Hey guys and gals, I have a question on behalf of myself and a few of the Altimas.net members who have installed shift ***** from the AE max, and are experiencing chipping and other finish problems on the aluminum piece. I personnally had my first **** chip, and the second is bubbling up like plastic wrap. Very strange. I was wondering if any of you with 2001 AE 5-speeds have experienced these problems. The ***** we are using were purchased on ebay and came in a genuine Nissan parts box. Seems strange that at least 3 ***** now are having problems after less than 2 months. Thanks for any advice you may have.

These are the ***** by the way:

Shift **** Listing

 

they are most likely bootlegged ones...
and anyone can make a "genuin nissan box"

 

i have chipping on my momo shift ****

 

When I bought my AE (used), my shifter (auto) had chips. I scraped the rest of it off to reveal a nice chrome finish underneath....i would take a pic but its too cold to go outside...lol

 

mine began chipping rather quickly.....don't think I have many of the numbers left on it, and the silvery finish has worn though and it now showing the black molding under it. now i just pick at it while i drive.

 

mine is too ...wonder if the warranty would cover it?...

 

mine did (5speed) too, but dealership placed it under warranty.

 

wow...my parents just gave me an AE shift **** for xmas and bought it from a guy on ebay, and it came in a 'genuine nissan' box. great news to hear that its gonna start chipping. ill just hafta call up Dave B and get another one when mine gets bad enough, cuz it looks so good when its not chipped (like mine is now) lol

 

the aluminum part of the **** is not chipping.

however a certain part of the leather is somewhat fading/coming off

 

I've had mine for over 6 months and it still looks new! No chipping or anything. I got mine from DaveB.

 

My 6 speed *** is doing the same thing. Going to try to get it replaced under warranty

 

same problem here w/ MOMO

 

I don't know if they are genuine or not, but I would be a little skeptical considering how the seller lists the ***** as found on the Nissan Maxima 2000 Special Edition.

1) It's 2001, not 2000.
2) It's an anniversary edition, not special edition.

At $45 a piece, I would rather purchase mine at Courtesy Parts for $60 and get the piece of mind knowing I was buying the real deal.

Just my .02.

Tony

 

Bought my AE new. 48K miles and lots of shifting later still looks fine...but I did notice it almost looking cloudy about 2 years ago...took one of those plastic kitchen sponges (with the plastic net around the sponge) to see what the heck it was...not sure if just hand oils, etc. or what, but once cleaned it shines very nicely and has ever since.

 

Yeah, same here.

 

i was taking a closer look at mine and it is chipping away! but whats left is a shiny chrome surface so i just scrubbed the whole thing away.. haha.. its all shiny now

 

There is/was a TSB for the aniversary shift **** finish coming off the metal part.

 

uh... this might be stupid but does anyone wear rings on their right hand? that might be why?

 

Could you put a layer of clearcoat paint on it to protect from chipping/wear?

 

its jus plastic crap. theres no damage. forget protectin it and worryin bout warranty. jus peel the sucker off cuz it looks sweeeeeet underneath.

 

I don't wear a ring and still chirps

 

When you do this do you take the shift pattern off with it? I thought this might be the case, that it was plastic. It makes sense as mine looks like it has a bad shrink wrap job on it now.