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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 04:01 PM |
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RHD --> LHD temporary conversion
Does anyone know how hard it would be to do a RHD to LHD conversion for a temporary period only. Thing is I might be moving overseas to Paris for a
few years and I have a nice 68 RHD beetle in Ireland with my folks.
I don't really want to butcher the dash too much, and wondered what I'd need to change over from RHD to LHD to make it easier to drive in local
traffic with a view to reversing it back one day.
Just a thought!
Steve
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 04:20 PM |
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dont bother, plenty of ppl go from uk to europe with rhd. would be cheaper to buy a goer there as paris is really hard on cars. some even have a
'paris car' to go in the city. insurance doenst cover you on the arc d triumph roundabout either where the traffic on the roundabout gives way to
the oncoming traffic and there are no lanemarkings. suicidal scooter pilots everywhere too
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| posted on August 30th, 2005 at 05:20 PM |
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You might be able to get away with keeping the dash RHD and simply mountinging the column under the glovebox with a longer wring harness to the
indicator switch... everything else should be a bolt-up rather than cut 'n weld
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 12:22 AM |
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What about the beam/steering box/pedals. Can I just swap over the steering box on the beam?
Cheers
Steve
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 07:19 AM |
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Steve
I would drive it RHD easier to abuse the driver beside you in the traffic hehehehe
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 10:56 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by matara
What about the beam/steering box/pedals. Can I just swap over the steering box on the beam?
Cheers
Steve
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U will need a RHD pitman arm on the box and cut off the bracket for the steerin damper OR fit a ccomplete LHD beam when you get there. Pedals etc
should just bolt up to holes already in floornn[ Edited on 31-8-2005 by VWCOOL ]
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| posted on August 31st, 2005 at 06:38 PM |
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Just double everything up and have two of everything. 
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