98CoupeV6

I was too, so I got a 99 Acura TL 4 speed SportShift assembly off ebay.

It took about 1:30 to put in and required some modifcation, such as some plastic cutting to make the black console fit over it and the cupholder to go in. I think it turned out great. Cheap mod, I believe I'm the first to do it. At least I haven't seen anyone else try it.

Notes:
- When put in SportShift gate, tranny stays in D4 when "upshifted" or "downshifted"
- The assembly is a lot "flatter" than the Accord's, causing a gap between the back of the shiftgate and the console. There's also a gap infront of the assembly, but it's not very noticeable
- I now have a fake fake manual transmission

Any questions, feel free. Simple install and well worth it.

Chris

98CoupeV6

I love it. I dunno why my steering wheel looks so weird in the first pic, I guess because I had just put meguiar's leather care on the steering wheel. It was probably still wet, everything is usually the same color.

97accordse`

looks nice, all but ur hairy as hell arm in the last pic there rofl

98CoupeV6

that'd be a leg, and I'm Italian. Sucks having to shave every day or it's obvious you haven't.

Intrepid241

olong:

kenton

The shifter looks sweet.

What I like better though is your Valentine One. Saw the RJ-11 jack.

mohamed_ibrah

That's a trip dude...cool, how exactly though does the "gated" portion work for the straight channel auto lever? in other words how did you adapt it to fit?

2kAccord

Thats a nice mod, much better than putting a shift boot on and faking a manual transmission.

98CoupeV6

Well the only thing I had to adapt really was the plastic assembly towards the top (which I had to clip and snap off to make the console fit over it), the steel reinforcement bar that the console snaps into (which I had to take out), and the plastic crossbar right infront of the cupholder underneath the console (which I had to saw out).

I dunno if you've ever opened up your auto tranny or taken the console apart, but the only thing that connects your shifter to the tranny is a metal cable. All me and my buddy had to do was disconnect the cable from the old shifter and pop it on this one, making sure that it was on the same gear. The gated or ungated doesnt matter since you're only making the cable move fore and aft.

I dunno, my girlfriend gets in the car the first thing she says is "wow that's ugly"....I guess it's a car guy thing because I love it The only thing I dont like is that it's much lower, so I can't rest my wrist on it while im changing the radio or just cruising with my right arm on the armrest. But that's a minor annoyance that I'll get used to.

98CoupeV6

And you can kind of tell im an interior guy...notice the 2001 Coupe gauges and the 2001 EX-V6 6CD changer which I need to get tweeters and steering wheel control buttons for h: