W124 Left Hand Drive Conversion

[Blackman]

If I wanted to convert my 4dr W124 to LHD, how much would I be looking at?

Are there any specialized professional companies, who do this kind of stuff?

Done some searching in Google, and found these guys > Car Conversion - Right Hand Drive (RHD) to Left Hand Drive (LHD) Car & Vehicle Conversion - Car Conversion - Right Hand Drive (RHD) to Left Hand Drive (LHD) Car & Vehicle Conversion

Sent them a message, so waiting for a reply...

Anyone did anything similar before?

 

[Howard]

Surely easier to just buy a LHD ?

 

[shorty]

I have seen to done before on a 210 . The car was changed from LHD to RHD and the engine was changed from a 250 to a 300 .

 

[grober]

Surely easier to just buy a LHD ?

Whot he said. ----Takes away from the originality of the car. There's going to be lots more LHD W124's out there in good condition than RHD surely?

 

[219]

I would imagine that it would be simpler and cheaper just to sell your RHD car and buy a LHD equivalent - unless it was a rare AMG E36 or suchlike .

Apart from the obvious changes to steering gear ( different steering box needed ) , new dashboard , moving pedals , wiring loom would probably need changed - or a lot of wires extended , door mirrors changed , tail lights changed , headlamps changed .

Unless you have a LHD donor car to get all the parts from , it is going to be costly .

At least the windscreen wiper is symmetric .

 

[bh13coupe]

buy a 500e

 

[ACID]

Buy My 500e. Cheaper then to convert . Lol

Acid.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Theres a W124 LHD Pre-facelift one around the corner from me for sale infact!

 

[Blackman]

Well, that's the thing. If the conversion costs too much, then yeah, I wouldn't bother.

I was just after an approximate figure, because I've heard it can be done, but don't know for how much.

 

[ACID]

You can pic up a 500e for around 6k. Or the better one over 10 k

If that's any help

Acid

 

[d w124]

Sorry to ask this but why?

 

[Blackman]

Sorry to ask this but why?

I'm pretty happy with the spec of the car, and was thinking to export it to my home country So obviously, I would prefer if it was LHD.

500E's are out of my budget at the moment, but would love one 1 day...

 

[crockers]

I actually prefer driving a RHD car when abroad.......

 

[GP801]

We keep a RHD W124 in Italy. No difficulties at all. If anything its easier to position the car on the narrow minor roads. If you are happy with your car I cant see the point in changing.

 

[d w124]

On some Country`s,you can`t register a rhd car

 

[Blackman]

Got a reply from the company....£3000, including labour and parts, lol

Looks like I'm going to leave it as it is for now. And yeah, I'm from Latvia, and they don't register RHD cars there.

 

[d w124]

Just buy a 400e in germany

 

[Sp!ke]

Its quite common place for people to do this in Poland at the moment. I have heard of a few people doing it themselves in a weekend.

 

[allias]

Its quite common place for people to do this in Poland at the moment. I have heard of a few people doing it themselves in a weekend.

Oh yes. its about ~£1000. Depend on parts needs swaping and a car.

 

[Blackman]

Alright, in that case might be worth asking a few Polish guys, maybe they know someone...

Cheers