Has any one done a right hand drive conversion on a yaris

[Pizzaboyracer]

With the way are dash is and there being so many right hand drive yaris around not in us just wondering if I'm dreaming or can I do

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[NYC-SE]

Anything is possible with enough time and money. As someone with a deficit of both I guess I have to ask why?

[dogsridewith]

Mail delivery, for one thing. How about dual controls for driver ed? My favorite mod to solve the parallax and off angle light dimming of the central instrument pod is to put the driver right in the middle of an auto-trans gen 2 Yaris...then rear seat delete w/ a passenger bucket on each side somewhat rearward of the driver.

[zoidberg444]

Originally Posted by NYC-SE

Anything is possible with enough time and money. As someone with a deficit of both I guess I have to ask why?

Having everything on the wrong side makes it difficult without a passenger. Its my experience when i take mine over to Europe. They drive on the wrong side of the road just like you guys do in the states. 😂

On a serious note i'm sure it could be done. You would need a dash pulled out of a JAP/UK/AUS market Yaris and while i'm not an expert you would also need a steering rack because the steering shaft connector would be on the wrong side. Not to mention you would need to swap the clutch and brake master cylinders and lines over to the other side and relocate the accelerator and the cables for it. I'm not familiar with the LHD Yaris but i might assume that the body module which is behind the glove box on the passenger side was moved over to the wrong passenger side for LHD and would need to be moved over to the old drivers side? Also you would need to swap chairs because the passenger seat has less adjustment than the drivers seat.



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[enviri]

Originally Posted by zoidberg444

Also you would need to swap chairs because the passenger seat has less adjustment than the drivers seat.

lol that's a thing? American Yarii doesn't have such luxuries lol.

[Pizzaboyracer]

A lot of people do it with comics and are dash has the cluster in the middle just never seen a right hand drive yaris in the state's

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[Pizzaboyracer]

Originally Posted by Pizzaboyracer

A lot of people do it with comics and are dash has the cluster in the middle just never seen a right hand drive yaris in the state's

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Civics not comics

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[miiser]

Originally Posted by zoidberg444

l

They drive on the wrong side of the road just like you guys do in the states.


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Mate, you are the one who drives in the wrong side of the road




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[KimmoKekki]

+1


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[zoidberg444]

Seen as the Yaris is a Japanese car and they drive on the left its all you lot who are driving on the wrong side. 😝

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[SirDigby]

Originally Posted by zoidberg444

Seen as the Yaris is a Japanese car and they drive on the left its all you lot who are driving on the wrong side. 😝

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i agree, and i live here. i have never driven a RHD vehicle, but is sure makes sense to me to use your left hand and left foot for shifting. i'd also be good with center position, shifter on the left.
but, i have to use this stupid right hand for shifting....

[zoidberg444]

Originally Posted by SirDigby

i agree, and i live here. i have never driven a RHD vehicle, but is sure makes sense to me to use your left hand and left foot for shifting. i'd also be good with center position, shifter on the left.
but, i have to use this stupid right hand for shifting....

I've never had the chance to drive a LHD manual, but i think it would take a few days to get used to shifting with my right hand. Whenever i've driven a LHD hire car in the US or Canada they always give me an automatic. 😐

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[enviri]

Thats cause 90% of the population here are all catastrophically allergic to a clutch

[kevinj93]

Only 90 percent?

I don't know what the percentage here is, but there are a number of vehicles where you have to order a manual as a special build, and expect that it will be worth less as a trade in when you sell it.

Unfortunately my wife has never learnt to drive a manual, and refuses to do so. So I'm stuck with having an automatic.

[Pizzaboyracer]

Guess it's not been done

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[miiser]

Originally Posted by kevinj93

Only 90 percent?



I don't know what the percentage here is, but there are a number of vehicles where you have to order a manual as a special build, and expect that it will be worth less as a trade in when you sell it.



Unfortunately my wife has never learnt to drive a manual, and refuses to do so. So I'm stuck with having an automatic.

I can't understand why someone uses an automatic gearbox in such a small engine. Personally I have the 1.3L with the 101hp and a 6 speed manual. I couldn't be happier.

Such a small engine does not need and auto. And especially toyota's auto is a crap (at least that's what I have read).
The only gearbox I could use in such a small engine is only the DSG from VW. They have made a great job with it.
Otherwise autos are for engines 2.0L and up.

Here in Greece manual is the most popular choice. An auto has 2000€ at least extra. And I really can't see why. Especially in such a small car they are crap. (Of course I don't compare them with the expensive cars that their gearboxes are engineer masterpieces.)

I feel you

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[kevinj93]

Originally Posted by miiser

And especially toyota's auto is a crap (at least that's what I have read).

Written by motoring journalists who complain if the vehicle doesn't have all the latest "bells and whistles". The normal complaint is "why does Toyota still only have a four speed auto when everyone else has a five or sIx speed?"

We apparently don't get the cvt auto that some markets have in the Yaris because people don't like not feeling gear changes....

[NYC-SE]

We have the U340E 4-speed auto transmission here in the US & Canada. I think it's a great transmission, hardly crap. I used to own a VW with DSG and in all honesty I prefer the Toyota 4-speed to the VW DSG. No lie.