I have a french steering wheel car and have to change from left to the right side since I am going to be driving in Dublin for the next few years.
How much does it cost? or is it better to buy another car, i just love my car.|||Conversion would be expensive.
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As far as I know you can register and insure your French car in Ireland, you can register any car in any EU country (the only exception is Slovakia that doesn%26#039;t allow registration of RHD Right Hand Drive cars) no matter what side the steering wheel is on. You surely can in the UK.
There%26#039;s just couple of thing you have to do -
- headlamps must be dipping to the left - one way is to put on special stickers, some lamps can be adjusted with a switch, the worst that can happen is to change the lens covers
- you must pass emmission tests
- you must present a Declaration of Conformity (you should be able to get one from the manufacturer (visit your car dealer) if you don%26#039;t have one already, I got mine with my car when I bought it.)
- fog and reversing rear lights must be swapped or you must have extra lights fitted
- you DON%26#039;T have to change your speedo from km to miles - Ireland went metric a few years ago.
You should be able to use your car for a while in Ireland with French plate.
As for the driving on the other side of the road. I drove LHD cars in the UK and RHD cars in Europe. I lived in the UK for four years and had UK car, but I drove more kilometers in Europe than in UK.
It doesn%26#039;t really matter where the steering wheel is - in towns and on motorways. The only issue is on twisting rural roads - to overtake you must have someone on board to tell you about oncoming traffic.
It takes a while but you%26#039;ll get used to it quickly.
Feel free to ask me further questions.|||Buy another car.
You%26#039;d need a new dashboard and all sorts. Major work. Forget it.|||Think it would be better to buy another car|||You need to buy a new car. Its very difficult to change sides and it would cost more than buying a new car in some circumstances!|||cost hugh amount it may be cheaper to leave your car where it is and rent one you have to find a mechanical shop to do it it may cost more than your car did|||Yes you can and you will be glad to know does not cost a lot and is surprisingly easy to do. First you will need a selection of spanners and a huge ball of bluetac, oh and one of those stick on steering wheels and fake dashboard like Maggie uses at the start of the Simpson%26#039;s.
Good, got all those? Well here we go, firstly drive into something solid, really fast, this should make the airbag go off and eliminates the chances of it going off whilst we are working on the steering wheel and causing an accident!!|||Depends on what make and type of car! Never the less very expensive and time consuming. Good luck.|||The cost will be prohibitive! The structural alterations needed are extensive and can be very involved and time-consuming. With some makes or models it is just not possible.
Buy a new car or just get used to using the left-hand steering car on the left-hand side of the road in Ireland. You will be amazed at how quickly you will get used to it!|||Halfords or Qwikfit will do it while you wait. You%26#039;ll have to phone first though.|||A new car.|||Don%26#039;t bother !!
The work involved is enormous!!
New dashboard,New steering rack ,They will need to modify the Bulkhead,Pedal box as well as re-routing the speedo cable ,the servos,accelerator cable,Clutch mecanism........shall i carry on ????
