Cheap skate ebay $0.99 cent civic short shifter works GREAT!

[jlord16]

ive found a similar one on austalian ebay but inc p& h its like $40, (its the integra 88-00 one) i can get the cheapo one u guys used purchased and delivered here for AUD $53, what u guys reckon??

[project b6t]

Warning for any one that is considering getting a cheap 99 cent shifter, please read my post and see what happened... do your self a favor and get a steel or billit one.

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9963

[DuritzCrows17]

Ian you are just a very violent person and your body strength is much greater than most car parts.

[niklid05]

Warning for any one that is considering getting a cheap 99 cent shifter, please read my post and see what happened... do your self a favor and get a steel or billit one.


http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9963

thats what I said too....I still bought it and installed it lol. Someone said that if I shift it hard I am more likely gonna bend shift forks........riiiight...

[IdealSociety]

i just spent a little more (around 25$ shipped) for the billet stainless ones that dont have the bearings in the bottom, alot thicker castings should take more abuse than those piddly aluminum ones... i beat the crap outta my car and so i have to buy parts that will hold up against good amounts of abuse!

should have it in a couple weeks!

[iceracerdude]

it Looks a little low!?!? are you kiddin me muscle_car1

[niklid05]

i just spent a little more (around 25$ shipped) for the billet stainless ones that dont have the bearings in the bottom, alot thicker castings should take more abuse than those piddly aluminum ones... i beat the crap outta my car and so i have to buy parts that will hold up against good amounts of abuse!

should have it in a couple weeks!

heh...got a link to where you got yours... maybe ill donate mine to FF.com for 5 bucks. I like to beat mine too, just afraid im gonna snap this aluminum one.

[austyfrosty]

if i was to get one of these and install it on my car would it also get rid of that feeling that even when im in gear the shifter feels like its in neutral?

[Gforcefd]

no that is caused from a bad bushing in the shifter that needs to be replaced, but I guess techinically since you should get a new bushing when you get the short shifter, maybe it does techincally fix the problem.

[MrBadWrench]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140095222391&rd=1,1

got one on the way, I hope it works.

Don

[pole120]

You way overpaid.....

[IdealSociety]

thats also the one people have been having problems with breakage.

ill see if i cant dig up a pic of mine...

[IdealSociety]

notice how its thicker at the bottom? plus its cast stainless, its a little heavier but should take abuse better than cast aluminum

[b3 madness]

Don. That is the shifter to avoid. It broke quite easily in the bench vise before installation after reading Ian's warnings. Being a sucker, I thought that I would sacrifice another $10 on a different style of eBay shifter.

I got this one: http://tinyurl.com/2guajb

It says steel, but it is not. It is however better made and much stronger than the other style and it did survive my bench vise torture test. I have yet to install it, but I am hoping that I will have a good result.

[MrBadWrench]

great...... maybe I will have it reinforced before I install it.

That was the guy with the highest rep.... I'm gonna be really unhappy if its not steel... I saw the other one but it did not have a pivot bearing.. Oh well, Its only money... I will test and report when I get it, maybe I got lucky...(doubt it)