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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 08:50 PM
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Right hand conversion

I have a 87 Turbo 2 and I was wondering if anyone has heard of a right hand conversion in the states?
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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I know a guy who's done it in my area. Did it himself too. Search, this has been covered
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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I will be doing mine this summer. I have all the parts. Just need to tear down my extra shell and start.
All after I finish my ae86 build.
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 04:42 AM
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I currently have my car totally gutted. I am trying to find a lhd chassis with a good interior and steering rack for cheap to replace mine with (my chassis was a parts car first, parted it out and now I am rebuilding). I may go with a rhd chassis from japan for the value and overall quality of parts. The last time I saw inside a freshly imported jdm fc it had a nearly showroom quality interior, and I guarantee the later fc's from over there have held up nicer overall compared to our cars.
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 02:49 PM
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whats the reason for having a RHD car?
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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whats the reason for having a RHD car?
to be differant.get attention,turn heads...all of the above lol
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by elvis
I will be doing mine this summer. I have all the parts. Just need to tear down my extra shell and start.
All after I finish my ae86 build.
I'm also finishing an AE86 build! Not mine though; however, it is my garage, my tools, and my expertise...

How much would one of these conversions cost roughly?

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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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here ya go for some reference, 86 GXL with a JDM Turbo II swap.
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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Oh snap

Oh man your from victorville me to

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I know a guy who's done it in my area. Did it himself too. Search, this has been covered
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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looks good and if i completely rebuilt my car, i would consider this. i don't think that i would tear down just to do this though. definitely different, but in my area, just driving something other than a honda civic or scion tc is different. my t II is kind of an alien here.
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Old Feb 27, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Man the dash board curves makes me want to make babies with it...
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by w0ppe
I'm also finishing an AE86 build! Not mine though; however, it is my garage, my tools, and my expertise...

How much would one of these conversions cost roughly?
Well I got all the stuff to do my AE86 for $700.00 shipped And I mean EVERYTHING!

The FC half cut was bought by a friend of mine so he could swap his na to a turbo. In exchange for me helping him do the swap he's giving me the RHD stuff for free!

As for why to do it Yeah azdk pretty much nailed it. However for me I have a small fabrication and tuning shop and it's a major customer draw to be driving a rhd car in the middle of the usa. People ask me now who built my car and I reply I did. That has brought me several customers but the rhd cars will certainly attract more.

I do it for the fabrication.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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I did it for the Girls ;]
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by francogt1
here ya go for some reference, 86 GXL with a JDM Turbo II swap.
what's up with the cluster?
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Thanks!!!

Thanks everyone for your input this all will help me, as I have the steering column, steering rack, and wiring harness, I just need a dash and trim to finish off the swap.
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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its so f in gay that we cant drive rhd in the states pubilicly witout gettin in trouble
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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heres my set up



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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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the 86 in francogt1's post looks like the one I did...
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