Update on shifter (pics) (btw, ebay shifters = teh suck)
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Worst Poster Eva
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From: Albuquerque
Originally Posted by lkailburn
damn that sux bro. go with a gsr shifter, i've got it in my coupe with es bushings and LOVE it. and for 30bux for everything you can't beat the price.
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WRX cuz Honda won't wagon
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From: San Jose, CA
That's exactly what happened to me and teh Ebay (suck) shifter I got!
Actually, it has nothing to do with the fact that it's an Ebay shifter. I heard that Skunk2 and B&M short shifters do the same thing. It's the heat shield that gets in the way. And you don't want to remove it either or you'll melt your shifter bushings and grease.
Forget the short shifter and go with urethane shifter bushings, feels great. If you're doing it to improve your times, then you'll probably need to upgrade your cat-back anyways.
Or, lower your exhaust at the hangers.
Actually, it has nothing to do with the fact that it's an Ebay shifter. I heard that Skunk2 and B&M short shifters do the same thing. It's the heat shield that gets in the way. And you don't want to remove it either or you'll melt your shifter bushings and grease.
Forget the short shifter and go with urethane shifter bushings, feels great. If you're doing it to improve your times, then you'll probably need to upgrade your cat-back anyways.
Or, lower your exhaust at the hangers.
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Worst Poster Eva
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From: Albuquerque
Originally Posted by chimchim
That's exactly what happened to me and teh Ebay (suck) shifter I got!
Actually, it has nothing to do with the fact that it's an Ebay shifter. I heard that Skunk2 and B&M short shifters do the same thing. It's the heat shield that gets in the way. And you don't want to remove it either or you'll melt your shifter bushings and grease.
Forget the short shifter and go with urethane shifter bushings, feels great. If you're doing it to improve your times, then you'll probably need to upgrade your cat-back anyways.
Or, lower your exhaust at the hangers.
Actually, it has nothing to do with the fact that it's an Ebay shifter. I heard that Skunk2 and B&M short shifters do the same thing. It's the heat shield that gets in the way. And you don't want to remove it either or you'll melt your shifter bushings and grease.
Forget the short shifter and go with urethane shifter bushings, feels great. If you're doing it to improve your times, then you'll probably need to upgrade your cat-back anyways.
Or, lower your exhaust at the hangers.
WRX cuz Honda won't wagon
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From: San Jose, CA
Check out:
http://www.suspension.com/civic.htm
Their website looks like crap, but they're legit. I've purchased urethane shifter and rear sway bar bushings from them (two separate occasions). They are actually concerned with getting the order right (person on phone made me confirm sway bar diameter by measuring, not just by how I was told it was). For you 97 civic coupe, you'll need:
88-00 Honda Civic Manual Transmission Shifter Stabilizer Bushings Set 16-1102 $9.00
As for installation, if you were able to do the short shifter as you showed above, you can easily do this install. Just change out those rubber ones for these and use the silicon grease they supply with the kit.
Shifter feels more "notchy" and precise, and less rubbery. I was worried able engine vibration at the shifter. But turns out, vibrates like an electric toothbrush at idle, but hardly is annoying. Fun $9 to spend and it feels GREAT. You get more of that "guh-clunk!" feel when you shift which is nice.
http://www.suspension.com/civic.htm
Their website looks like crap, but they're legit. I've purchased urethane shifter and rear sway bar bushings from them (two separate occasions). They are actually concerned with getting the order right (person on phone made me confirm sway bar diameter by measuring, not just by how I was told it was). For you 97 civic coupe, you'll need:
88-00 Honda Civic Manual Transmission Shifter Stabilizer Bushings Set 16-1102 $9.00
As for installation, if you were able to do the short shifter as you showed above, you can easily do this install. Just change out those rubber ones for these and use the silicon grease they supply with the kit.
Shifter feels more "notchy" and precise, and less rubbery. I was worried able engine vibration at the shifter. But turns out, vibrates like an electric toothbrush at idle, but hardly is annoying. Fun $9 to spend and it feels GREAT. You get more of that "guh-clunk!" feel when you shift which is nice.
