Short Shifters Off Ebay

[R33_Rob]

Hi

has anyone ever bought a short shifter off ebay???

if so what was it like?

The ones on ebay are around $80 whereas the autobarn i went to was selling them for $250!!!!!!!

Im not sure if its worth the extra money to get it from autobarn ???

Cheers

[4drftn]

yeah i bought one of ebay... havent yet installed it but they are very similar to the c's ones ect. so i cant see them being real crappy, iv heard of the proper c's shifters snapping in certain places too. but then again some might tell you the ebay shifters are complete rubbish... i would like to know myself before i install mine actually...

[mad082]

i have installed an ebay one, as well as driven with it. depending on what one it is, you may need to get new bolts for it because the ones they send you are just too short. since you have to clamp it all together with them they need to be longer than they are.

as for driving with it, it is ok, but i think i prefer the normal length. if you have any trouble getting gears with the normal length then you will have more trouble with the short shifter.

[UCD15R33]

yeah the short shifts are good they take a bit to getting use too ask you are u to a longer throw but they are fun. Just get a gear nob that suits it

[madaz R33]

I also bought one off ebay cost me $69, havent installed it yet cause i decieded i dont want it any more, brand new still in box and plastic un opened, if anyone wants it give me a yell.

[cheez]

im gonna machine my standard shifter to shorten the throw. grind it down to a stright pole and re-thread the top so it decreases the size by about 5cm or there abouts. will post up some pics once i do it.

[mad082]

that is the cheap and easy way to do it.

[InterCooL]

im gonna machine my standard shifter to shorten the throw. grind it down to a stright pole and re-thread the top so it decreases the size by about 5cm or there abouts. will post up some pics once i do it.

there's a few threads about this, that isnt what a short shifter does. it changes fulcrum points in the shifter dramatically. cutting the length of the shifter won't do the same thing

[r33madd]

I had one of the $80-90 ones i did like the shorter shift that was great but i endend up taking it out after about 2 month

They do feel a bit tinny and are noisy and do move about alot and it also made my gears crunch at times

I have now put the stock back in the throw feels like im driving a tractor but i do like stock better.

I have herd the real nismo ones for like $260 are very good

[mad082]

there's a few threads about this, that isnt what a short shifter does. it changes fulcrum points in the shifter dramatically. cutting the length of the shifter won't do the same thing

yes it will. it is pure physics. shortening the top half of the shifter and leaving the bottom half the same will have a similar affect to leaving the top half the same and lengthening the bottom half. if the ratio of above the pivot point to below the pivot point is the same with the cut down one as the short shifter, the exact same result will be achieved.

[TTT]

^^^ bahahahaha

[mad082]

what are you laughing about?

[Pal]

had mine in for about a year now, had to modify the crap out of it to get it where i like it, cut the shifter in half and welded on the top of my original to cut the noise down (original rubber dampener fitted) and modified the clamping area as it put to much pressure on the nylon bush on the fulcrum ball causing the movement to be really tight. tis lovely now. feels like original shifter with less throw

[mad082]

this shows the difference in distance travelled by shortening the top half. they still go the same angle, but just take a shorter distance to get there. the short shifters you buy reduce the angle you have to move, but don't alter the length of the shifter, so it has the same affect. if you were to make a shifter with the same ratio of bottom half to top half as a standard short shift, but had it twice the length (bottom half twise the length and top half twice the length) you would still only move it the same distance as the shorter one. the angle would be much less but the distance would be the same because it is the same ratio.

[TTT]

then why don't you just hold the shifter on the shaft near the base to do the shifting..

you should be used to that...

[mad082]

then why don't you just hold the shifter on the shaft near the base to do the shifting..

you should be used to that...

nah thats more of an sliding motion than a push/pull