Shifter Modification

[Regnar75]

oh i know, i meant every person i have ever talked to has removed it and threw it in the trash

[Bullhead]

Playing around with lengths is the best choice, find out what suits you best. I have a X5 shifter in my e30 currently and the bottom length is about as long as they come at over an inch but the interior height is even taller than stock e30.

The shifting effort is not very high but the throw is noticeably shorter than stock and my hand is closer to the steering wheel.

In my last e30 i made a shifter using an e21 lever (pretty tall) with about 1 1/4 inch bottom IIRC, pretty short throw but not too stubby in the interior. I liked that one.

You might want to remove the aluminum top and weld on a steel shaft to make a shifter with no rubber in it. They flex a lot stock.

Roger that, I already had a piece bent and ready to weld on lol. I am going to for a little bit taller inside because I am like you and like to have a taller shifter. I should be at around 1.125" right now so that may be the ticket, I have been measuring throw on the bench and will test it in the car this weekend when I get the tranny back in.

[Northern]

You might want to remove the aluminum top and weld on a steel shaft to make a shifter with no rubber in it. They flex a lot stock.

ooh. I'm going to steal this idea for my floor mount setup.

[Northern]

Good info, I do and do not like this shifter, let me explain. I like how it brings the actual pivot point up to keep interference at bay but I do not like how it is in fact a 2 collar design. With this shifter you would have the shifter carrier (which is a cast piece) then this would fit into the carrier, and then you would have the new shifter itself which would fit into the blue carrier in the shifter. I think over time you could wallow the factory carrier out or make it out of round, but that's just my 2 cents from experience with metal.

I've been running one of these for 3 years or more(some of the sellers have them for $25, and they were resold on maXbimmer with good reviews)
As long as it is installed properly I didn't have any issues with it. Yes, it vibrates a little sometimes, and is "notchy", but I don't mind. Not sure how it would cause the carrier to become out of round though.

[Bullhead]

I've been running one of these for 3 years or more(some of the sellers have them for $25, and they were resold on maXbimmer with good reviews)
As long as it is installed properly I didn't have any issues with it. Yes, it vibrates a little sometimes, and is "notchy", but I don't mind. Not sure how it would cause the carrier to become out of round though.

I think it's a smoking deal, and it looks good and the idea is sound in a perfect world, but we all know how that is. But if you have got that much time out of it I would say your gtg. If I were not a fabricator and didn't have metal laying around everywhere I would probably buy the cheaper one that comes with just the shifter lol.

I will be taking pics when I'm done and will offer these services to anyone who cannot undertake this on their own. I can already tell the shifter knob I am making right now will be sky high because it is billet and it takes some hours, but I may be able to ruff cut one and let the buyer hand sand it.