The proper way to retrofit your car with R134a is to first evacuate the old R12 refrigerant, because it uses a different oil and additives from R134a. If you mix them, it might cause problems with your system, the compressor in particular. If you a cheap like me, however, and own a $500 car, it’s not worth it to pay $200 for a shop to retrofit your car with R134a. You can buy a retrofit kit, which comes with the valve adapter (pic attached) and few cans of R134a. All you have to do is screw the adapter onto your low and high pressure line of the system and it is ready to use with any R134a refill kits out there (which by the way, is legally available for anyone to buy). Do this at your own risk though. My Nissan 240sx is retrofitted without proper flushing of the system and so far it has survived 1.5 years (knock on wood).
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