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Zenki_Kouki.5
10-27-2009, 05:52 AM
I was just wondering how much time and money would take to convert S13 LHD to RHD?
ThatGuy
10-27-2009, 06:02 AM
No one has ever done it before. This is a totaly new concept and there is no information ANYWHERE on the internet telling you what is required.

:duh:
enkei2k
10-27-2009, 06:55 AM
I was just wondering how much time and money would take to convert S13 LHD to RHD?

roughly about 3.5 trillion dollars and about 4.5 million years.
airforceone451
10-27-2009, 06:55 AM
Rhd?! Blasphemy!!!
ranger240
10-27-2009, 07:54 AM
compromise and do the mclaren center seat conversion. its easier to do and you get that cool race-car feel
RB240Mike
10-27-2009, 08:18 AM
Most RHD conversions have problems and rarely do people get everything to work as they were designed to... so do like me and buy a real one :p fuck conveted
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/DSMHowtness/100_2191.jpg
RB240Mike
10-27-2009, 08:20 AM
on a side note I have a friend that has an entire RHD silvia chassis harness, that would make your life amazing, all you'd need is a RHD engine bay harness and there would be no wiring required (well so long as you had a stock SR harness not one that has been converted)
nathanong87
10-27-2009, 08:24 AM
I was just wondering how much time and money would take to convert S13 LHD to RHD?

what do u think?

firewall.
dash.
center console trim thingy.
rewire/lengthen/shorten
probably mirrors as well
and make sure your wipers are wiping the correct way
ILoveJDM
10-27-2009, 08:44 AM
dont forget your window switches, and your ebrake.

rb240mike - stop pushing that thing around here like no ones ever seen a RHD car before. everyone and their mother in canada owns RHD.
DALAZ_68
10-27-2009, 08:50 AM
No one has ever done it before. This is a totaly new concept and there is no information ANYWHERE on the internet telling you what is required.

:duh:

best reply in this thread

Most RHD conversions have problems and rarely do people get everything to work as they were designed to... so do like me and buy a real one :p fuck conveted



wtf is conveted, has driving on the wrong side made your brain that stupid...
Slammed180
10-27-2009, 08:59 AM
why do you want to convert it?
Speaking from experience, RHD gets played very fast. If it were possible to find a LHD chassis in the same condition as my RHD chassis, I would have stayed LHD. It's a pain in the ass for daily driving, and you get lots of unwanted attention.

I'd say don't do it, but ultimately it's your car. Do what you want.
miller_time
10-27-2009, 09:38 AM
why do you want to convert it?
Speaking from experience, RHD gets played very fast. If it were possible to find a LHD chassis in the same condition as my RHD chassis, I would have stayed LHD. It's a pain in the ass for daily driving, and you get lots of unwanted attention.

I'd say don't do it, but ultimately it's your car. Do what you want.

I owned a soarer for over a year and the RHD was hardly a pain in the ass for daily driving. Unless you are making left turns at busy intersections constantly I don't get whats so much different about the two. Not to mention RHD makes parrallel parking a breeze.
FullAutoLock
10-27-2009, 10:01 AM
I converted a s13 to RHD for a member on here. Picked up a front clip for about $200 it had everything we needed. (firewall, pedals and brackets, dash, dash bar, all trim, steering rack, bmc, wiper assembly etc.) I had to lengthen a few wires and do the normal fabrication (firewall, pedals/brackets, wiper assembly). However it came out the cleanest RHD conversion i have seen. Cost a total of about $250 and took about 2-3 days.
dsc4130
10-27-2009, 10:22 AM
in all i prolly have a week or two's worth of work in mine but i transferred everything including the wipers and anything else that was 240 to 180.
it hasn't cost me anything but welding wire but thats because i have everything to do it and i had the clip laying around from a motor swap i did for a friend. if your doing it to be jdm tyte just give up now, cause its not worth it. i started mine cause i blew my engine, knew that i was going to tear everything down to stitch weld the car and figured id see if i could complete a rhd swap as well(ive always wanted to know if i could do it) personally after im done ill prolly have to find another car to drift cause im not left handed lol. i have driven my buddies jzx90 chaser and i could really get the hang of it. i just think its going to be fun going through the drive through at jack in the box backwards lol
landins13
10-27-2009, 10:41 AM
youll need the proffessor and 3 flux capasitors
tunersedge
10-27-2009, 10:46 AM
youll need the proffessor and 3 flux capasitors

I was under the impression the conversion could not be completed with no less then 5 capacitors, can someone clear this up to avoid further confusion?
S14_Kouki
10-27-2009, 10:47 AM
If you were real pimp you would covert everything to the middle.
Depou
10-27-2009, 10:53 AM
why do you want to convert it?
Speaking from experience, RHD gets played very fast. If it were possible to find a LHD chassis in the same condition as my RHD chassis, I would have stayed LHD. It's a pain in the ass for daily driving, and you get lots of unwanted attention.

I'd say don't do it, but ultimately it's your car. Do what you want.

I'm with you on that one. BUT, DD is not a pain for me. Cops do like to pull you over for "routine inspections"...

I bought a 180sx because all the 240's in Quebec are rust buckets/all rotten for almost the same price as a 180sx... Hello drift tax.

If you wanna hop on the RHD ban wagon and have time to spare, do it.

Or you could just sell your car and buy a real RHD Silvia/180.
Slammed180
10-27-2009, 06:43 PM
I owned a soarer for over a year and the RHD was hardly a pain in the ass for daily driving. Unless you are making left turns at busy intersections constantly I don't get whats so much different about the two. Not to mention RHD makes parrallel parking a breeze.

How bad are you at driving where you have troubles parallel parking a 2-door sport compact? Fuck my 3/4 ton extended cab silverado is even a breeze to parallel park.

DD'ing a RHD is a pain. It's not impossible, merely annoying. IF you don't need RHD, then there's no use in spending the money and time to get it done.
b R 3 E z Y x Z e N k i E
10-27-2009, 06:50 PM
don't bother, not worth just to show off a lil
ILoveJDM
10-28-2009, 05:54 AM
personally after im done ill prolly have to find another car to drift cause im not left handed lol.

yeahhh

since when does RHD mean you have to be left handed.
bmhossain
10-28-2009, 06:59 AM
In no way shape or form worth it
PerilousActs
10-28-2009, 07:51 AM
Whether it's worth it to me or not, you don't care nor should you. If you want rhd, do it. But here's some info. ;)
Project RHD 240SX - Club RSX Message Board (http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=497717)
tricky_ab
10-28-2009, 09:14 AM
I can't wait to see where this thread is going...
repda916
10-28-2009, 09:34 AM
im rhd ing my vert but thats only bc its a show car
FullAutoLock
10-28-2009, 10:58 AM
Its crazy how many people say thats its a pain to DD a RHD car. My 180sx was no harder than a LHD car once i got familiar with it. Now i prefer RHD. But its whatever you wanna do. If you wanna spend the cash to do it then by all means DO IT!!
jiggs
10-28-2009, 12:51 PM
rhd it man, imma rhd my vert when i get the cash, i want the attention like DAM!!!
!Zar!
10-28-2009, 04:41 PM
I sometimes rhd my dick.

But I like lhd better.
drift_limo
10-28-2009, 06:42 PM
I sometimes rhd my dick.

But I like lhd better.

RHD is natural to me. LHD feels weird..
jdm213
10-28-2009, 06:48 PM
:madfawk::-/:squintd::coolugh:
ThatGuy
10-28-2009, 07:03 PM
:madfawk::-/:squintd::coolugh:

Take a week off for that BRILLIANT addition to this Thread.

Post Whoring is NOT welcome here.
dsc4130
10-29-2009, 04:00 PM
yeahhh

since when does RHD mean you have to be left handed.its the whole ebrake thing, i couldnt use it in my friends jzx90. idk im prolly talking out of my ass. im sure ill drive the crap out of this car just like every other car ive owned:wiggle:
projectRDM
10-29-2009, 10:12 PM
Whether it's worth it to me or not, you don't care nor should you. If you want rhd, do it. But here's some info. ;)
Project RHD 240SX - Club RSX Message Board (http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=497717)

Wow, a RHD 240SX project on an Acura board. Those kids on there must be soaking their shorts. Poor bastards.

The conversion is not difficult for anyone with a brain, the parts, and some time. The point of it though is stupid as hell in a country where everything remotely possible is on the lefthand side of the car. It's a weak fanboy fad that should have died two decades ago.
yokotavia
10-29-2009, 10:52 PM
rhd is so original =]
RB240Mike
11-04-2009, 06:13 AM
dont forget your window switches, and your ebrake.

rb240mike - stop pushing that thing around here like no ones ever seen a RHD car before. everyone and their mother in canada owns RHD.

I've posted like 5 pictures of my car ever on here so go suck a dick and get over yourself.. we dont all live in canada like you...
Persona
11-04-2009, 06:40 AM
rb240mike - stop pushing that thing around here like no ones ever seen a RHD car before. everyone and their mother in canada owns RHD.

Really? What crawled up your rectum this morning, the dude posted one picture in a thread who's topic was on RHD, get over yourself.
RB240Mike
11-04-2009, 06:55 AM
Really? What crawled up your rectum this morning, the dude posted one picture in a thread who's topic was on RHD, get over yourself.

thanks haha he's just mad cuz he's in canada and RHD is everywhere there so it's nothing special
SlideWell
11-04-2009, 11:46 AM
you look good in pink Mike, haha. good job! did anyone mention the harness going to the back? and the trunk release? how about hooking up all the defrosting, antenna, like really, u gotta really want a big project to convert, or have gotten ur car for next to nothing. i have RHD, is gay. lots of unwanted attention. girls rarely look, mostly doods wanting to suck me off or something. gay.
Persona
11-04-2009, 01:01 PM
you look good in pink Mike, haha. good job! did anyone mention the harness going to the back? and the trunk release? how about hooking up all the defrosting, antenna, like really, u gotta really want a big project to convert, or have gotten ur car for next to nothing. i have RHD, is gay. lots of unwanted attention. girls rarely look, mostly doods wanting to suck me off or something. gay.


LOL quoted for the truth, its a really big project just to sit on the other side and not even be a real RHD.
ILoveJDM
11-05-2009, 02:40 AM
thanks haha he's just mad cuz he's in canada and RHD is everywhere there so it's nothing special


:blah:
thats because it is nothing special, everyone in this thread who isnt a retard that owns RHD has said it was a bad idea, but you must like guys getting all horny over your car.
dsc4130
11-08-2009, 12:47 AM
LOL quoted for the truth, its a really big project just to sit on the other side and not even be a real RHD.
wow you guys can really kill a thread. if the kid wants to do it then he wants to do it. he was just asking for advise, even tho im pretty sure he was "window shopping"
motorboater
11-08-2009, 01:26 AM
funiest thread ever!!!! just start out with a empty front clip though.
grantboss
11-10-2009, 05:52 PM
What are your reasons for wanting RHD? Have you ever driven a RHD? Because it's a pain in the ass, you can't pass anyone unless you have a passenger, left hand turns make you want to kill yourself. RHD makes sense for a vehicle that is made in a country where you drive on the other side of the road. It's not a good idea in the US.