Scrubb Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 My mint Lancer EX got written off and has a bit of chassis damage at the front and my glovebox doesnt close properly anymore and I got told I could get it fixed, but no guarantees that it will be the same to drive and my glovebox might still be funny, so Ive decided I'm gonna get another shell and make it a long term project. Do full panel/paint and swap everything over and paint everything at the same time as I swap it over. Now what I would like to know is are there going to be any issues swapping my complete car to another shell and anything I should look out for before I start? I'm concerned about the interior plastic bits getting broken and things like hoodlining I might not be able to get correct. Also wiring troubles me.. Looking forward to your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Make sure its a Manuel lancer to start with and a 1600 (although not hard to change crossmembers over etc).Looms between the 1200 and 1600s different, other than that i cant think of any big differences.Making sure new shell is ok, mainly that it aint bent either etc.If you do it righht it will come up mint as.Check this rebuild out (is a 78 LB lancer), still pretty close http://z9.invisionfree.com/1stGenLancer/index.php?showtopic=710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrubb Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 I dont think the loom and transmission will matter? The shells are the same? This is a bare shell with absolutely NOTHING in it, no lights, carpet, wires or anything lol. I'm not sure if I remember body panels even lol That build looks exactly what I'm going to do, thanks for the link. Will have a good read of that when I get home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 are you going to swap your plates and tags over to this new shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiemk Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 are you going to swap your plates and tags over to this new shell? I hope not, that would be illegal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrubb Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 We dont do anything illegal around here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 well then, to do it the legal way you would want a shell with live reg and you would prefer it to be a 1600cc one, unless you don't mind getting a cert once you swap all your 1600cc gear into a 1200cc shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i pretty sure the automatic lancers have a different bolting point for the cross member, so manual box dosnt bolt in (some one may have 1st hand experience), and the 1200 and 1600 looms are definitely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isnowi Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 In my experience (of bolting a sigma box into a 1600 auto) the gearbox crossmember mounting points were not there, and i had to make a new crossmember, it wasn't just bolt holes missing wither, the piece of tunnel where the bolts would go wasn't even there, so i suspect the tunnel is actually quite a bit bigger on an auto one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobranz Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 agree with isnowi, no bolt holes what so ever to put the manual in a auto 1600 shell. the autos are at least 100-150mm longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 yeah same story that i thought that i remembered some dude telling me years ago about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrubb Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 Just bought the body, it had a 1600 manual in it. Its deregistered and has a couple holes in the floor and bit of rust by the windscreen, but shouldnt be too much of an issue to fix since I'm gonna do panel/paint on it anyway. The front is mint if I decide just to cut the front off and use that, so I'm pretty happy with it. I think it should be pretty straight forward to get it through compliance check and get new numbers ect, just money will be the issue lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 dude look here - http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=291934636 fly down, drive it back up. win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSM Garage Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Sweet, Jap import! Original allows. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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