Rhd conversions?

[Bob_Sagat]

I'm looking for shops in SoCal that do rhd conversions, I've already contacted clockwork performance, just want to shop around before I make a decision. Any recommendations?

[90240sx07]

if your gonna have clockwork performance do it check the welds after they do it and have your engine pulled out on my last car the welds where pretty shitty and they spray foamed the inside of it

[drftrkidd]

wrenchpro.com
sideways performance

[gunmetalr32]

/\/\/\ this

[future]

Dont go to clock work. They wire your car with speaker wire

[EDacIouSX]

gr performance. face book/yelp them, they are in irwindale. ask for mario.

[somanyparts310]

Originally Posted by 90240sx07

if your gonna have clockwork performance do it check the welds after they do it and have your engine pulled out on my last car the welds where pretty shitty and they spray foamed the inside of it

I know for a fact that clockwork does not weld the firewall for the RHD conversion. Aircraft quality rivets are used instead. And as far as spray foam, I believe you are also mistaken, no spray foam is used with their RHD conversion.

Originally Posted by future

Dont go to clock work. They wire your car with speaker wire

I can guarantee you that clockwork has NEVER used speaker wire in any RHD conversion. Who ever told you this is absolutely 100% wrong. Spools of brand new wire are used for every single wiring job.

Clockwork has been doing RHD conversion for almost 8 years. Every single customer that has had an RHD conversion done at clockwork has been happy with the result. But, no need to take my word for it. I would like to hear the opinion of people who have had their car converted to rhd by clockwork or have bought a rhd car directly from them. =)

[imoverherre]

I had my vert rnd by clockworks and I like it but the only thing is that I didn't like is my heater upgrade and my ecu location is on the middle of my dash other from that they do a great job and are finished by due date!!!

[R@ddy]

Originally Posted by somanyparts310

I know for a fact that clockwork does not weld the firewall for the RHD conversion. Aircraft quality rivets are used instead. And as far as spray foam, I believe you are also mistaken, no spray foam is used with their RHD conversion.

I can guarantee you that clockwork has NEVER used speaker wire in any RHD conversion. Who ever told you this is absolutely 100% wrong. Spools of brand new wire are used for every single wiring job.

Clockwork has been doing RHD conversion for almost 8 years. Every single customer that has had an RHD conversion done at clockwork has been happy with the result. But, no need to take my word for it. I would like to hear the opinion of people who have had their car converted to rhd by clockwork or have bought a rhd car directly from them. =)

FUCK YOU AND FUCK CLOCKWORK.
OP never go to clockwork performance. Bunch of scammet pricks that rob you from your money. I've had a coupe buddies that I warn and don't take my advice. Manny will try to dick you around sucking your cock for your business and when you need help or ask questions, he just finds lame excuses. Anyway, hit up wrench pro. I've seen their work and its pretty legit

[TWOFUNKY]

I had my rhd conversion done at clockwork and I HAVE NO REGRETS.Good people,got down and sent me pics of the whole process.In going back to get my Sr swap by them.

[FWD...LoL!!!]

I've gotten work done from both places and I have to say team clockwork is a legit business. They hooked up my car, n I'm extremely pleased with the outcome. Especially with their sr20det swap. Manny is a cool ass dude. He went above n beyond to help me with my swap. He sold my old ka24de motor, tranny, ecu. Every time I had a question, he was quick on answering, showing me diagrams, explaining how things work. Wrench pro are alright, they are extremely over priced, they are never on time, they lag like a mother f*ck#r. They had me meet them at their shop at a certain time, n I was waiting for a hour before they finally showed up. They charged me $100 for welding my differential. Team clockwork charged me the same but with fresh welds n a one year warranty. I know where imma start taking my car for all its purpose needs n upgrades. Team clockwork!

[silvia2ner23]

Manny is a very chill dude and he will stand behind his work. I have a friend that purchased a rhd sr s13 from him 3 years ago. Welds are good and runs like a champ. I would recommend clock work if u don't mind a half fire wall. As far as the wiring my friends never had a problem nor was there any speaker wire. future shut up and give credit where its deserved

[somanyparts310]

Originally Posted by s13_kidd

FUCK YOU AND FUCK CLOCKWORK.
OP never go to clockwork performance. Bunch of scammet pricks that rob you from your money. I've had a coupe buddies that I warn and don't take my advice. Manny will try to dick you around sucking your cock for your business and when you need help or ask questions, he just finds lame excuses. Anyway, hit up wrench pro. I've seen their work and its pretty legit

You sure do have very strong feelings regarding clock work. Why don't you share your story. Did you get a swap done by them? Buy a car from them? Did you have your car converted to RHD by them? What sort of work did you have done at clock work? Why was your experience a negative one? Did they not have your project ready on schedule? Did they not fulfill what ever warranty you were given? Was there damage to your vehicle when you picked it up? Was there something missing from your car when you picked it up? Were you treated disrespectfully? You have gone out of your way to paint an extremely negative picture of this shop. I am sure the 240sx community really wants to hear exactly why you would make such comments about this shop...

So, tell us...

[jdm18]

Originally Posted by somanyparts310

Clockwork has been doing RHD conversion for almost 8 years. Every single customer that has had an RHD conversion done at clockwork has been happy with the result. But, no need to take my word for it. I would like to hear the opinion of people who have had their car converted to rhd by clockwork or have bought a rhd car directly from them. =)

I don't know about everyone, I had a swap done there a couple years ago, and was not very happy with the outcome, IN MY OPINION the work that was done was cheap and rushed! I prefer a shop were it might take them a week, but they will take theyre time and do everything carefully. like i said its my opinion of what i saw.

Originally Posted by s13_kidd

Manny will try to dick you around sucking your cock for your business and when you need help or ask questions, he just finds lame excuses.

I have a friend who that happened to. he was going to do a swap there, starting asking a lot of questions, and then manny started acting like a dick to him, told him that he's a very 'busy' person and doesnt have time to answer stupid questions if hes not gonna get the work done. not very professional if you ask me.


I also recommended a friend to go there some time back. and heard he tried to overprice some parts for his RHD: BMC $45, Brake Line $40, P/S H/P Line $65, Cluthch M/C for $50 ?? ai understand business can be tough at times but damn, taking advantage of a rookie who didnt know any better.


Ive had a car done at both wrenchpro and sidewayz performance. price was fair and i was happy with the work. I recommend it!

but its your money

[lightsource]

I've had a lot of work done at Clockwork

If you really want to know how good the RHD conversions they do are then ask them. I'm sure they would be glad to tell you what they use and how they go about their conversions. If you don't like the way they do their conversions you can simply go somewhere else. I don't know of many shops that do RHD conversions.

The only way to truly know how good the conversion is to see it in real life, all the speculation of my friend said this my friend said that is useless if you're satisfied with the outcome.

[mantas]

What is the benefit of doing RHD? I think its unsafe to you and anyone else around you. It's like cutting your right foot off so you can be handicapped. May be i'm not seeing some kind of a big picture here, but can anyone explain to me why people do this? One of my friends did his RHD at UMI in montebello i think, and his car is completely screwed, and since he won't explain why he did the RHD, I hope one of you can shed some light on this subject thanks.

[LB 180SX]

Originally Posted by mantas

It's like cutting your right foot off so you can be handicapped.

WTF?!! I don't see the comparison there.

but I guess people do them for fun, project, to be different and bcus they can.

its funny to see confused looks all the time.

[mantas]

Originally Posted by LB 180SX

WTF?!! I don't see the comparison there.

but I guess people do them for fun, project, to be different and bcus they can.

its funny to see confused looks all the time.

Its unsafe in a lhd country because we drive on the right. So you send the car to a shop for a rhd conversion and call it a project? I call upgrading the brakes or doing an engine swap a project because there is a benefit to be gained in the end. What benefit does a rhd conversion provide? Thats all i want to know. And being different is not really a good reason, i can find millions of ways to be different without putting myself in harms way.

[enohand]

^^ truth right there

[lude4life13]

Originally Posted by mantas

Its unsafe in a lhd country because we drive on the right. So you send the car to a shop for a rhd conversion and call it a project? I call upgrading the brakes or doing an engine swap a project because there is a benefit to be gained in the end. What benefit does a rhd conversion provide? Thats all i want to know. And being different is not really a good reason, i can find millions of ways to be different without putting myself in harms way.

Nissan's/Silvia's are originally RHD and people feel like they are getting closer to the real thing if they get a conversion done. They want to make it seem like they are driving a real Silvia. Simple as that. If they want to do it it's their choice.

Personally, I will never drive a RHD car unless its a skyline or s15. I just don't like the idea of all the cutting up and welding since I drive my cars hard.

For the sake of the OP, lets get back on topic and give him suggestions on shops and experiences with them.

[mantas]

Well put. And op if you get a rhd, DO NOT go to clockwork orange or whatever its called. I heard many bad things about them. One was they simply cut the firewall and flipped it...

[LB 180SX]

Originally Posted by mantas

Its unsafe in a lhd country because we drive on the right. So you send the car to a shop for a rhd conversion and call it a project? I call upgrading the brakes or doing an engine swap a project because there is a benefit to be gained in the end. What benefit does a rhd conversion provide? Thats all i want to know. And being different is not really a good reason, i can find millions of ways to be different without putting myself in harms way.

I was just speaking in general, but I am more than happy to explain why I've done rhd conversions. I don't see why its unsafe , we dont 'drive' on the right, the car does! no matter if you drive on the driver seat , or passenger seat or in the rear seats the car is still driving on the right side of the road, no difference there. I think drunk driving, speeding or swaping a sr and acting stupid on the streets is more dangerous. as for sending a car to a shop, I will never do that! if my car fukks up later on bcus I did something wrong, I want to be the only one to blame. as for the swap, I left my firewall alone, just re-enforced it with a rhd firewall, aircraft ribbets and covered up the holes with sheet metal. anyways I do think its pretty funny to watch a cop feel stupid for walking up to what he thinks the driver seat is and talking. now I can understand if it was illegal, which I've never seen any document saying it is, and to be honest I dont know if it is or not. cops have never said anything to me, but I guess I'll find out someday.My car, my money, my decision! as for anyone, you do what u want , who cares what others think.

[jdm18]

there's MANTAS talking his usual shiit

[mantas]

Originally Posted by jdm18

there's MANTAS talking his usual shiit

i just want an answer to the question thats all. i got the answer and thats it, just because i'm blunt does not mean im talking shit. where in this whole thread did i talk shit, i asked some straight forward questions and raised concerns, got my answer and im out. LOL

[StryfeS13]

This thread is kinda derailing with all the arguments...he just wanted to know where to go for the conversion.

In my opinion RHD is cool but it's kinda annoying to drive like that here in the states. I find switching lanes to the left hard for some reason when I'm driving RHD cars. Also, you cant go through a fucking drive through anymore without stretching all the way across your passenger seat...same thing for drive through banking, etc.

Everything here is made for LHD! Unless it's for a track car or something, then I personally wouldn't do it. Also you get all kinds of unwanted attention, and it doesnt help that you're in California. Make SURE to take the VIN off your old dash and match it to your new dash. It takes 2 seconds and I see so many people skimp out on that. It's really important to do.

[PowerDrifter]

fuck clockwork! they keep spamming craigslist in the los angeles area with all their parts. its annoying! post ONCE with all parts!

[StryfeS13]

Haha I don't even know what Clockwork is since I live in Cen-Cal but it seems like a lot of you guys really dislike them.

[lude4life13]

Originally Posted by LB 180SX

I was just speaking in general, but I am more than happy to explain why I've done rhd conversions. I don't see why its unsafe , we dont 'drive' on the right, the car does! no matter if you drive on the driver seat , or passenger seat or in the rear seats the car is still driving on the right side of the road, no difference there. I think drunk driving, speeding or swaping a sr and acting stupid on the streets is more dangerous. as for sending a car to a shop, I will never do that! if my car fukks up later on bcus I did something wrong, I want to be the only one to blame. as for the swap, I left my firewall alone, just re-enforced it with a rhd firewall, aircraft ribbets and covered up the holes with sheet metal. anyways I do think its pretty funny to watch a cop feel stupid for walking up to what he thinks the driver seat is and talking. now I can understand if it was illegal, which I've never seen any document saying it is, and to be honest I dont know if it is or not. cops have never said anything to me, but I guess I'll find out someday.My car, my money, my decision! as for anyone, you do what u want , who cares what others think.

So you never cut out anything? From what I understand you placed a RHD firewall in front of your factory one and cut the holes needed out of your factory one to match up with the RHD one? In other words you didn't really alter the structure/rigidity of the car?

[Socalgal]

I have exparence with clock work. I would recommend staying away from them. We're in SoCal, there's tons of very highly regarded shops. No need to settle. Unless you're going there to save money in which case you get what you pay for. Cheap is cheap.


And I want to kill them for what they do on Craigslist. They have every right to do it but it's really not cool for the community.

Just my 2 cents. Pretty sure it's worth less in rhd money though. Damn exchange rates

[somanyparts310]

Originally Posted by mantas

Well put. And op if you get a rhd, DO NOT go to clockwork orange or whatever its called. I heard many bad things about them. One was they simply cut the firewall and flipped it...

You Sir, are an absolute f*cking idiot! Do you even know how an RHD conversion is done? "Cut the firewall and flip it"? Is that all there is to it? No need for a JDM front clip then right? Geez. If you atleast knew what you were talking about, you wouldn't make such a ass of yourself. And lets get to the heart of your expertise, how much work have you had done by them? Whats that you say, you have only HEARD stuff right? Notice how people who always start with "my friend said" or I heard" are usually full of sh*t? You Sir, are full of shit. PM if you want to discuss it further.

Originally Posted by mantas

i just want an answer to the question thats all. i got the answer and thats it, just because i'm blunt does not mean im talking shit. where in this whole thread did i talk shit, i asked some straight forward questions and raised concerns, got my answer and im out. LOL

You are not being blunt. You are attempting to give an opinion on a subject which you know nothing about. Unless you have been a customer at a certain establishment, you are only repeating a rumor. Only b*tches like to spread false rumors. And you arnen't a *&$^#, right?

Originally Posted by PowerDrifter

fuck clockwork! they keep spamming craigslist in the los angeles area with all their parts. its annoying! post ONCE with all parts!

Whats the problem... Cant sell your parts because people keep responding to the CL ads? If they post on CL, its because it works. You don't like it? Too bad. The ads are real and for parts that are in stock. Again, if you disagree, PM me and we can discuss it further...

Originally Posted by Socalgal

I have exparence with clock work. I would recommend staying away from them. We're in SoCal, there's tons of very highly regarded shops. No need to settle. Unless you're going there to save money in which case you get what you pay for. Cheap is cheap.


And I want to kill them for what they do on Craigslist. They have every right to do it but it's really not cool for the community.

Just my 2 cents. Pretty sure it's worth less in rhd money though. Damn exchange rates

SoCal Gal: Why don't you share your story. You said you have personal experience with clock work. Did you get a swap done by them? Buy a car from them? Did you have your car converted to RHD by them? What sort of work did you have done at clock work? Why was your experience a negative one? Did they not have your project ready on schedule? Did they not fulfill what ever warranty you were given? Was there damage to your vehicle when you picked it up? Was there something missing from your car when you picked it up? Were you treated disrespectfully? You have also gone out of your way to make a negative comment about this shop. I am sure the 240sx community really wants to hear exactly why you would make such comment about this shop. I really want to know. I am sure everyone else wouldn't mind hearing your story either.