SilviaSprung's RHD conversion project!!!!!!

Ok, FYI, im copying and pasting this off of another site im posting on. So yehhh

anyways...

Welp, as some of ya may know..i picked up my RHD conversion clip about a month ago. I told my self since I was storing my 240 over the winter...why not have a winter project. And the RHD conversion is it! So yesterday I was out and about and what ya know..its gettin cold outside. soo..hum..winter here perhaps?

guess that means its time for the RHD conversion.

So0o0o0o today Me and my buddy Church broke out the tools and began the project.

Start time - 3:00 PM
Finish Time : 9:09
on to pics..


The Spot

Backing her into the garage for the last time



BEFORE SHOTS




Surgery Begins








AND SHES OUT!!!




Now on to interior

Then we started removing everything from the firewall

BMC
CMC
Brake lines
BEFORE


AFTER



We also pulled all the wireharness out including fuse box and relay box. Going to start the wire tuck here soon.

I plan on shaving and painting the engine bay here soon.





CHASSIS HARNESS

.Where did we store all the parts and pulled out? Hummmm....

11/6/09

Me, Church, and our friend Adam worked on getting the COMPLETE rhd firewall out. Drilled all the spot welds out and chiseled out the firewall.

It was ALOT of work and took all afternoon only because we had never taken one out before and I also wanted to have the complete firewall out so when I cut out my LHD firewall...i could just trim and overlap the RHD firewall.

So on to the pics...

11/12/2009

well today wasnt as eventful as we had hoped. We got the blower motor hole cut out on the JDM clip..and we drilled out the spot welds on my car and took off the reinforcement plates off the side. Also dropped the LHD racking pinion and preped the RHD one for install. I have to redo one of the PS lines on the RHD racking pinion because its bent. But its getting there.

The guy welding is suppose to come by tonight to help mock up where we need to cut so we can start to process of putting everything back together!

update: Well my friend came by tonight to shed some light on what he needs us to do to start the process of removing my LHD fire wall. Also i am going to remove my chassie harness to flip it over onto the Right side so that it will line up with my fuse box. Yeh thats right..im even switching the ECU and fuse box to the correct location for RHD BOO YAHH

11/16/2009

TODAY Well the other night we worked installed the RHD racking pinion and we also worked on my LDH firewall and getting it out..here is a quick snap pic of what we did to it lol..



The agenda is this...

Today - Help Church replace both rear shocks on his Exploxer

Tuesday -
1. Daughter goes to daycare
2.I work all day on the chassie harness and finishing getting the firewall out
3. Use windex and a scuff or brillo pad to clean the engine bay from top to bottom and prep for paint and shave
4. Replace the RHD tirerods with my new Tien hard outter tie rods
5. Clean motor and install new dump tube
6. My welder will come over after 5 to start welding on the firewall/engine bay shave

Wednesday
1. Install RHD Heater core/blower motor s*** back onto Firewall
2. Mount pedals
3. Grind welds for a flush look for shave
4. Primer engine bay
5. HOPEFUL to spray paint 2009 Nissan Radiant Silver Metallic

6. Clear coat

Thursday
1. Reinstall all interior
2. Install RHD steering column
3. Wire tuck engine bay

Weekend.
Reinstall motor and front end

Hoping to be done lol

Here is a little update. We installed the dashboard so we could mock up the mounting brackets for it. My welder is now going to come over Saterday. So yesterday we did the wireharness, I also took apart the ignition and swapped over the tumblers so my key would work the jdm ignition. I pretty much put together the jdm steering column( wiper switches/blinkers switches) and ignition. So here it is so far..

ok so today we got a big step done. we got the rhd firewall in today for fitting. we had to cut it into 3 pieces but its fitted. Tomorrow.....we weld!! woow woot

looking good man keep us posted

fuk-n-a lookin real good....i did a rhd conversion on my brothers 94 civic last winter, the fun part is when its done and u are driving along and go to shift and bash your hand into the door panel, i did that atleast 12 times each time i would drive it

damn i cant wait to see this in person..that is bad..^^^yeah andy busted the crap out of his hand all the time.i miss that car

Lol..The only problem I had with RHD was the blinkers and windshield wiper switch lol

Thanks guy! I cant wait for it to be finished..


On a side note....Im getting married Dec 7

Silviasprung wrote:

On a side note....Im getting married Dec 7

noooooooooooo its cheaper to rent
















lol just kiddin congrats man

andizzle wrote:

Silviasprung wrote:

On a side note....Im getting married Dec 7

noooooooooooo its cheaper to rent
















lol just kiddin congrats man

haha..Thanks man

damn dude looks awesome cant wait to see it out! when you flip the chassie harness will it reverse the turn signals or are you going to mod the harness?

i cant tell from the pics but if there are any sharp corners where u cut out the firewall round them out...it will help releave any stress points and make it easier to weld back in....and the metal is only like 18 gauge at the most, but if u are worried about stress and something failing u can cheat and take a 2 inch wide piece of 18 gauge and welding it in to overlap the seam where u weld in the new firewall. i did it down either side of the civic on the inside since jamey has this tendency to corner like a f1 driver lol

RHD-CIVIC wrote:

damn dude looks awesome cant wait to see it out! when you flip the chassie harness will it reverse the turn signals or are you going to mod the harness?

On the jdm silvia..the turn signals and wiper switch is switched on the steering column ..I just had to swap out the pig tails

andizzle wrote:

i cant tell from the pics but if there are any sharp corners where u cut out the firewall round them out...it will help releave any stress points and make it easier to weld back in....and the metal is only like 18 gauge at the most, but if u are worried about stress and something failing u can cheat and take a 2 inch wide piece of 18 gauge and welding it in to overlap the seam where u weld in the new firewall. i did it down either side of the civic on the inside since jamey has this tendency to corner like a f1 driver lol

Humm..want to donate some of your time

looks hella good bro. i wondered what happened to you. keep us posted!

would if i could man...but im stuck at my hizzle...no ride and a bum leg

you just jerk it to much..oops didnt mean to tell everybody

no motion lotion will do that to a person lol

hey man the dash looks great in the car.thanks again..

redlineperformance wrote:

hey man the dash looks great in the car.thanks again..

np bro

welp..all is done.

Was a big head ache but it was pretty easy. Here she is for now..I still got alot of little things to do but I drove her home last night