Air conditioner In Mighty Boy

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Billie
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Hey, does anyone know whats invloved in putting air cond in a mighty boy, and what parts are required. Would one of a daewoo matiz work? Just curious, if i see one at wreckers, if its possible i'll grab the parts.
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You need a condenser, evaporator, dryer, compressor pump, piping, and all associated switches, brackets and wiring.

You might be able to adapt the system from a Matiz, but it would be one heck of a job and would require custom piping.
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Billie
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Soo what your saying is, take it to a car airconditoner and get them to do it?
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If you have $1500-2000 to throw at it, then yeah!
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Billie
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:-o

I was expecting that acturally. Will one off a hatch go on? Did they come with them?
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Some Hatch/Alto/MightyBoys were fitted with A/C by dealers. From what I've seen 95% of those were done in QLD/NT.
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As you would expect haha. I'll call a few wreckers when i have the money. If not put some ice in the vents :P
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i got arm strong air conditioning.. 8) :lol:
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lol whats that?
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Wind your windows down..
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Billie
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Ohh, lol.
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Tez
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i got arm strong air conditioning..
Also known (in MightyBoys) as 280 airconditioning...

2 windows down... 80 kph... :D

Them old commodores & falcons had the up-market 480 aircon... :D

Won't bother explaining that to you...

:D :D

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Billie
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lol, i get it
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When i was looking at putting airconditioning into the mighty boy, i spoke to an air con specialist about it and it came down to this... you basically need the original unit.

I put the idea of using Matiz compressor and parts to him and yes it "COULD" be done "BUT"... trying to adapt the under dash components would be a total pain in the arse. and i don't remember the full technical explanation that he gave me but he also said something about the original suzuki mighty boy under dash unit, its not compatible with the newer matiz compressor and components.

From what i understood it was just going to be to much expense and hassle to try to install a bitsa air con unit. Took me ages but i eventually found an original unit and NO its not for sale.

Do the research though and speak to a few different ppl, maybe they can come up with another solution.

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Billie
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I think i'll wait until one comes up. Until there, windows are fine.
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