Interior conversion

ac_jones

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Hey everyone. We have just bought our first Lancer. We have always had high performance and powerful cars like statements and v8 fairmonts. We settled with a 2001 CE2 4 door auto. In awesome condition and a clean canvas for us to play with.

Our first thing we want to tackle is the interior. We were thinking if converting to a evo interior but we have found the information a bit conflicting on which (6 or 7) fits into the CE2. Can anybody clarify this for me???????

I am hoping to get all the parts this week to put in power windows, once we have done that it will be tinted!!

Also, has anybody put in a aftermarket cruise control in their CE's!?'

Cheers. :thumbup:
 
First off, welcome to the forums, look forward to seeing some pics :)

I cant really help you there, id lean more on evo7, as the 6 stopped around 2001, the CE2 came in after that. Im not an authority around here though, so take it with a grain of salt.
 
Thanks buddy. That's what I am leaning towards as well but thought I would post and see what others thought and what hurdles they have over come.

I will be changing it from the grey to black interior. Whether it be I customise what I have or get evo interior.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

This is my blank canvas.
 

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It'll be evo 4-6, interior is all interchangable, however i believe the Evo's had automatic climate control, which is a few electronic motors for the heater box etc, a couple sensors, and a few wires to set up

With cruise control, i have seen a couple "factory-fitted" looking setups, even in a manual car. It doesnt look like it would be too hard to setup, but do plenty of research first
 
What's the difference between a 6 and 7!? More so door card wise cause I have found a complete set with elec window controls.
 
everything, the whole chassis changes,

The only difference between EVO and MR lancer interrior, is really just Power folding mirrors, Auto climate control, cool cluster, recaro seats.

Thats more or less it, just do an MR swap, will be cheaper and easiers and more or less the same thing.
 
Ok so the door cards won't fit!? Cause I looked at the specs and the measurements are the same on the site I found.
 
Just to clarify for you can use any CE shape based black dash - either evo 4-6, MR coupe, or VRX models. The clusters can also be taken from any of these models as theyre interchangeable.

Door cards need to use either evo 4-6 or CE sedan with power windows and mirrors in black from factory, I think selected VRX models came with this. The mirage and coupes in black with power (such as MRs) wont fit, theyre only 2 door.

Seats you can use any evo 1-6, or any proton/mirage/cc/ce seats that you like, all will bolt in.

Evo 7 is a completely different shape and wont work. Evo 7 parts are based on the CG/H shape lancers.


**also guys I know people want to help, but if you dont know the answer please dont try to guess, it can get expensive if you suggest someone buys something that clearly wont work
 
BI65ND said:
Just to clarify for you can use any CE shape based black dash - either evo 4-6, MR coupe, or VRX models. The clusters can also be taken from any of these models as theyre interchangeable.

Door cards need to use either evo 4-6 or CE sedan with power windows and mirrors in black from factory, I think selected VRX models came with this. The mirage and coupes in black with power (such as MRs) wont fit, theyre only 2 door.

Seats you can use any evo 1-6, or any proton/mirage/cc/ce seats that you like, all will bolt in.

Evo 7 is a completely different shape and wont work. Evo 7 parts are based on the CG/H shape lancers.


**also guys I know people want to help, but if you dont know the answer please dont try to guess, it can get expensive if you suggest someone buys something that clearly wont work

Thanks a tonne. So the dash out of the coupes and mirages will definitely fit!? Also, what about centre consoles!? I have a auto.
 
ac_jones said:
Thanks a tonne. So the dash out of the coupes and mirages will definitely fit!? Also, what about centre consoles!? I have a auto.

Yep, all interchangeable, I am using a sedan dash in my Mirage. Centre consoles are also interchangeable, so you'll just need to find a black auto one from any lancer or mirage - best bet would be a VRX for this as the evos only came in manual.
 
The above comment is 100% accurate.

I have tried retro fitting a CH (Evo 7) dash and door cards into a CE and they just do not fit not without cutting and welding the plastic together... not worth it... like others have said find a MR/VRX model car and the parts will fit no problems and you should be able to get a whole interior for approx $300 or less

Cruise control not really looked into it too much but I know that the US Mirages have cruise control... this could be another way of doing it so it looks factory,

The climate control for a EVO 4,5 and 6 and FTO will fit the CE but there is a fair bit of work that needs to be done to get it to fit and work but nothing that is going to be too complicated just a case of locating the parts and fitting the FTO would be the better option or rather easier to find - you can get a fascia easily enough from Ebay to suit/swap usually they are more readily available in the UK... but this all depends on how hands on you are with cars.
 
chowetime said:
The above comment is 100% accurate.

I have tried retro fitting a CH (Evo 7) dash and door cards into a CE and they just do not fit not without cutting and welding the plastic together... not worth it... like others have said find a MR/VRX model car and the parts will fit no problems and you should be able to get a whole interior for approx $300 or less

Cruise control not really looked into it too much but I know that the US Mirages have cruise control... this could be another way of doing it so it looks factory,

The climate control for a EVO 4,5 and 6 and FTO will fit the CE but there is a fair bit of work that needs to be done to get it to fit and work but nothing that is going to be too complicated just a case of locating the parts and fitting the FTO would be the better option or rather easier to find - you can get a fascia easily enough from Ebay to suit/swap usually they are more readily available in the UK... but this all depends on how hands on you are with cars.

You guys are awesome fountains of knowledge. I am thinking of keeping my dash but replacing the centre console so that I actually have a console. I was just googling on how to 'recover' my dash to matte black.

It was more so the door cards I was worried about but I will just keep searching. eBay doesn't seem to have many on their.
 
ac_jones said:
You guys are awesome fountains of knowledge. I am thinking of keeping my dash but replacing the centre console so that I actually have a console. I was just googling on how to 'recover' my dash to matte black.

It was more so the door cards I was worried about but I will just keep searching. eBay doesn't seem to have many on their.

Your best bet is to go to the wreckers and strip a couple of cars. You can also try to find a wrecking listing on gumtree for one as well. Ones on gumtree will be cheaper.
 
Option ver 4.31
Get yourself a wreck, all the parts you need, no need to go back if you forget anything.
That's how I did mine, I'm still finding things I need months later, although its gotta go very soon. LOL
Plus, you can sell off anything you don't need, or your old spares.

http://www.pickles.com.au/damaged/item/ ... /552148008
http://www.pickles.com.au/damaged/item/ ... /202200249

I could only find two with power windows, but I'm sure if you keep looking you can find a whole car to suit yours.
Get an Evo wreck(if you can find one) for even more win, but expect to pay substantially more for it.. But so many goodies ;)
 
ARC said:
Option ver 4.31
Get yourself a wreck, all the parts you need, no need to go back if you forget anything.
That's how I did mine, I'm still finding things I need months later, although its gotta go very soon. LOL
Plus, you can sell off anything you don't need, or your old spares.

http://www.pickles.com.au/damaged/item/ ... /552148008
http://www.pickles.com.au/damaged/item/ ... /202200249

I could only find two with power windows, but I'm sure if you keep looking you can find a whole car to suit yours.
Get an Evo wreck(if you can find one) for even more win, but expect to pay substantially more for it.. But so many goodies ;)

Yeah we have looked around for a wreck but none worth it in SE QLD.

Does anybody know if a evo5 centre console will connect to the rest!? I just want a actual console... Not a tube!!
 
Yep, evo 4/5/6 dashes including the centre consoles are the exact same shape as CE's so it is interchangeable.
 
I've done the climate control. Easy swap just a little tedious with the wiring that's all. Everything's plug and play.
 
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Thought the obvious differences would have been more obvious... evo 6 has ce taillights and evo 7 has cg taillights
 
Yes I know the difference in looks but I wasn't sure if everything was interchangeable.

Like between a vt/vx commodore to a vy/vz. Completely different looks but u can do complete changes between the two and they fit.
 
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