RHD conversion stateside

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:01 am

it's a shame we didn't get em here, but it kinda makes sense too.. black fades/cracks/heats up quicker in harsh sunlight

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:09 pm

Station wrote:Doesn't Australia have RHD cars? Do you have a LHD Starion?

Australia has rhd cars just not rhd widebodies delivered from the factory.

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:12 pm

Thrash i there are a couple of starions with a black interior that are australia delivered is just they are so rare.

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:57 pm

RiceThief wrote:Thrash i there are a couple of starions with a black interior that are australia delivered is just they are so rare.

any idea why there weren't more?

on a side note, you could just get parts of another colour and paint them? I did my centre console and roof lining in black and it worked out quite nice.. I'll take some pictures when i get my car back

Station · Post by **Station** » Sun May 10, 2009 4:51 am

Sure the later Sapporo's/Galants had the same dashboard. I take it the widebody dash is the same as the narrowbody?

If you need one, I can help find one over here, I could get a black'n right away. If you want one badly, shipping ain't that bad.

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:57 pm

thrash wrote:any idea why there weren't more?

No idea could have been because it was a more expensive option when new or mitsubishi australia didnt bring many in.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:02 pm

there were only 3 colour interior options for the JA, grey, tan, and maroon. JA was BY FAR the biggest seller at around 1300 cars. JB (only 250ish cars) had tan or maroon interior. JD (50ish cars) had maroon or black interior, no tan afaik.

only the JD had the black interior option in australia.

station i'm sure the UK got other dash colours than just black, i think some of the early UK cars in the starion/conquest performance portfolio book have grey etc

anyone chasing a jap widey needs to look at sites like yahoo japan.

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:39 pm

STATION could you possibly find the euro fog light surrounds, even a full front bumper reo would be great depending on shipping costs. I would be very keen if you could. Cheers Steve

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Mon May 11, 2009 6:45 pm

redzone wrote:tJB (only 250ish cars) had tan or maroon interior.

Hey dave was there another interior option colour for the two tone jb's? I recall looking at a two tone one that had a dark coloured interior, but i can't remember if it was black or grey.

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:01 am

Station wrote:Sure the later Sapporo's/Galants had the same dashboard. I take it the widebody dash is the same as the narrowbody?

Widebody dash will be the same as a narrow.

Just thinking, if you were converting to rack'n'pinion you could use one from a car from the states and simply turn it over. As it's custom, who'd know the difference. The bolt for the column connector might as a worst case scenario be 180 degrees when the wheels are straight, but so what? It moves all over the place anyway...

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Tue May 12, 2009 9:55 pm

RiceThief wrote:
redzone wrote:tJB (only 250ish cars) had tan or maroon interior.
Hey dave was there another interior option colour for the two tone jb's? I recall looking at a two tone one that had a dark coloured interior, but i can't remember if it was black or grey.

not as far as i'm aware, someone may have vinyl sprayed it...

Sargeant_Khan · Post by **Sargeant_Khan** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:39 pm

What about my blue interior redzone! Imported!?! I ASK YOU!?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:54 am

blue? pics? trim code on firewall??

Sargeant_Khan · Post by **Sargeant_Khan** » Wed May 27, 2009 11:32 pm

will get it tomorrow

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