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i have the b&m short shifter and i love it, just to try new stuff i bought a megan racing one for my wife and will be putting that in mid feb
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Which short shifter is best?
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rednecks_r_us
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- 2003 Laser Blue Protege5
K4RT3OY its the shortest shifter.
Rally Ninja
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gimpo2 said:
This is a very good question, I will hold off buying a SS until I know this answer
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- '08 Jetta; '10 Wrangler Unlimited
zerorossi said:
thats all? i thought it would have dropped it more than that?
-R
rednecks_r_us
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Rally Ninja said:This is a very good question, I will hold off buying a SS until I know this answer
I just got a large cup from subway and it fits with the KB shifter with plenty of clearance. The cub rubs against the ac controlls though
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i have the b&m and it first great i can fit a big ass drink from taco bell in there with no problems. although usually i put drinks like that beside me inbetween the middle console and the seatbelt buckle fits so snuggly
Protephile
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Well, it's smaller by a bit, so yeah...assuming the P5 knob is the same as the sedan.
yellowracer5
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I have a couple questions for you all. I have a B&M short shifter and it has alot of play when in gear, does the kartboy bushings help with this? and also is there any knobs that will make even a lil shorter. i got the shifter for christmas so i am gonna use it but i would like it a lil shorter.
travas
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I personally have a B&M ss w/ kartboy bushings and love the feel. I've driven a protege w/ kartboy lever and it's very stiff. I guess it all depends on how comfortable you are with shifting a stiffer feeling short shifter.
To me, my stock MSP shifter is three different flavors of messed up:
*Sloppy / mushy feeling
*A little too short (I'm a tall dude)
*The knob looks kewl but doesn't fit in my hand well and feels too cold these recent mornings (I'm a wimp)
After pm'ing theMAN, I headed over to CorkSport and picked up a B&M shifter, a leather Mazdaspeed knob, CorkSport bronze oil bushings and Kartboy shifter bushings. I'm hoping these items improve my above issues and I'll post the results.
*Sloppy / mushy feeling
*A little too short (I'm a tall dude)
*The knob looks kewl but doesn't fit in my hand well and feels too cold these recent mornings (I'm a wimp)
After pm'ing theMAN, I headed over to CorkSport and picked up a B&M shifter, a leather Mazdaspeed knob, CorkSport bronze oil bushings and Kartboy shifter bushings. I'm hoping these items improve my above issues and I'll post the results.
gimpo2 said:
TWM works just fine for that, I do it all the time.
Personally, I love mine, but it took a month or two to get use to (had it for about 9 or so now). Now I have trouble driving anything else. Drove my GF's Corolla this weekend and it took me a good 5 min to re-adjust to my P5. It's a bit stiff yes, but you can definitely feel where you're at in the shift (unlike my GF's Corolla).
Only thing I don't like is the spacers for the heat shield are about 1/8th inch too short. I still get some rattling of the bottom of the shifter off the heat shield when in 1st and 3rd.
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markp5 said:
man, i got my kartboy combo last week and installed today! had to cut the old bushing out and will get my new boot probably in a week +. love the kartboy.......
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