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So I wanted a RHD civic for a while now but like most of people on HMT i am a NIGGA ON A BUDGET O0
So about a year or so ago I desided to do a RHD conversion, but then i bought a WRX and my planes got put on hold. And about couple of months ago I found a 94 hatchback for $100 which was a perfect candidate for my conversion, then i picked up an EG6 RHD front clip for $150 (no engine no tranny), and started working on it when i had time, and time is something that I don't have much since i am married and have a kid. So this is where i am at right now.

I know i am probably going to get flamed by some of the members, but I don't care. If you are going to hate just keep your comments to yourself. Some people will say what a waste of time, and what is the point... it didn't take all that long... about 4 full days of work for me to get to this point and this is just the kind of thing i am into, just like most of people on here are into turboing their cars and ----...

And for thouse of you that will say that i have weakened the structural points of the car and that i'll get fucked in case of an accident, I'll say that I know what i am doing. I got about 3 years of body work at the body shop under my belt i know what I am doing. And for all the people that want to do the conversion, i'd say that if you do not have much of the experience in this field don't do it, because it is ALOT of work and you have to be pretty precise in fitting all of the things together.

So here you go:

pulled the firewall out of the hatch:
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010155.JPG

what is left of the JDM front clip
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010156.JPG

test fitting
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010157.JPG

new paint baby
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010074.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010075.JPG

JDM NIGGA
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010077.JPG

money shut
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010079.JPG

now i got to start putting all of this ---- in
http://home.comcast.net/~dimchik230/S2010078.JPG

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Looks like you got your work cut out for ya, but it seems like a cool project, defenatley different...in a good way. Keep us updated man

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Eek! good luck with the rest of that stuff :o Looks good so far though!

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have fun and good luck

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thats a cool project, for some reason i find doing a project better and lot funner then when your done, i had alot of fun isntalling my turbo and now that its done im like yep its turboed. but have a blast man

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patience and a big bottle of moltrins goes a long way.so keep up the good work and when your done with this project i bet itll be some crazy ---- when people see u driving on the wrong side :o. good luck

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diy'er to the core. way to go man

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You're going to weaken the structure. lol J/k


Looks damn good. I always thought it was more of a "weld two cars together" than just a firewall swap. Good ----.

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Ya i thought that too atleast the cras I have seen done to it the welded 2 cars together

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damn, thats tight, ive never known anyone thats done that, not that i know u, but u know what i mean.lol. good job, now hurry up and finish that ---- up.lol

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^^^ yeah i've heard of people doing it that way, but the way i see it the car will never be the same once you cut it in half and then weld it back together... that would be the ghetto way to do a converision

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good ----...did it the right way by drilling out the tack welds :)

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looks good.

i've known of 2 people that have done a RHD. both were cavaliers though.firewall from a toyota cavalier. both took over a year to do..looks like you got your work cut out for you, and looks like you know damn well what your doing, also looks like a fun project.

have fun

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I'll give you two apples and a half eaten pear for it ;)

That ---- is madd jdm tyte y0! I digs it, wish I had the room and equipment to take on a task like that. I would be all over it. And definitely keep us updated! :)

Oh yeah and my offer still stands ^-^

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i got nothing but props for you on that one.

NEUMAN

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wow is that j.b. welded in there? .. j/k looks good.

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Damn man! awesome job so far.. the paint looks good too from what the pictures show. have fun with the swap, and keep us updated, i would love to see how it turns out.

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after lookin at the pics, i would say they have no argument...thats ------ hardcore! i like it, and i admit when i came into this topic i wasnt optimistic about the RHD conversion...looks ------ awsome from the pics... so whats the plans from here?? what motor? etc

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got a b18b block, b16a2 head and b16 tranny sitting in a garage waiting to be put together... not too sure if i'm gonna go turbo on this project

that is a brushable sealer, that i brushed on over all of the welds... trying to keep it professional O0

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Big ups on the conv. cause I'd have the firewall out and be like ahh ---- this ---- is too much for me and have the junkyard coming to pick up one fucked up car and front clip. I always wanted to conv my SE-R with my GTIR front clip that I had but I ain't no body work skillz.

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solid work, i like it.

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sweet job, cant wait to see the finished product.

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Nice work man. I to always thought it was a whole front clip swap, not just a firewall. This is looking alot easier to do now. Not that I would, but have a body mechanic in the family makes it tempting.

Also, must have been fun drilling out all those spot welds!! I hate doing that job!!!

Also, did you just spot weld it again, or seam weld the whole thing. I want to seeam weld my end bay and suspension mounts for the added integrety of it.

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^^^ yeah it felt like there would be no end to drilling out all of the spot welds, i think between 2 firewalls that i had to extract i drilled out close to 160 spot welds, welding everything back up took forever too. And yeah i just spot welded it back in.

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^^^
Ya I helped rebuild a 2002 Lincoln LS. Hit a gaurd rail lightly sideways. Rlaced the whole passenger side A Pillar to Cpillar. THAT WAS ALOT OF DRILLING!

Well Worht it though. We rebuild that car for about 19,000 CAN, back in 2003 when retail on a 2002 was still about 35,000.

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so will that be street legal? I know must RHD JDM cars are not, you can have them for show and track use only.

I'd like to get a real EG6 for my next track car. Better balance with the motor/driver on opposite sides.

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Just turn your motor around mang. That works right?

Very nice work though. I was expecting some ricer project with retarded questions and shitty work. It looks really good though.

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well the way i see it , the cars itself isn't JDM so it retains most of the US DOT approved ----, for example i know that if you are importing a car from Japan you have to change the windshield (maybe even all of the glass), doors have to be replaced to, because JDM doors dont have the rebar inside of the door shell. Same ---- goes for the headlights and "imission" standerds. But this car is a US vehicle, that meets all DOT requaerements, and the only thing that is different is obviously the firewall, and a VIN on the firewall so i'll have to make a trip to the state patroll so that they could issue the new VIN #.

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$10 says that when you're done, that everythings gonna be completely wrong...steering wheel, cluster, pedals...betcha it all ends up on the wrong side. :-*

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in aus, doenst matter how compiled they are, u cant drive LHD unless it was made before 1960 or something. and then u gotta have a bigass sticker on the front and rear saying 'THIS VEHCICLE IS LHD"

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that would be gay... ;)

and just to be the biggest ricer i should put bigass sticker on the front and rear saying "THIS VEHICLE IS RHD" :-* just so every one would notice, and also i should put another one of them stickers on a huge "Fast and Furious" spoiler that I shold mount on the roof :-X

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i think its pretty cool. O0
Can i bring my hatch around for the next project? ;D

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Now that's what I call a money pit.

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I am lost to why you would want to do this. Is JDM that cool?
I guess it cool that you did it all yourself. You got skill, thats for sure. I guess I just dont understand mods that dont make a car faster.

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shut up punk

dude you got a lot of ---- to put back in, good luck with that haha.

looks real good so far keep it updated for us over here.

you said you weren't gonna turbo it, all this work and then no turbo? c'mon

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^^^ it's not all about being faster... just want my ---- to be different I guess. For example why do people do all these mods to their cars? (and i am not talking engine ----) people put body kits on (i know that's a gay example), wheels, lip kits, carbon fiber hoods, you name it. I just don't want my civic to be like everyone else's. And in the end so what if your car is faster, does it make you a better person, does it make you better then others? it's all about personalizing my ---- to the way i want it.

haha most of the ---- is already in, should be done with most of the stuff by tonight... well minus the motor and tranny and taking out all the dents and painting the whole car. :)

i am still undisided about the turbo and all, i don't know... when the car will be all done i might just say ---- IT!!! and turbo the bastard ;D

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Eat burnt penis and die noob.

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noob? i have been on here six months longer then you bro.

You can suck my diack bitch!

so how bout you shut the ---- up, ok?

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I checked out a 91 CRX today that had an SIR front clip done the exact same way. Straight 3" exhaust no muffler, rollcage, as far as the owner knew the B16 was stock but LSD tranny. The body was 6 different colors and had a nice layer of surface rust on it... and he wanted $4000. I dont think I would drive a car done like that unless I did the work myself. Yours looks awesome, good job.