Stock Festiva "Short Shifter" How-To

[Advancedynamix]

My rubber seal on the bottom was pretty dry. Are those available new?

[greywolf200]

My rubber seal on the bottom was pretty dry. Are those available new?

I think that is available new from Mazda.

[kumalaba]

nice write up gomez! yea tom, jerry gave me a honda one and shadetree put it in for me & it works great.

[yippee]

That would be a nice and easy way to help members but I have to come up with a fair price.

Put me in line please B-)

[Gomez]

I now have all the parts to sell a nice combo. Just waiting on free time. I will post em up as I make them

[sketchman]

The ball is about 1 1/4" wide. I'll be hacking mine today, but I plan to add at least 1" on the bottom, take 3/4" off the top, and move the whole shifter up about 1/2" or so. Should be nice.

Thanks Gomez for the pics and howto.

[greywolf200]

The ball is about 1 1/4" wide. I'll be hacking mine today, but I plan to add at least 1" on the bottom, take 3/4" off the top, and move the whole shifter up about 1/2" or so. Should be nice.

Thanks Gomez for the pics and howto.

Be sure to contribute your own pics and results.

[sketchman]

Here's mine. I didn't exactly follow the howto. I didn't weld anything on top, and the bottom is all new, but I like it. Oh, and I didn't end up raising the whole thing.

My STS

[SWRT]

I actually kind of like the height of the stock shifter. The shift throw is a bit long though.

[Advancedynamix]

Yeah, I just lengthened the bottom part of mine about a half inch and left the top alone. I like the shifter to be as close to the steering wheel as possible.