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matchgrade
08-05-2006, 01:14 PM
Found this thread:
http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=111618

If you look again, though that S15 is LHD, the ebrake handle in the shot at 3 minutes, 21-25 seconds is still on the right side as if it were still RHD. (I know LHD 300ZX ebrake handles are on the right, but Silvia ebrake handles should be on the side the steering wheel is on.)

Well I was at a shop today in Taipei County, Taiwan getting my AE86 worked on. There were several S13s, S14s, and S15s, as well as BMWs, an Impreza, and an Evo, plus other cars in various states of repair from shells to fully built.

Here's the interior of a silver-gray S15 late from Japan, nothing special:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/01.jpg

Here's a white S15, fully drift-spec...behind it is a pimped-out white S13 convertible sitting on what looked like 19s.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/02.jpg

Here's its engine bay...but notice where the brake fluid reservoir is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/03.jpg

Interior, notice they moved the ebrake handle:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/04.jpg

Shot from the driver's side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/05.jpg

Here's a red S15's engine bay (again notice the brake fluid reservoir):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/07.jpg

Interior:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/08.jpg

Leather dash closeup, almost looks factory:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/09.jpg

And an S15 undergoing conversion:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/matchgrade/S15LHD/10.jpg

They use S14 steering racks and lots of custom fabrication. Labor is cheap here so these conversions can be had for NT$400k and up, depending on mods. That's around US$13k at the current exchange rate. Problem is, they're gray market imports as "scrap metal" and would be impounded if stopped by savvy police.
nrg
08-05-2006, 01:25 PM
cool I guess.
snatch13
08-05-2006, 02:14 PM
:zzz:

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TiNMAN
08-05-2006, 02:56 PM
kuhmo has an s15 in their commercial
Ricks15
08-05-2006, 03:35 PM
Nice work:bow:
SochBAT
08-05-2006, 03:39 PM
Cooper has those FormulaD cars in it going crazy.
RHD/LHD = deathmaster!
kuramaya
08-05-2006, 05:15 PM
i dont get it, the sidebrake handle is on the correct side for a LHD car..in Taiwan they drive on the right so that would be correct
SimpleS14
08-05-2006, 08:27 PM
I want a LHD S15.....
240's"r"us
08-05-2006, 10:22 PM
so it cost 13k to convert the damn wheels and all that other stuff over:eek3:
matchgrade
08-05-2006, 10:36 PM
i dont get it, the sidebrake handle is on the correct side for a LHD car..in Taiwan they drive on the right so that would be correct

The car from the video only had the steering wheel converted, not the ebrake.

The shop I went to converts the steering wheel AND the ebrake to the correct side.
matchgrade
08-05-2006, 10:38 PM
so it cost 13k to convert the damn wheels and all that other stuff over:eek3:

US$13k would be the "out the door" price. Car included.
WILDACEX187
08-06-2006, 12:19 AM
damn thats a good price for a lhd s15. the dash looks decent. wat do they use as a base for the dash?
jdm538
08-06-2006, 12:40 AM
I really like rhd, our s15 is really fun to drive. $13k is a very good prive though.
matchgrade
08-06-2006, 01:18 AM
damn thats a good price for a lhd s15. the dash looks decent. wat do they use as a base for the dash?

Believe it or not, they use the same dash. It's cut up, repositioned, and re-upholstered in black leather. Unless you knew what to look for, it looks stock.

This would only work for S14 or S15 dashboards where the center console is symmetrical. Cars like the last generation Supras or RX-7s are out of luck because the climate controls, radio, etc are angled towards the driver.
Neejay
08-06-2006, 01:41 AM
So it'd be $13k for a LHD S15...I'd go for it. lol
240's"r"us
08-06-2006, 05:59 PM
r u serious where can u buy them 13k for whole silvia how can u get it so cheap
Avante
08-07-2006, 02:41 PM
where in taipei is this shop at?

i might have to go take a look when i go back this winter.
TheSquidd
08-07-2006, 03:53 PM
I want CENTER HAND DRIVE. Fluk this RHD LHD bullcrap. :ghey:

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/image/McLaren/mf1_l_interior.jpg
RiversideS13
08-07-2006, 04:07 PM
^^^ what hell is that. where is the cup holder
DreamDriveDrift
08-07-2006, 04:56 PM
McLaren F1 it's no 240SX!
alexchanman
08-07-2006, 11:02 PM
mclaren f1 is so beautiful!!!!!! i want one badly but almost as bad as a lhd s15.
1Via!
08-07-2006, 11:24 PM
mclaren f1 is so beautiful!!!!!! i want one badly but almost as bad as a lhd s15.
Youre debating between a s15 and a mclaren?
matchgrade
08-08-2006, 06:54 AM
where in taipei is this shop at?

i might have to go take a look when i go back this winter.

Taipei county, Bali Township. If you come I can pm you details.
surge s14
08-08-2006, 04:18 PM
so wait how did thay switch it around and is it posible on puting LHD s15 dash om my s14...?
CaoBoY
08-09-2006, 12:27 AM
^^^ what hell is that. where is the cup holder
its a real 'sports car', there's no fuckin cup holders!
SimpleS14
08-09-2006, 12:58 PM
so wait how did thay switch it around and is it posible on puting LHD s15 dash om my s14...?


S15 dash is slighty smaller.....but I've seen a S15 dash in a S13