Lancer Sportback (Cedia Wagon) to Evo Wagon (ct9w)
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I'm looking forward to what apopoo has going on.
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Last edited by Resurrected RA; Feb 2, 2015 at 06:35 AM.
#19
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I don't think he was going to build a CT9W, his idea was more a AWD Cedia wagon with a body kit. That's why I think the title is a little misleading to those offering alternative build scenarios.
Last edited by Resurrected RA; Feb 3, 2015 at 05:27 PM.
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I believe the interior would be the same for both models. You can re-do your headliner with new material, I think most interior shops can do it, relatively inexpensive. There may even be a few DIYs on Youtube.
Last edited by Resurrected RA; Feb 5, 2015 at 02:56 PM.
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I needed to get away from all the snow so I was on an island somewhere warm for the last 3 weeks. I did get a pic of a real cedia wagon.
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As for my build Im still in the parts collecting stage.
So far I got 2 hoods (evo7 and 8), headlights and I have the plastic tail light pieces coming from japan.
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I did consider the "grafting a ct9a into a ct9w" option at one point.
I picked the brains of 2 very informative friends of mine. One guy builds tube chassis for dragsters and the other one owns a bodyshop. Both advised me not to do it that way. The bodyshop owner worked for bmw for 10 years and mercedes for 7 years before opening his own shop so he really knows the rights and wrongs of auto body repairs. After comparing pictures of lancer wagons, evos and evo wagons. He said theres really no way to cleanly graft the 2 cars together without compromising the structure integrity of the unibody construction. We would need to take the roof from the A pillars then everything from the b pillars back to the bumper. The doors are different, the rear quarter panels will be needed for the windows back there and the rear lift gate will require everything back there as well. unibody is made of layers of sheet metal and every layer would need to be dissected and welded back together which would be a nightmare.
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Here are some pics of my projects
Fully converted Evo3
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Evo4.5 Clone (for now just only the exterior is done, 4g63 and awd to come later)
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S13 to R32 conversion
Fully converted Ver3 STI wagon
Forester Type M (conversion almost completed)
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Fully converted Evo3
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Evo4.5 Clone (for now just only the exterior is done, 4g63 and awd to come later)
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S13 to R32 conversion
Fully converted Ver3 STI wagon
Forester Type M (conversion almost completed)
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Heck, how did I miss this thread? And you're only up in NY? Wish I would have known sooner, maybe I could have let you "mock" my car up (sound familiar anyone?)!
Yep, it'll be cool to see our car "look like" a Evo 9 Wagon, but I still hold onto that an Evo was built/engineered to be a rally car and to "convert" a non-rally platform into a rally car is possible, but it's not going to be an Evo 9 when it's done. So, for me, I'd just default and buy one, but then again, I don't have the motivation nor know-how to do what you guys do!
Yep, it'll be cool to see our car "look like" a Evo 9 Wagon, but I still hold onto that an Evo was built/engineered to be a rally car and to "convert" a non-rally platform into a rally car is possible, but it's not going to be an Evo 9 when it's done. So, for me, I'd just default and buy one, but then again, I don't have the motivation nor know-how to do what you guys do!
Last edited by truthdweller; Mar 15, 2015 at 09:31 PM.
#30
Sorry for the lack of progress on this build, I have been working on an outlander all summer and neglected the lancer wagon. So last week I started working on the interior of the wagon.
I put in the armrest and center console and shifter from a CT9W GT-A. It has a nicer arm rest and shifter assembly. I also found the rare navigation system (MMCS) and started putting that in.
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So as you can see I painted it blue to try to match the GT-A color scheme but I think the blue I chosed was a bit too bright compared to the shifter console.
Im still debating if I should paint the radio/hvac panel blue or black. The original GT-A radio/hvac panel is black and the section around the vents and nav display is also black.
For those that might be interested, the original panel is RHD and requires a lot of modification to work in a LHD car. This is what it looked like when I first got it
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The automatic GT-A shifter and center console is a direct bolt in.
It will replace the Lancer auto shifter but you will lose the "3" "2" "L" gears.
The GT-A shifter is only "P" "R" "N" "D" and "+" and "-" for the triptronic gearbox.
It bolts right in and works great.
Leather rear seats from a Cedia
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This is the outlander I was working on. It got an Airtrek conversion with Work Anhelo front lip and R.O.A.R. side skirts and rear lip.
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I put in the armrest and center console and shifter from a CT9W GT-A. It has a nicer arm rest and shifter assembly. I also found the rare navigation system (MMCS) and started putting that in.
image posting
image sharing
image upload free
free image uploading
how to take a screenshot on a pc
photo host
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So as you can see I painted it blue to try to match the GT-A color scheme but I think the blue I chosed was a bit too bright compared to the shifter console.
Im still debating if I should paint the radio/hvac panel blue or black. The original GT-A radio/hvac panel is black and the section around the vents and nav display is also black.
For those that might be interested, the original panel is RHD and requires a lot of modification to work in a LHD car. This is what it looked like when I first got it
forum image hosting
The automatic GT-A shifter and center console is a direct bolt in.
It will replace the Lancer auto shifter but you will lose the "3" "2" "L" gears.
The GT-A shifter is only "P" "R" "N" "D" and "+" and "-" for the triptronic gearbox.
It bolts right in and works great.
Leather rear seats from a Cedia
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This is the outlander I was working on. It got an Airtrek conversion with Work Anhelo front lip and R.O.A.R. side skirts and rear lip.
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Last edited by apoopoo999; Oct 20, 2015 at 03:40 PM.