Shift Lever and Short Shifters

[mkcman17]

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

[longms]

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

[longms]

Get the Z4 2.5 or 3.0 kit

[mkcman17]

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

[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]

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.

[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.

[D-rock]

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

[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.

[JRKOUPE]

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?

sure itll be like the z3 1.9 lever...but a bit taller........


can you see that?

[erik325i]

Another option you guys may want to consider is the e60 550i lever. It's bent like the stock e30 lever, and looks like it has reasonably short throws.

In the pic, you can see:
e30 -> e60 550i -> Mcoupe



The part number of the e60 lever is 25117546373
The part number of the Mcoupe lever is 25117527254

[Mtnbkr29r]

Cant find these parts anywhere! Any suggestions? did the part numbers change? thanks

Z4 2.5i SSK
1x . . . 25 11 7 507 964 - Z4 2.5l Shift Lever $43.81
4x . . . 25 11 1 220 439 - Spacer Rings
1x . . . 25 11 1 220 832 - Rubber Bearing sleeve (could be replaced with UUC Delrin Bushings)
2x . . . 25 11 1 220 379 - Circlips $0.50 (one extra)
1x . . . 25 11 1 220 600 - Nylon Shift Bushing - $4.00

[Varinn]

I just yanked my old short shift out of my e30 318is, the car. I finally know what exact model I had so here's a short review.

z4 3.0 lever, ratio of 3.28:1, part number 25 11 7 543 193
EXTREMELY notchy, one or two finger shifts are possible and I'm a skinny mofo BUT when running this shifter (with all new bushings in all parts of the shift linkages) I got a disgusting crunchy feeling when shifting into the bottom 4 gears if I wasn't extremely slow and careful.

Back to the stock 318 shifter and im not sure of the exact ratio but shifts went from being about 2-2.5" 3rd-4th to around 7" or 8". It's obviously extremely smooth, but it feels FAR too grandpa car for my tastes.

I'm stuck on trying to decide if I should get the z4 2.5 lever (4.81:1 ratio, equal height to the 3.0 lever) or if I should get one of the z3 levers. Tough call

[J0nnyr0ck3t]

These shifters are being sold by a member on here-I'll try and look for a link.

Here's the information posted by the Seller.

Note:if anyone doesnt like that I copied and pasted someone elses information please feel free to remove it

We also have all Z3 and Z4 shift levers available!!! We'll offer these at 25% off msrp (47.96) for all forum members!!! Just put "r3vlimited" in the customer comments section when ordering!!!

Z3 shift levers:

25117527252 - Z3 1.9L
25111527253 - Z3 2.8L
25117527254 - Z3 M Roadster

Z4 shift levers:

25117543192 - Z4 2.5L
25117543193 - Z4 3.0L

To order, just key in the part # you'd like here under the 'search by part number' field. When we see the "r3vlimited" in the customer comments, we'll manually change the price to the 25% off!!! (47.96).

Also don't forget about the washers (25111220439 - 0.44 each), circlips (25111220379 - 0.62 each, and bearing (25111469397 - 6.48 ) if you're going to replace them (recommended)! These items make a great short shift kit w/ the shift knob on special!!!

[dashboardmonkey]

Z4 3.0 here. Fitted in a sheet metal console. Fit great, no issues with hitting the DS. Console bushing are a home made solid steel. The end of the shifter sits about 3/4 of an inch away from DS, notchy as hell with no issues going into any of the gears.