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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 12:46 PM
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ok... i finally bought myself a soarer clip... and i really wanna convert to a right hand drive, ive looked around and saw a couple that has done it but they didnt go to any details how they did it and everything... so i want to know what do i have to do to get this conversion done? part? materials? how?
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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cut out your firewall, weld the rhd one in. Then it's just a matter of putting all the rhd engine bay components in, as well as the interior.
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 01:24 PM
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Not worth it IMO. It would be unique though

Bring it to Tulsa if you need any help. We'll get it taken care of in no time!

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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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I love my soarer.. :P
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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LexusFTW
Not worth it IMO. It would be unique though

Bring it to Tulsa if you need any help. We'll get it taken care of in no time!
haha yeah tres its a pain but i do want to be different, if i get this done, i would be one of the only rhd sc, i would bring it to tulsa and ask u for help but damn thats far
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Old May 4, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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hmm so do i go to a body shop to get his done?
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Old May 4, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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It'd be a helluva lot cheaper and easier to import one from Canada. But if you must convert yours, a body shop would be the first place to go if you don't want to do it yourself. Be prepared to spend thousands to get it done by a shop. Or go the old school VW way and cut your front end off and weld the RHD front on.
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Old May 4, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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Why? RHD is pretty useless in the US.
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Old May 4, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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Why? RHD is pretty useless in the US.
to be unique i guess... well i can strip the car down just need someone to cut it and weld the firewall i guess
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Old May 4, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by schwarz
It'd be a helluva lot cheaper and easier to import one from Canada. But if you must convert yours, a body shop would be the first place to go if you don't want to do it yourself. Be prepared to spend thousands to get it done by a shop. Or go the old school VW way and cut your front end off and weld the RHD front on.
i heard that VW way u say is a death wish... they said the car will fold ez...
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Old May 4, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by flipboi
i heard that VW way u say is a death wish... they said the car will fold ez...
I said it tongue in cheek...it's unsafe as hell on modern cars like our SC's (hasn't stopped the civic crowd from doing it though).
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Old May 5, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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This is also gonna decrease your visibility since your going to be sitting on the wrong side and make loading/unloading people a pain in the ***.

Just swap the 1jz (and r154, if you have that) and call it a day.
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Old May 5, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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Going out of your way for individuality with no functionality is usually not worth it. I would advise against doing it, but if you are adamant. Cutting the firewall and rewelding the rhd is probably your best bet.
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Old May 5, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by flipboi
ok... i finally bought myself a soarer clip... and i really wanna convert to a right hand drive, ive looked around and saw a couple that has done it but they didnt go to any details how they did it and everything... so i want to know what do i have to do to get this conversion done? part? materials? how?


Probably cheapest to sell everything and find a RHD somewhere - only way a project like that makes sense is if you can do it yourself or are made of $$$. GL with licensing tho.
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