RHD lanos

[Audacity Racing]

ok... i've been doing some thinking...


what all would be needed to make the north american spec lanos a rhd drive? i know the steering column is the same. would i only need the dash and then the steering rack?

[Audacity Racing]

i guess i need the firewall too...

[BosnianLanos]

I know the RHD Lanos has the master cylinder for the brakes on the firewall on our passengers (RHD Drivers) side. You would probabally need to do some brake line rerouting. Also, you would probabally have to relocate the Power steering pump to the RHD drivers side.

You would also need to get new front seats to be able to use the electronics that are hooked up the the driver seat.

And of course, the pedals. Reroute the throttle cable, the clutch cable, and again, the brake lines.

You would also need to do a full swap of the electronics under the dash to make the cluster wires/dimmer/power windows/etc. extend to the other side.

An interesting idea, but it might cost less and be less stressful to just import a RHD Lanos if you wanted one that much.

[Efratech]

there're cars here that are converted from RHD to LHD...

Pulsars, Civic Type R's and lots of japanese car...

they even cut the dash in the middle and just move the left side to the right side.

of course the dash instruments are oriented to the RHD. They adapt all other parts... im not aware on how they do it tho. but those conversion look almost like factory.

[Audacity Racing]

i would only need the plumbing for the powersteering. the perdal box and master cylinder are the same (not that those matter to my car anyway cause of the custom brakes/clutch). the firewall takes care of all the mounting issues

[tango]

You're gonna have to get all the parts listed above from a donor car, so my advice would be to import the entire vehicle as parts and take it from there. US laws can be very restrictive on importation I hear so check that before you spend your money. As to where you could import one from is a mystery to me actually. Certainly Jamaican spec models are RHD but I don't know of any being sold right now.

[woo]

import an autralian one.... although i find it odd that RHD daewoos have 'european' indicators, which are rather annoying

[tango]

import an autralian one.... although i find it odd that RHD daewoos have 'european' indicators, which are rather annoying

I take it you mean that the indicator stalks are on the left side of the steering column. This isn't true of all Daewoos. The Cielo, for example, has the indicator stalk on the right. This practice of European RHD cars maintaining the indicator on the left side of the column is a cost-saving matter. The steering columns are identical regardless of which side of the car it is on, meaning that it costs less to engineer them for RHD. Take note however that Mercedes RHD cars have the indicator on the right. The RHD market is relatively small in Europe itself and manufacturers are burdened by European Law to make every model available as such. So they cut corners where they can. So what does this have to do with Daewoos? Never forget your Opel/Vauxhall roots.

[AcingTeam]

Shifting with your left hand should feel weird... unless it's an auto.

[Audacity Racing]

if i get aaron's hatch... i'm scrapping this project