How do you?...

[FNGdomino760]

...cut down your shifter to make it shorter, rather than buying a short shifter?

 

[DirtyD]

lmao

splurge and buy a 9 dollar shifter off eGay

 

[Beelzebubba]

Holy s**t :shocked:

I already posted this.

I am too lazy to look for it.

 

[Xoxol]

cut the top part and use it to extend bottom.

 

[Eran]

with mind bullets!




























*that's telekenisis, kyle!*

 

[Kataku]

^^^ Hahaha, Tenacious D is awesome.

Seriously though, why would you not just buy one off of eBay or somewhere?

 

[FNGdomino760]

I like to do stuff myself. I was thinking that I could hack the top half, dremel down a section to the correct diameter and just use a tap and dye set. Does thaat work?

 

[DirtyD]

why though?

do you really think a shorter shifter will affect your shift times?

 

[mymmeryloss]

yes it works.
i did it
chris

 

[Eran]

How f**king cheap are you people? This is not a safe thing to do .... you're gonna end up breaking your shifter off when you go to slam 3rd gear.

Seriously, if you're really cheap, buy an ebay aluminum one (though you may end up breaking it too, just not as easilly), or buy a no-name steel one.

 

[DirtyD]

or just keep your stock one and slap yourself for buying into ricer bullshit

 

[mymmeryloss]

the only way i can see you breaking it is if you cut it and reweld it. cutting it and rethreading it is not a big deal, it actually makes it stronger, it like breaking a stick--the smaller it gets, the harder it is to break..
chris

 

[Eran]

the only way i can see you breaking it is if you cut it and reweld it. cutting it and rethreading it is not a big deal, it actually makes it stronger, it like breaking a stick--the smaller it gets, the harder it is to break..
chris

what? um .... you're an imbecile, really. how do you not fall down more?

 

[Eran]

or just keep your stock one and slap yourself for buying into ricer bullshit

I like having a short shifter because with the arm and knob i have, my shifter is seriously like 2" shorter. It doesn't affect s**t, but it just feels better and looks better to me. I know that it by know means helps me shift faster, or half-shift or anything .... my feet and hands do that

 

[DirtyD]

I like having a short shifter because with the arm and knob i have, my shifter is seriously like 2" shorter. It doesn't affect s**t, but it just feels better and looks better to me. I know that it by know means helps me shift faster, or half-shift or anything .... my feet and hands do that

yea, I had one in my Civic too cause I have long arms and it was more comfy

 

[mymmeryloss]

what? um .... you're an imbecile, really. how do you not fall down more?

why the name calling.
i even have a skunk2, guess what--it's taller than stock, so i cut it and rethread it, it doesnt hurt the specs of the shifter in anyway. i am not putting pressure on the shifter or heating it up. it is in a controlled setting, and nothing different than what the factory does.

how am i an imbecile for doing that? i did it for the same reason you did--it is more comfortable, and it LOOKS nice.

 

[Eran]

That's not what you said before.

the only way i can see you breaking it is if you cut it and reweld it. cutting it and rethreading it is not a big deal, it actually makes it stronger, it like breaking a stick--the smaller it gets, the harder it is to break..

Yes, rethreading something is not dangerous ..... just stupid in my opinion And what's this about a skunk2 being taller than stock? When I installed mine, it sat lower. Maybe because I have a d-bend.

 

[mymmeryloss]

yeah, mine was taller. it was the short throw. not the dual bend..
chris

 

[mymmeryloss]

how could you rethread the dual bend?

 

[Eran]

Very easilly, actually. See all the space?