Shortened shifter

[05aveohotrod]

Not really a full fledged how-to, just a bit of info. Just for giggles tonight at work I cut down the shifter. Granted, its not a true "Short shifter" but neither is the one from 360. I plan on buying the 360 shifter just for the reverse pull.
I started by doing the boiling water trick on the knob which took like a half hour. Once I got the knob off, I pulled the lockout sleeve off. I took my handy-dandy Dremel and cut the sleeve down to where the shiftboot rest. Then I moved on to the rod. I cut 2 1/2" (give or take) off the top. Slid the sleeve back on. Put the spring on. I cut the little lip off the bottom of the shift knob off and slid it back on the shaft and took a rubber mallet and tapped it on. Reinstalled it and slid the boot on. Zip-tied it and considered it done. Got full lockout function and it shifts alot shorter. I have a pic on cardomain I took @ 11:45 tonight so its a little dark. If someone wants to cut and paste it here thats fine, I have no clue how to. This was free, presentable, and works.
www.cardomain.com/ride/2216328

[exodus]

watch out, you might fall into the grand canyon there. Time for a new boot I think!

[05aveohotrod]

I kinda like the sunken boot look. The less I have to spend on pretty stuff I don't need, the more I have to spend on go-fast pieces. Or should I say, fabricate go-fast pieces since no one makes any.

[Brian5475E]

Looks good! ;D

[05aveohotrod]

WooHoo! I made a sticky!

[05aveohotrod]

Thanks! Just from personal experience of having both the 05 and 06, the 06 feels tighter in steering and ride. The 05 has 5K and the 06 has 250miles, so not enough to really loosen the 05. Might just be my imagination. 2mm diference in the sway bar can't change it that much. Or can it?

[FrankNiceGuy]

would you mind taking a picture of under the boot, would help a lot, thx

[teague]

are you wanting to cut yours down? It seriously only took me like half an hour to cut it down. I have the same exact thing as aveohotrod

[FrankNiceGuy]

yea i have been thinking of doing it, seeing it would save me the trouble of figuring it out

[FrankNiceGuy]

beh...I try to shorten the shifter but I never been able to remove the knob actually the rubber part came off but not the plastic one ?

[daking]

is there any place out there to buy a new short shifter? i have check with what seems to be everywhere on the net!

[AveoSam]

nope 360dynamic use to be the only place

[FrankNiceGuy]

heres mine! 1 inch and half shorter with the knob I made

[teague]

if you cut the plastic piece down some, you can shorten it even more. mine is down like 3'' or 31/4'' or something like that. What did you make the knob out of? it looks pretty nice

[FrankNiceGuy]

its short enough like this...im tall and I dont want to have to stretch my arm too much to get to it
the knob is made of body filler over the original knob and a lil tip of pvc tubing to hide the spring