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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 08:55 AM
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Next month i will start my upgrading/converting project. Have anybody experince with it? Which expenses and which parts (instead of dash, steering, pedals....) need to be replaced? Can i mirror the wiring or I must buy whole wiring for LHD? etc. Thanks for help
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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 05:38 PM
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Wouldnt it just be easier to get a RHD car?? It would be a lot of work to change, and quite costly as a lot of parts would be needed.
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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 11:38 PM
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I need LHD from RHD. Old shape STi japanese did only as RHD. But I want Sti. :-)
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Old Oct 23, 2002 | 12:38 AM
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Hi Hrubago,
You will need the heaterbox and fan from a lhd too.The mounting points of the dash may need modifying aswell.The wiring loom can be converted to lhd use but its alot of work!you need a good electrician.Maybe use a loom from a GT impreza?the wipers and motor need changing.
Is it early type dash or latter type?
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Old Oct 23, 2002 | 09:02 AM
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Now its old shape dash but i will convert it to new shape.
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Old Oct 23, 2002 | 01:45 PM
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We did this last year but from LHD to RHD.

Relevant points have already been mentioned by other posters but there are other pain in the butt stuff such as the window switches (passenger has master control) and ECU mounting bracket being different to name but two.

Why not just modify your existing vehicle?

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Old Oct 23, 2002 | 02:35 PM
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Because my wife wants wagon (Legacy??) and this is only way to upgrade my car to STi. I havent money to buy STi and other LHD wagon. Yes sti parts i will put to my car (4-door sedan) and parts from sedan will place wagon
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Old Oct 23, 2002 | 03:15 PM
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Alan it`s only way how to make an STi engined GT car street legal in Hrubagos country. You need LHD bodyshell with registrated WIN (for i.e. present Hrubagos EU GT) and buy crashed STi from UK or JPN and change all interals.
Other way doesn`t exists you can`t import RHD STi and make it street legal due missing homologization from official Subaru importer.
Simlyest way is importing crashed car for "spare parts" and change engine and register it to existing EU GT papers. You will get "new engine" number at police into your registration book
Just like this you can get papers for bodyshell from JPN but never for whole car.
There is only one original STi in Czech republic and making it street legal was horror.
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Old Oct 23, 2002 | 03:59 PM
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Agree with Eric!!
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Old Oct 24, 2002 | 09:02 AM
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Thanks guys.

Okay, so changing from RHD to LHD it is then.

We had a LHD (MY99) shell and put all parts we could into a RHD (MY97) shell.
The dash went in no problem, the wiring was pretty straightforward but as said you would need a good electrician to do it. Basically it's like a mirror image.

It's silly things like the passenger will have the master controls for the windows and the heater controls will be back to front that's a pain.

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