sourcing a soarer half cut
10-28-11, 09:25 PM
#1
sourcing a soarer half cut
well guys ive been searching for a few days now to now to no avail. everything i find is outdated by atleast a few years. im trying to source a soarer half cut for a RHD swap. me and a buddy are going in halves because he wants the motor and i want to be RHD. i have been emailing all sorts of importers and etheri no one has them or i never hear back. does anyone have any direction then can assist me with? please leave all ,"why would you want to do that? its still not a real soarer." etc comments out. i appreciate any help.
10-28-11, 11:03 PM
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Good luck all I know is when I was in the Import business finding a Soarer RHD half cut is one of the hardest to find...especially how the money is bad in Japan nobody wants to pay for shipping :/ but good luck though
10-29-11, 07:26 AM
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^ Yes. Canada. Look in the GTA. Lots of sketchy companies who are run by people who can hardly speak english and who want to sell you a bad motor for a million dollars. BUT. Theres still a couple non ******* importers out there. Just have to turn over a few more rocks.
10-30-11, 09:14 AM
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well guys ive been searching for a few days now to now to no avail. everything i find is outdated by atleast a few years. im trying to source a soarer half cut for a RHD swap. me and a buddy are going in halves because he wants the motor and i want to be RHD. i have been emailing all sorts of importers and etheri no one has them or i never hear back. does anyone have any direction then can assist me with? please leave all ,"why would you want to do that? its still not a real soarer." etc comments out. i appreciate any help.
Hey man I have a RHD front clip but I don't have the motor and trans. I sent me cell# via pm. Just text me before you call. thanks.
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10-30-11, 11:29 AM
#12
yes, it's legal; postal service for example uses rhd vehicles for mail delivery, plenty of classic cars (primarily British) are left as rhd, as well.
Basically, he wants to convert his sc to rhd using a Soarer. will require swapping dashes and firewall (and lots and lots of other parts.
"clip" refers to a half-cut, like this one (from a skyline)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NISSAN-SKYLI...item3a6bfa5db8
note it has the dash, center console, pedals, firewall, steering setup, etc. etc.
not worth it, imo, but then again, most of the stuff we do to our cars aren't "worth it"
OP, good luck with your swap, as others have said, the Canadian market is relatively flooded with jdm cars, including rhd Soarers.
"clip" refers to a half-cut, like this one (from a skyline)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NISSAN-SKYLI...item3a6bfa5db8
note it has the dash, center console, pedals, firewall, steering setup, etc. etc.
not worth it, imo, but then again, most of the stuff we do to our cars aren't "worth it"
OP, good luck with your swap, as others have said, the Canadian market is relatively flooded with jdm cars, including rhd Soarers.
10-30-11, 11:33 AM
#13
When Jdm motor importers bring in their motors, they can just bring in the drivetrain, wiring harness, etc. It is better is they bring the whole front end of the car because it comes complete with everything you need and you can also get a visual of where everything bolts up to.
Front clips or front cuts are the same thing. The car is literally cut from the front seats. Most of the time importers can't bring in a whole car from Japan so they would either have to completely disassemble the whole car or just cut it in half. This is because it doesn't pass the DOT requirements in the US. So the OP is not going to cut it. They already come cut.
My car was converted to right hand drive by using a front cut of a soarer TT. It's not illegal though. At least not in Florida.
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