Enemy S15 LHD to RHD build..

[Enemy S15]

Not much info to go along with it. I decided to stop my Rb25 build and go into this RHD business..... All the work was done by me up until the welding. It took a bit to get this done due to my hectic work schedule, school, and good ol typical Florida weather. Total time including the welding @ Raw Brokerage =6 months. It's my first build thread so take it easy on me. :dblthumb:

Weapon of choice 1995 nissan 240sx:
Before shot of engine and interior


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Trimmed down clip


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And the fun begins
Day 1 = 6hours total.. Started to remove the seam sealer from car and clip. I marked all the spot welds that needs to be removed with a purple sharpie.


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Day 2 = 13 hours. Started stripped engine bay and interior.


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Day 3 = 8 hours. Started removing the spot welds from clip. Detaching post and the floorboard.


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Day 4 and 5 = 8 hours. Removed left post and right post.


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Finished product on the RHD firewall


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Metal removed from the clip. Spot weld by spot weld.


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Day 6 = 8 1/2 hours. Removed windshield (which I had almost completely removed until I sneezed and cracked it. lol) and started plasma cutting my car (got sick seeing how many more spot welds and all the metal I had to remove , so cue in the plasma cutter :woot


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Day 7 = 4 hours. Removed remaining metal on left and right side.


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Comparison shot


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Since I got pretty tired of running into snags with the weather, having limited time to do the work, and my pops too busy to weld for me. I went ahead and sent it over to Ricky and the crew @ Raw Brokerage to get mocked, fitted, and welded. These photos are property of Raw Brokerage.

Dan working hard


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Before getting 3m seam sealed


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Mock up of the dash in the car


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Next stop... to the paint booth. I am getting the interior and engine bay painted either Gt-R Titanium grey, R34 Gt-R Silica Breath Metallic, or R34 Gt-R Millennium Jade. (Your opinions which color to choose??)

Coming soon... S1 500hp Rb25det build and the remaining build on body and suspension.

[4wheeldriftS13]

Nice!!!!!!!
especially happy with the color choices
Millennium jade is amazing, but that Titanium gray would be interesting..
wow man! great work

[Enemy S15]

Thanks man, I hope to move along pretty quick now that i got my cat back. This year I am going to start 'oming out to events and participating locally.

I'll have pics up on the new color in about 2 weeks

[MacGruber]

nice build I like it!!

If you need a s14 RHD trunk release handle/bracket/cable lmk I think I have it all still

[Enemy S15]

Thanks!

I need that trunk assembly. lemme know how much pls and I'll pick it up

[Blackzenki82]

inbeforetommydoesitbetterpost

[Z28ricer]

inbeforetommydoesitbetterpost

In because marshalls saying stupid stuffagain, and this guys doing it right, like I already did it.

[Blackzenki82]

i wasn't being serious tommy...

[Z28ricer]

i wasn't being serious tommy...

Hey, its on par with the last two i've done, and before them, I couldnt find any converted this way.

So i'm happy to see someone else doing shit the hardroad way.

[Blackzenki82]

yeah man, between you, and this guy, it's good to see some proper RHD conversions being done... not some random missing peices hack job welded in with a Harbor Freight gasless flux core welder...

props to both you guys, if i ever to a RHD conversion, i'll probably mimic your ways.....

[alphabets]

gasless flux core welder...

And, uh, what exactly is wrong with flux core?

[Z28ricer]

And, uh, what exactly is wrong with flux core?

I didnt like my welder with it, when I gave it a try, lots of people have varying results with it, sure it CAN work, but ultimately its not all THAT hard to keep a bottle of gas around.

Not to mention, welding thin sheetmetal, like needed when doing a conversion like this, youre not going to get it in something thin as needed.

[alphabets]

This is true, I didn't take into account that he was welding real thin stuff. Solid wire you can run a lot less heat(DCEP), and get cleaner looking welds with thin stuff. Flux core is what you should be using for anything structural though.

Anyways, sorry to bung up your thread. Cool build so far, though!

[Enemy S15]

Hey, its on par with the last two i've done, and before them, I couldnt find any converted this way.

So i'm happy to see someone else doing shit the hardroad way.

Thanks man, Hard road is the only road for me. It is probably why it takes me a forever to finish up my projects. I will post more pics as I make more progress.
I don't know how others could possibly feel safe and proud of doing half-assed hack jobs.

[Enemy S15]

Pics of the paint job. I went ahead and got the engine bay and interior painted Gt-R Titanium Grey. Engine got clear cloat, interior did not.





next step starting saturday... Redoing the wiring. Decided instead of shoving the fuse box under the dash like a lot of cars I've seen done on forums, I am going to place the box in the back half of the car and run the wiring from there. I'll post pics once I get that done. (shit ton of cutting, soldering, and heat shrinks)