I just want to let evryone know , dont buy the ebay short shifter , i heard about the breaking of other peoples but i thought after 5k it wouldn't break, i was WRONG, it broke and i was stuck, luckaly i wasn't far from my house, i had my boy push in the clutch and played with the linkage and managed to get my car in to second gear and i drove home like 2 miles like dat.

Just to make a long story short the 25$ isn't worth the trouble.

 

Damn that's Jacked up, what if you were on the highway or something. People like to cut a lot of corners and save money. Cheap is ok when it comes to somethings, you just have to be carfeul what you skimp on.

 

anything that has to do with driving dont go super cheap on...

shifter
clutch
springs
shocks

get reputable name brands as cheap as possible but no knock off's...thanks for update

 

egads! luckily you had your boyfriend there with you to help push the car.

 

lol
Thanks for the advice man. I was gonna buy one but know I don't think I will
BTW: Which short shifter do you people recommend?

 

Stillen makes a good one, but it's prettty expensive.

 

What brand was it? I bought mine off ebay, it was in OBX packaging . auction also stated it was obx. I've had mine on for about 8 months.
I sure as h#ll dont want mine to snap.

 

u get what u pay for...

 

I would go with stillen. It is expensive but it is worth it. I've had mine for about 3K and still feels like i got it yesterday. Trust me just go with some names that you can trust. You don't want a broken SS again do you?

 

u could buy a shift **** with no name brand... but go with stillen or another brand name thats popular for ur shifter or other big part

 

The shifter is rsp or something like dat , it doesnt matter what company its the material, any aluminum shifter will heat up from the exhaust and weakin by time, other cars and people i know have had this problem before

 

Everything breaks. I have one off ebay for 20 bucks and couldn't be happier. Can't see myself spending 120+ for a damn little metal rod. I don't think you can say those shifters are garbage based on one review.

 

Metal rod? Your shifter is constantly in use while you are driving. I would prefer it be a quality piece of hardened steel than a metal rod.

 

i didnt mean metal rod literally. Its as sturdy as my stock shifter.....don't be upset b/c u paid a 100 bucks more for it than me.

 

i brought one around the dame time you did, but haven't installed it yet, until i put in my exhaust, which may be tommorrow, but i got someone with AAA(gf) and will get free tow, or will deal witht he probs i'll keep stock shifter in trunk and if it breaks down outta state then i'll havelocal shop in area take care of it...lol kinda scary, but i'll tkae my chances

 

If it last the life of my car, I won't be upset. If yours breaks I'll be laughing my @ss off.

 

lol.....I'll be laughing even harder if yours breaks again.....If mine breaks 5 times....I'll be upset. Anyway, this is silly. If I had the money to spend, I would get a 100 dollar shifter as well. I see it as kind of like getting a Stillen strut bar, when one of those no-name brand ones work just as well......I'm sure someone's will fail, but not the majority.

 

Im not the first person this happend to and not the only person i know this happend to, i spent 20 bucks cause a shifter doesn't make a big diffrance and i dont fell like spending 120 on one, i can live without , but i cant wait till yours breaks , how many miles have you had it for?

 

That a way guys. Maxima owner against Maxima owner. Can't we just all get along.

 

way to feed into each other's BS guys.

 

difference of opinions, let it go guys

 

If you really want to make your argument valid, go buy one of each and tell me how much force you must exert to break each one. Its not my fault u bought a crappy one for 20 bucks and ibought a good one for 20 bucks......nuff said.