Shift Lever and Short Shifters

[mkcman17]

Getting the lever itself in was super easy. Modifying the selector rod was too. Bc I need to drive back to campus tonight, I needed to put it back together, but it looks damn near impossible to change the bushings without major disassembly. So far, not satisfied. Maybe once I get the bushings in, but the short shift just doesn't feel worth it so far after the test drive.

oh, and in case anyone cares...i didn't feel good about bending the selector rod as much as uuc showed, so i did a very conservative bend a minor grind.

[D-rock]

I got my evo 3 in and feels the same as the z3 i had :/

[AbsorbantNut]

Ssk took you guys 30 min, huh? Then why is it that this is the biggest pain in the ass of my life? I don't see how I can do this without dropping the driveshaft. The pelican write up is like 70 steps...aggravated.

I did it with the tranny out. It would be so much tougher with it on the body due to the way you remove the lever from the cup.

[mkcman17]

Ssk took you guys 30 min, huh? Then why is it that this is the biggest pain in the ass of my life? I don't see how I can do this without dropping the driveshaft. The pelican write up is like 70 steps...aggravated.

[Andy348]

I've considered buying the BavAuto $250 SSK that reduces movement along with obviously shortening the throw. Is it worth it? I can't seem to find the Z3/4 shifter anywhere for sale as a kit. Will it reduce the movement in the shifter?

Thanks

[mkcman17]

^
not in stock. he said the lever was like $71 and the whole kit would run $95.

[longms]

Get the Z4 2.5 or 3.0 kit

[longms]

BMA has the whole kit (lever and rebuild linkage pieces) for like $75 when I bought it atleast

[mkcman17]

Bma quoted me $95 for a z3 1.9 shift kit. Good deal?

[Gadea]

looks great! I like the orange interior too. A lot!

[bimma360]

My Z4 2.5 Shifter review here with pictures.....

http://euwerks.com/blog.php?user=bimma360&blogentry_id=76

Dave

[cbake82]

I ordered the e36 lever. The height is the same, keeps it looking stock, but throw is noticeably shorter.

Comparison:

well after looking at this pic I have now seen that I was actually sold an E46 M3 shifter is this even gonna work for my e30?

[cbake82]

ok so I bought a shifter from someone at the picnic this year ans on of the numbers is rubbed off so i cant tell if its a z3 or z4 shifter so i went to kuni and Curt sat with me for a good part of an hour tryin to find out which car it is off of and what I would need to put it in. unfortunately again we couldn't find it but I will say Kuni has all the parts for the E30 to do the short shifter swap. But when i went to put it in yesterday I couldn't get the stock shifter out on the nylon cup. I had my buddy pushing from the bottom with a screw driver and I pulled form the top and it just wouldn't budge. So any ideas?

[cjbecker]

has anybody put a x5 lever in a sheet metal consule car?

[AbsorbantNut]

get into reverse and 5th without hitting the trans tunnel.

I'm having this probelm. I got the z4 3.0 shift lever and have a tough time gettin into reverse. Havent really got to try out 5th yet:)

Can I just cut a little out of the sheet metal ? Maybe box it at the top?