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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:38 am 
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I have done a EF to EA Swap if that is any help! I also live in brisbane. Took me two complete weeks to do the swap however. Give me a yell if you need help. Not far from you huggiebear.

There a few minor issues that will need looking at depending on how far you want to go. All are involved in getting the dash, int in place. It's been nearly a year now and I still have a few minor things not done. (like kick panel trim,seats etc) It's a daily driver so I don't get much of a chance to pull it apart.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:44 am 
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im undecided if im going to swap the dash aswell. id love to but its the headlight and tail light plugs that worry me. as i would do a complete loom swap. i dont want to cut and chop wires. so for now i was thinking door trims, seats and then later when i can find a run around ill do the loom and dash.

id love to see how yours is coming along tho.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:51 am 
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Much of the time was taken in rewiring the whole car - but if you have a car to work from then it's mostly easy. (This is the best thing to do, the rolled low k ef cost me $400) Can you believe that the wire colours are mostly the same from ea to ef!!!!! just the plugs are different. I hooked up smartlock, cruze cont, body control, Air con etc. It easier to do the whole lot at once rather than trying to intergrate bits into existing loom.

Be warned that the front seats are not an easy fit - hence me sill having EA seats.

If you are interested - I am happy to talk through each step and how I did it and what I would do differently next time. Just give me a yell

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:53 am 
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yeah for sure... i have heard you need to change the seat rails to fit them to EA but apparently they are welded in? or a hard job to do. but where there is a will there is a way :D

ill have to come check out your car sometime.

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:22 pm 
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hi huggiebear i am in browns plains if anyone feels keen to come and help me with the conversion feel free i am already losing motivation and i need the car on the road asap
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:26 pm 
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interior is ok i have no doors but dash is seemingly complete seats are there but i cannot be bothered changing them over


how far do i want to go with conversion i want it to work properly without dodgying it up but i also need it going asap i have been told to overide smartlock i need to use dash wiring and el smartlock module or put in an override module coming in at about $300 i can't be bothered removing all the dash wiring anyone know?
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:33 pm 
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are you wanting to keep the boxcar dash?


if your going to use the EL dash just do the full loom swap. if you keeping the boxcar dash use the stock computer and use a RPM switch to switch the BBM... 40 bucks is cheaper then 300 thats for sure

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:44 pm 
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from what i hear the rpm switch creates issues with pining though as i said i want it all done properly and i would love to swap the el dash in but i have been told it does not fit i am guessing after reading this tonight that is also incorrect
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:46 pm 
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ryhmers has done the full EL interior into his supercharged EA... they do fit.

do a search for his thread... its an amazing machine

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:47 pm 
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oops might be rhymers... lol

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:50 pm 
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huggiebear wrote:
oops might be rhymers... lol

"Rmyers" even lol

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:52 pm 
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hahahaha yeah. cheers for coming to the rescue...

my appologies to RMYERS

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:00 pm 
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ok will hunt it down does that mean i will also need to use the el steering wheel



does anyone know if the el k frame fits also as i heard it is stronger and better than the eb frame
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:15 pm 
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you dont have to use the EL wheel... but if you dont use it ill have it :P i hate the EA steering wheel...

i havnt heard of the k-frams differences

 

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:16 pm 
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hmmm i cannot seem to find the thread oh well i guess i will just get in and try it lol
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