Everyone or anyone..I need some help.. Does anyone know how much to cut off the stock shifter? and what aftermarket **** will fit on later?? Please i need some opinions negative or positive.. Thanks everyone..

 

Cut at least 5 inches off. Use a butter knife.






























Cut about 1.5 inches with a hacksaw. Smooth off the end and most aftermarket ***** should fit fine.

 

Damnit no wonder it didn't work for me! My mechanic told me to use a spoon!
-Cyrus

 

You guys are toooo much.. How would i smoothen out the top.. some high power sander..????
thanks for your responses!!
By the way it doesnt shorten the shift at all? thats what im gathering from past posts

 

i did it to mine about a month ago....

use a dremel with some cutting discs and cut off to about .25" below the end of the threads... then use the round sanding pads on the dremel and make it smooth and even...

make sure you tape a cloth or tarp or something up all around the shifter and from of your car (esp. the seats) or you will have metal shavings everywhere in your car...

any aftermarket **** will fit i have a 5zigen

NO it doesn't shorten the throw... it makes it a bit more notchy (don't ask i don't get it) but it does feel and look alot better as stock they are about the size of a small pickup's

extra note if you want an aftermarket shifter to work i suggest snading the two "tabs" down that are right below where you cut else you won't belabe to get the screw cover to screw on the shift ****.

 

i cut it about a month ago. I dont know how many inches exactly but i cut it just above the little pieces that stick out to hold up the shift boot. Its much more comfortable now. And most likly any shift **** will fir since most aftermarket one use an allen screw to hold them in place

 

Just get the Pacesetter. It's ~$80. Will shorter throw dramaticaly, and lower the shifter.

 

Thanks for the info boys..it helped a great deal.. Id like to buy an aftermarket.. im poor as hell tho..Thanks again!!

 

I cut mine 1.5 at the advice of the org originally.. that was ok w/ an aftermarket shifter, but i dont like that bs.. I wanted my black leather shifter back on there to match my all black interior.. it sat on there, but b/c of the threads up in the shifter, I needed to cut about another inch of to make it look the right height, so all in all 2.5inches and i love it.. shifting is alittler harder, so that sucks... but such is life, its worth it -

here is a pic -

 

here is my setup, just a few pics, i think it came out pretty nice. Enjoy

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Thank you for the great pics guys..I think im going to do it..Good luck to all that read this, i hope these peeps helped others decisions as well
Peace

 

how does cutting the stock shifter make shifting harder?

 

Simple physics: less leverage.

 

Thats what I cut off about 1.5 inches

 

thanks

 

does anybody have a stock shifter laying around? I'll gladly take it off their hands.
Jae

 

try the for sale forum or better yet, junk yard

 

I basically ripped my stock shifter apart trying to get it off. It was on pretty tight. I've heard similar stories, good luck finding one.