ebay short shifters
 

ebay short shifters - are they crap? they look just like the $120 ones.. i've read a few people on h-t say they break..

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I've heard they're good if you drive like you're supposed to, and don't shank the ---- out of the shifter everytime you shift. I'd rock one.

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No they work great.Used quite a few and I cant really tell any difference between good brands and cheap.The ones that have the little bearing are nice to get.

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^ when you say you have used quite a few, this means on different cars right? cuz if not then they obviously arent THAT good.

matt

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Yes I mean on all of the Hondas I have owned I always start with a urethane shift stabilizer kit and a short throw shifter. Makes a world of difference.Never have I seen one break but I dont think I have ever tried like a $3.99 one as some I see I would avoid.Just get one of the cheaper brands you have heard of like your OBX type companies etc they are so cheap whats a whole $25.

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i already bought one for like 15 and it has a little bearing. i mostly want it cause it has the little double bend and should make it easyer to reach. thing i hate aboiut my 96 civic, when the pedals feel right, im too far from the streering wheel it seems, and like the shifter is just a little out of reach

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one of these... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/88-91...33204972QQrdZ1 i'll let you guys know if its ---- and or if it breaks

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Should work.Worst case it breaks in half and you have a super short shifter :D For $15 it is worth a try.Do you have a urethane bushing set for the shifter?If not order a Prothane one asap.---- is majic.

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my buddy broke two of em on his integra, I don't know if they are the same brand as that one but he beat the utter ---- out of that car. We dragged a christmas tree with it tonight and than ran it over when we were done, good times

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BTW, Aimspot is a good seller... thumbs up to him

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fo sho i rock a obx-r one its nice

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i broke one in half. it was a ebay 2 bend one but i was a jackass shifting like godzilla. so i guess it was my fualt yea it lasted about 4 months

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i had one in my civic si 93 for 3 year

exactly this one
http://images.andale.com/f2/118/100/...44819_SS_R.jpg

never fail and the feeling was great... each time i was driving my friend mazda protégé 2k i felt like i was driving an old 67 truck :-\

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installed it, whenever i install somthing theres the easy way, and my way.. couldnt get any muffler bolts undone so i just forced ---- out the way, got it out, smoked 3 times, put it back in, it hits my exhaust. also the gay spacers didnt stop me from over-tightening it so it could bareley shift. losen it up, put a extra nut ontop of the 1st one so maybe it wouldnt fall off, then jammed a short piece of 2x4 between the pipe and heat shield now i think its ok, didnt seem to rub. damn it shift short, like half as much throw.

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Yup makes a big difference.That and I have found the biggest change especially on a old EF is to put the urethane in it firms it up so much that any other car I get in feels like sloppy thirds.

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i remeber i put es bushings in my ef and it still felt like i was stirring stew

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all those link are shifters made with alunimum and will break eventrully.
Theres a stainless steel one made by Megan racing that will last for---------ever :y:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CIVIC...spagenameZWDVW

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They only break if you shift like a ------- retard. I have never had a problem with any of my short throws from Eghey.

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yeah. I have one in my pimp ride and it works fine...

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i got one on my ek, works great i tried breaking it right after installing it and it didnt buge if u can break this mo fucker then u'r shifting toooo hard, i love mine though and it cost me about 8 bucks shipped

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replacing the bitch pin will also help a ton with cleaning up a sloppy old shifter.

If it is truelly "billet aluminum" like it says, then it should last.

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I guess the one i bought was exceptionally shitty or else it had a defect. I put it in on sunday and the threads broke off in the knob the next morning backing out of my driveway. I JB welded the fucker back on and it last about another 2 months. I was driving back into town from a freinds house and ripped on it from a stop light, slammed third and the shifter broke off at the pivot and my fist hit the climate control. IMO those billet alminum shifters aren't worth ----. i had to drill a hold down the center of it so i could stick a metal dowl pin in there to get my car home... drilled like butter. They are ----.

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i got a short shifter for 21$ and a type R knob. the thing is to long on the bottom and hits my exhaust so it rattles and makes my car sound like a pos. im taking it off and installing my oem shifter. ill sell it for $15 shipped if anyone wants it without the knob.

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I have used them no problems I just dont like them in general. Stock is fine with me

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coupl eyears ago I had a "type R" short shifter in my old crx. It broke at the threads, but left like 2 threads on, so it was even shorter. I loved it. and back then, I drove a stock dx crx so I was slamming through gears like a bitch. I shift pretty normal now. I'm gonna buy a new short shifter soon. RIght now I have a dual bend shifter, but I like the look of a shorter one more. Just installed ES shifter stabilizer bushings. Made a world of difference. :y