Is the any wayto make the auto shifter smaller.

Here ie a pic of my supra auto shifter. Can I make my Shifter that small?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6447


Look a the bottom of the page.....

 

i duno. what would that supra do to your max in a race?

 

I am sorry I made a typo that is not my supra. It is just a supra that I saw on ebay that had a little shifter. If I was to race him he would kick my a$$

 

i like that little shifter. It looks really nice. thatd be cool for us auto owners to have a "short shifter"

 

Thatd be cool as he!!.That is why I want to know if anyone know how to do that to our maxs

 

someone on the org. done a fake 5spd sway, aka adding leather boot and a 5spd shift **** over his automatic shift ****. it looked shorten too.

too bad he doesn't have the OD button anymore. and that's ultimate ricer right there

 

LOL.....that would look funny.

 

you're all scared of a N/A supra?

 

i'm scared of n/a civics.

 

also watch out for those kias man

 

As soon as my turbo kit is at my front door I will not be scared of anyone.

 

theres always a bigger fish

 

Well I like to fish. The bigger the better.

This sucks that I can not search because I saw a post about this like a mouth or so ago.It would be a big help if someone that can search try to find it for me.

 

as soon as a get a skyline...

 

The shifter's not to high, the console is low. I believe the center console on the Supra is "higher" on your seated body. It's just been my experience, and if you think about it probably yours, that the top of a gear shift is at a height where if you arm is on the armrest or at an approx. right angle your hand rests right on top of the shifter. I belive this is where using the shifter is most comfortable for the masses. You can shorten your shifter for looks. It will just feel a little different to shift it.

 

Yeah you can shorten it, i forgot who did it, but basically you would just need to cut it, which I heard was a pain in the ***.

 

Personally I like it stock height... I rest my elbow on the center dash thing and put my arm on the shifter... Just a habit... 5-spd daydreamin probably???

 

too bad replacement auto shifters are far and few between, the only one i have found is f'ugly. its that chrome/carbon alien looking thing, anyone know what im talkin about?

 

I like the 2000 dodge intrepid auto shifter, sits nice and low. lower than a sts for manual. it's sweet.

 

i agree ive seen that thing its pretty awesome

 

There are a few I've seen.

The Razo (I believe the one you're talking about)
brown wood grain
http://216.82.69.117/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=RA-106
black/gray wood grain
http://216.82.69.117/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=RA-105

the Levoc
http://www.importscene.com.au/prod522.htm

and the one on custom maxima (which looks like a chrome Razo,maybe? not sure what brand it is)
http://www.custommaxima.com/Shifter.php

 

ha i do the exact same thing.

 

Yeah, a friend of mine has a 2000 Chrysler 300M, same shifter as the Intrepid, and it's definitely the lowest auto shifter I've seen. It also has the "autostick" which is fun to play around with.

I don't think an auto shifter that low would really look right on a max though. On a 300M/Intrepid, it kinda flows with the rest of the interior, but a max's dash is way too angular (DIN's, climate control, etc) compared to the Dodge for that.

 

he prob still has the O/D but rigged it to a switch.

 

the only time I saw that done, the guy used an aftermarket shifter so he kept the OD.. looked pretty good I thought, working on it now .. no rice

 

I dont know why you'd wanna make it any shorter...... in my case I need all the height I can get



Sounds like more work than would really be worth.

 

I just do not like how high it is.If I could cut maybe 1 inch or a little less off I would be happy. Does anyone know how to do this or is there any write ups about this.

I do like the adding a leather boot thing but it my look a LITTLE to ricey

 

Ill sell you my stock auto shift lever if you want to experiment

 

I have the Levoc Auto Shift **** with the OD button.

It isn't too hard to install the aftermarket shifter. If you try to use the stock holes with the aftermarket shifter you'd have a really ugly tall beast, like a truck shifter or something. I hacked off about 1.5" from the metal pipe inside the stock shifter, drilled a new 1/8" hole inside that pipe, shortened the inside spring release rod (don't know if you guys know what im talkin about- its is the thin piece of metal seen in the pic below), and now the shifter is sitting a lower than the oem or an aftermarket that isn't sawed.



I went to Kragen and borrowed their pipe cutter for free, and although it was too big, I just took my time and made a lot of small cuts until it finally fell off. The metal rod inside was pretty easily cut with a wirecutter.



I'd imagine it would be possible to shorten the stock shifter, but you will have to hack it on the bottom, and find a way to re-solder the od switch wires and reattach them. You could probably cut down like 2-3"... I'd pick up that spare stock shifter and play around with it and find out.

P.S. I don't recommend the Levoc, the chrome part on mine is chipping off. I've had it about 3+ years.

 

I do not want to keep my stock auto shifter I would like to get a aftermarket one Nismo but how much do you want for it.MaximaGTR34 thanks for the write up that helped alot.

 

I dunno, 20 shipped? its the whole lever assembly- shift stick thing with that button thing on top and the lever pivot thing. let me know and Ill dig it up from the garage and take a pic or something if u want to see

 

No thanks I have one in my garage that I got out of a crashed 99 max.

 

Here's a side shot if anyone is interested in that angle.