Left Hand Comversion

[Saltie Olds]

I have a model of the Aoshima Corolla AE86 Levin. The car comes with only Right Hand Drive. How could I or would I go about converting the kit to have Left Hand Drive?

Thank You

[randx0]

Do you have a pic of the dash ? 

[randx0]

For this conversion I simply made straight cuts of equal size and swapped the glove box for the dash panel this was not a think piece as the dash was pretty symmetrical . 

[Saltie Olds]

9 minutes ago, randx0 said:

For this conversion I simply made straight cuts of equal size and swapped the glove box for the dash panel this was not a think piece as the dash was pretty symmetrical . 

Here’s a couple pictures of the dash.

[randx0]

That dash looks much harder but doable . 

Edited April 21, 2022 by randx0
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[Fat Brian]

I have two Aoshima 86s, let me see if either of them have a lhd dash.

[Saltie Olds]

11 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

I have two Aoshima 86s, let me see if either of them have a lhd dash.

Great, Thank You.

[Fat Brian]

4 hours ago, Saltie Olds said:

Great, Thank You.

Unfortunately both of mine have the same dash as yours.

[Saltie Olds]

5 minutes ago, Fat Brian said:

Unfortunately both of mine have the same dash as yours.

Ok, Thank You for checking?

[Saltie Olds]

7 minutes ago, Saltie Olds said:

Ok, Thank You for checking?

Do you happen to know how well either of these dash’s will work in my AE86 Levin kit?

[Fat Brian]

The red Supra dash is pretty close. You'd have to sand about 1mm off each end and probably about 2mm from the center of the windshield edge of the dash top, the 86 windshield has a little less curvature than the Supra dash. It's totally do-able and looks pretty close. And the Supra kits are cheap so buying one for just the dash doesn't feel do bad.

23 minutes ago, Saltie Olds said:

Do you happen to know how well either of these dash’s will work in my AE86 Levin kit?

 

[Saltie Olds]

23 minutes ago, Fat Brian said:

The red Supra dash is pretty close. You'd have to sand about 1mm off each end and probably about 2mm from the center of the windshield edge of the dash top, the 86 windshield has a little less curvature than the Supra dash. It's totally do-able and looks pretty close. And the Supra kits are cheap so buying one for just the dash doesn't feel do bad.

 

Great, Thank You.

[Fat Brian]

25 minutes ago, Saltie Olds said:

Great, Thank You.

No problem.