Right hand drive conversion
 

Anybody know what it would take to convert my 8 to right hand drive? Kit available? Legalities?

kit no.

and just out of curiosity, why would you want to convert it

This is random. That seems expensive nonetheless.

It would probably be much cheaper to import one.

It is much cheaper to import, but the labour is really what would kill you. I imagine you could source a wrecked one and do the work, but why?

:uh:......:icon_no2:

If you were to do a conversion, are you going to go legit and swap to a 5-spd?

^i doubt he is going to do a conversion. The price of doing a conversion is almost the same price as doing a Three Rotor Swap.

Actually there is a kit available...

http://www.lakesfab.com/images/belt2.jpg

Belt driven!

^-- that would be hot

:lol2: @ Flashwing. I rather get a flamethrower kit like Flashwing ;)

Lmao

:rofl:

lol why would you do it

^ to be mad JDM yo

^because he wants to be JDM YO!!!

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http://bhworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/jdm.jpg

^I just found my next tattoo :lol:

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Why do people care why? Some enthusiasts I have here....

Being an enthusiast doesn't encompass doing things for the sake of doing them. The amount of fabrication and work that would be required to convert your RX8 to a right hand drive vehicle would be quite extensive considering there would be zero performance benefit. The only gain would be saying you have a RHD car.

There is a problem with that though...

The process of conversion would require the alteration of various safety equipment which means if you were ever involved in an accident on the street it's very likely that you would be denied any insurance compensation the moment the company found out that the vehicle had been tampered with in such a manner.

You would honestly be better off buying a RHD RX8 and having it imported than doing a conversion on your own RX8.

Quite a lot of risk, time and money for what could only be done for the purpose of bragging rights that your RHD.

So, that's why people are asking "why".

why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Dont worry about why. I would import one, however I thought that it was imposible to make them street legal in the States.

so basically you just want a bragging rights for having rhd. It would make more sense to have bragging rights for a FI renesis

FI is in the works, I have a lot more money I want to dump into this

Anyway, no offense but I am not looking for opinions on what I should do. just the means by which i can do it.