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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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right hand drive work

was wondering if anyone knew any shops in or around the socal area ( orange county) that can get parts shipped and put them on for right hand conversions. my buddies all wanted them once i told them about it. theyd be right hand drive converisons for a celica gts, ford focus and 93 FD. thanks for those who post.
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:40 PM
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You don't have a car yet and you are already planning on converting it to RHD?
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:45 PM
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Old Sep 27, 2005 | 11:57 PM
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 12:15 AM
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wait wait wait....rhd focus?
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 12:57 AM
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 02:39 AM
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Hes asking for help not sarcasim guys, so if you cant help then why post
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 02:44 AM
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g speed in gardena. they get rhd front clips in all the time and they have a rhd fd sitting there for sale right now.

check them out at gspeedcorp.com.
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 10:10 AM
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Plus you can legaly import a RHD FD from japan, as long as it's vintage 93-95, and they have a bunch over there for sale, since the FD ran for 10 years in Japan. There's a guy here in Socal that did just that....

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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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Hes asking for help not sarcasim guys, so if you cant help then why post
Don't let the door hit your *** on the way out. "sarcasim" is our specialty.
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 08:23 PM
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I had an FD but i squashed it in a canyon. im getting another pretty soon(within 5 and a half months). while i wait for it, i look up research for it. how some parts work better than others weight differences HP and Torque gains or losses and i read that RHD is better for the FD, thats why we didnt get it in 92 when the japanese did because we spent an extra year changing it and adding more crap than it needed to be LHD. besides i drive better with my right hand and it looks damn cool.
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 08:26 PM
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Thanks BLK SEVEN, DCrosby, and MrSparkle for the help. Gspeedcorp.com helped. i may be able to get my car sooner than i thought, thanks.
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Drifterx_01
I had an FD but i squashed it in a canyon. im getting another pretty soon(within 5 and a half months). while i wait for it, i look up research for it. how some parts work better than others weight differences HP and Torque gains or losses and i read that RHD is better for the FD, thats why we didnt get it in 92 when the japanese did because we spent an extra year changing it and adding more crap than it needed to be LHD. besides i drive better with my right hand and it looks damn cool.
Maybe you should buy a Kia Sorrento. It would better suit you.
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Old Sep 28, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Drifterx_01
I had an FD but i squashed it in a canyon. im getting another pretty soon(within 5 and a half months). while i wait for it, i look up research for it. how some parts work better than others weight differences HP and Torque gains or losses and i read that RHD is better for the FD, thats why we didnt get it in 92 when the japanese did because we spent an extra year changing it and adding more crap than it needed to be LHD. besides i drive better with my right hand and it looks damn cool.

I hope you never plan on going to drive-through windows at fast food joints. Also, RHD makes it hard to see when making left-hand turns. Where did you read about all the extra 'crap' put onto the USDM FD's? Our cars are pretty spartan to start with.


What was the VIN of the squashed FD? There is a guy on these forums who keeps an FD registry ( www.fd3s.cc ), he might want to keep track of the FDs that are definitely off the road.

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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by scotty305
I hope you never plan on going to drive-through windows at fast food joints. Also, RHD makes it hard to see when making left-hand turns. Where did you read about all the extra 'crap' put onto the USDM FD's? Our cars are pretty spartan to start with.


What was the VIN of the squashed FD? There is a guy on these forums who keeps an FD registry ( www.fd3s.cc ), he might want to keep track of the FDs that are definitely off the road.

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Or use the Vin to pass smog
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