LO_N_SXC
31-05-2006, 01:29 PM
Hey guys :wave:
I have just installed my new B&M short shifter about a week now and I thought I'd do a Product review to tell y0 peeps how this product rates.
To start of I purchsed the B&M Straight short shifter part #45075 together with Energy suspension shifter bushings and a new Spoon Gear knob.
Installation is very straight fowards with the only pain in the ass requirement being that all the work has to be done from below, thus meaning that you have to work under the car for about a good 30mins getting the exhaust undone to make way for the shifter mechanism, the onther being that one of the bushings for the torque rod cant be pressed in so it has to be cut in half to make it fit.
Another thing I would like to point out is that the heat shield that resides below the shifter has to be left out from under the car since the shifter is prone to making contact with it.
My first impression was that the shifter feels much more direct and very gated compared to before, also the throw is way shorter that of a stock shifter, a bit more effort is needed to make shifting efficient and direct but its somethign you get used to over time, after about a week of having my crap ass hell $15 autotecnica shift knob which kept wobbling I purchsed a Genuine Spoon item which screwed straight on since the B&M shifters retain the OEM shifter knob thread, now the whole experience of shifting throught the gears has been made more enjoyable and has much more of a Race feel.
Pros: Cost effective, really does reduce shift throw, more gated direct feel.
Cons: More effort needed to make shifts, on DA9 Integra's the shift knob position is somewhat a tadd too fowards.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars!!!!!
PS: pics will be up soon!
Alex
I have just installed my new B&M short shifter about a week now and I thought I'd do a Product review to tell y0 peeps how this product rates.
To start of I purchsed the B&M Straight short shifter part #45075 together with Energy suspension shifter bushings and a new Spoon Gear knob.
Installation is very straight fowards with the only pain in the ass requirement being that all the work has to be done from below, thus meaning that you have to work under the car for about a good 30mins getting the exhaust undone to make way for the shifter mechanism, the onther being that one of the bushings for the torque rod cant be pressed in so it has to be cut in half to make it fit.
Another thing I would like to point out is that the heat shield that resides below the shifter has to be left out from under the car since the shifter is prone to making contact with it.
My first impression was that the shifter feels much more direct and very gated compared to before, also the throw is way shorter that of a stock shifter, a bit more effort is needed to make shifting efficient and direct but its somethign you get used to over time, after about a week of having my crap ass hell $15 autotecnica shift knob which kept wobbling I purchsed a Genuine Spoon item which screwed straight on since the B&M shifters retain the OEM shifter knob thread, now the whole experience of shifting throught the gears has been made more enjoyable and has much more of a Race feel.
Pros: Cost effective, really does reduce shift throw, more gated direct feel.
Cons: More effort needed to make shifts, on DA9 Integra's the shift knob position is somewhat a tadd too fowards.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars!!!!!
PS: pics will be up soon!
Alex