Written By Josh Dace (
Uniuno)
Yet ANOTHER FWD to AWD conversion thread (VERY PIC HEAVY)
The question of “is it possible?” is asked on an every other day basis so that MUST mean there aren’t enough threads on how it’s done.
I did my research before beginning by reading Shooter83’s and Bob the Great’s threads. Probably some others but those are the ones that left an impression. Thanks to them I was much more comfortable cutting into my own car.
It is NOT a bolt in procedure, there is a LOT of cutting and welding.
I like pictures so there are a lot of them, some may be redundant but whatever. I tried taking as many as I could. I went through 4 HTC One’s while doing this work since the tiny metal fragments got into the speaker and destroyed it. I even left the phone on the workbench while I was working on the car. I think I’m missing some pictures due to the backing up of each phone.
On to the Pics!
Drove from Detroit where I live to Springfield IL where I’m from and my dad still lives to use his truck and trailer to pick up the shell from Topeka KS. What a long weekend!
92 VR4 roller, no engine/ interior. Came with Brakes, suspension, body panels, rear subframe/dif, and a spare t-case. From our own TurboSinceBirth, Thanks man!
SS T-Case (Purchased separately, but still from TSB)
Adjustable upper control arms, revised rear anti-sway bar and AWS delete kit from 3sx
Here’s my garage in its constant state of disarray. I usually have about twelve irons in the fire and can never seem to keep it clean. You’ll notice some trim that is currently being stained for a house project.
Fun Fact: The Abarth (not mine) in these photos I just happened to bring home from work is the ACTUAL red 500 that was in one of the first commercials for the 500 where they all “swam” from Italy to the U.S.. I work for Chrysler and they wanted that exact color combo in the commercial so they shipped it over there, put different wheels on it, filmed and shipped it back. I can’t make this up.
Stock subframe pulled from the car.
Taking some preliminary measurements, Taking pictures of them comes in handy when I forget where I wrote them down.
My garage companion, Aries
Garage is always a mess, I forget what I was even using that insulation for LOL
Following Shooter’s lead I removed the entire wheel well. There are more detailed pictures later when cutting into my car, this is pretty much after all the parts have been cut out of the donor. Yes, I did
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