I think the Phillipines requires RHD vehicles be converted to LHD. Let me try to tally them just by having a LHD and a RHD:
Steering:
- Steering box, since the sector shaft runs outside of the frame, mounting a RHD box on the inside of the right frame rail would cause it to hit some engine components at least with 1HZ series engines.
- All associated power steering lines and cooling lines as the box now sits at the opposite side.
- Tie rod opposite of the steering wheel side. Flipping it backward leaves the taper facing the wrong way.
- Throttle cable, LHD and RHD are of different lengths.
- The metal dash itself, and the firewall brace (the tube looking thing that the dash and pedals mount to.)
- All of the associated vent, controls, heater and AC parts including the AC lines under the hood (someone reported a Phillipine shop using the RHD parts, but unless they do extensive modifications, I cannot see how this can be done.)
- metal lines for brakes and clutch.
- headlamps as required by your laws.
- depending on model, battery tray to relocate it out of the way of other parts that were moved.
Optional items:
- wiper motor and linkage, wiper valence panel to change wiper sweep to LHD
- hand brake relocation to left of the midline. May require console modification or part replacement.
- turn signal stalk/wiper control and steering column shroud so your turn signal stalk is on the left.
- rear view mirrors? A very knowledgeable person from Japan tells me the detents are different between LHD and RHD.
- if power windows, parts to move the master controls to the left side.
Of course there will be lots of other mods needed such as cutting out the appropriate holes on the firewall, extending wire looms to reach the panel on the left, etc.
There is gotta be lots more I am forgetting. Somebody else will chime in.
Dave
I talked to one guy who did this and it took about 100 hours of work and big $$ in parts, major PIA.
