-2003 | 06:58 PM
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I would ask Adam about importing a RHD and he has them for really cheap.
Old 01-23-2003 | 07:24 PM
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Hi,



As i was saying to Jay, for about $5500 - $7500 if i recall i can get you a decent but low grade 1992-1993 with around 60,000 miles on the clock if that sounds like a cheap option.



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Old 01-24-2003 | 02:18 AM
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sounds nice :bigthumg:



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