shifter length

[wanda01tib]

Three questions about the B&M short shift kit, please
(1) Does it stick up farther inside the car than the stock shifter?
(2) Does it fit the stock leather shift boot?
(3) Can you fit a stock leather knob to it?
I love my TIB ("Flipper") 01 Cobalt Blue, but wish it shifted like my boyfriends new Mini Cooper. TIB still kicks its ass though.....
8D

[Sir Moof]

1. No. It is higher up in the sence of fwhere it is positioned in accordance to the front console. for example, with the stock shifter, in 3rd gear, your shifter is about 5 inches from the stereo deck. with the B&M, i'd say its about 4 inches from it.

2. yes

3. Yes, I use it in the winter. Metal shifters and -40 weather is pure stupidity.

[solo-baric]

plus it only takes 10 mins to install!

[Mad-Machine]

Originally posted by Sir Moof
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3. Yes, I use it in the winter. Metal shifters and -40 weather is pure stupidity.
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I learned to drive on a 1971 Formula Firebird with the fourspeed... My father had installed a metal t-handle hurst shifter.... you could not touch it with your bare hands in the winter!

[i8acobra]

F**k winter. You ever touch a B&M metal shift knob in the summer? I think my shift knob in my T/A had a nice layer of burnt skin on it.

[nyne]

yeah lol i have one of those 'type r' looking shift knobs... g'damn i've burnt the hell out of my hand every time i touched it last summer here in vegas.. 118 degree weather lol.. even with 5% tint on the windows, and 55% on the windshield... that's a hot mamma jamma.... i started putting a tshirt over my shifter when i'd get out of the car.

[wanda01tib]

Thanks for anwsering my questions about the B&M shifter. Its on the way. Sounds like I can install it myself. Any tricks to it......?8D
Oh, and I'll remember to keep my hands off of knobs that are to COLD or to HOT! aranoid:
Wanda

[tibmeister]

The B&M shifter is just as tall as the stock. It feels cumbersome for a short shifter. I cut the shaft of mine toget a better feel and use an aftermarket knob and matching e-brake handle. here take a look athttp://groups.msn.com/sanpids/laughinggas.msnw. After doing so, the shifts feels more solid and shorter. The Hyundai Rep was impressed when I took it in for service.

[Edited by tibmeister on Mar 9, 2003 7:05 PM]

[kharne]

Someone explain the methodology for cutting the shifter. I have the B&M, and it is indeed shorter than stock, but I would like it even shorter.

[Dragonsys]

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The B&M shifter is just as tall as the stock.
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Mine is shorter than stock, just not a whole lot shorter. It's hard to tell by just eyeballing it, but the knob hieght is lower.