short shift kit

[Dohertycm]

The short shift kit that is advertised on this website from vertex for 159.00....
does anyone have it and is it any good...?

[ROMES]

Originally Posted by Dohertycm

The short shift kit that is advertised on this website from vertex for 159.00....
does anyone have it and is it any good...?

I returned it got the B&M off ebay for $199 s&h incld http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300090872221&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=020


Its awesome installed myself same as the vertex but the b&m throw was more my style. (shorter throw)

[l3adOne]

What is different between Schnell short shifter kit and B&M short shifter kit???Which kit is better?????

[djomlas]

a lot of people, myself included, opted for the b&m clone thats on ebay for about 50 bux, its the same exact thing, and gives great results.
i didnt want to spend 3 times as much fomr the same exact part, you just have to take the handle and flip it around and you have a b&m.

but either way, a short shifter should be the 1st mod done to every manual boxster, once you go with it you will kick yourself for not getting it before

[der Geist]

I have the Schnell fromm Vertex and I really like it. Install was a breeze. I probably would have gotten the $50.00 eBay clone had it been available when I got mine. After having the short shifter I couldn't ever imagine going back to the standard shifter on anything other than a lazy Sunday driver.

[joshuaalbert]

Is installation easy for someone (me) who knows very little about cars?

[ROMES]

Originally Posted by joshuaalbert

Is installation easy for someone (me) who knows very little about cars?

Ive never done anything on a car...xcept crash 5 and i installed it in 2hours(took me longer because i didnt realize i was supposed to actually break parts to remove the old one)! just make sure ya got the tools and you are set..

[EPIQTodd]

B&M (and clone) is more notchy, the Schnell is not quite as much so.

It's easy to do, but takes a while, even for someone with little experience working on cars.

[joshuaalbert]

Does part of the install require getting underneath the car or is it all done from the inside?

[Dohertycm]

Ok, I have seen the pictures of the swap, and it would make sense to me that they are set this way to accomadate the Europeon "right side" models of cars and we swap them around to accomadate our "left hand drive". I think I am going to go with the A2INC shifter for $55.

I will take pictures.


Chris

[djomlas]

ny turning the handle i mean when you install it you will notice that the handle is pointing to the driver seat on an angle, so by taking the handle off and rotating it, it will sit in the center not pointing anywher, the other way just looks and feels akward.
once you get into it and do it you will see what were talking about, when i was doing mine i forgot about it and looked at it, and then i figured i missed something and switched it

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by djomlas

ny turning the handle i mean when you install it you will notice that the handle is pointing to the driver seat on an angle, so by taking the handle off and rotating it, it will sit in the center not pointing anywher, the other way just looks and feels akward.
once you get into it and do it you will see what were talking about, when i was doing mine i forgot about it and looked at it, and then i figured i missed something and switched it

When you say rotate the handle. Are you talking about un-bolting the shifter shaft and flipping it around and then bolting it back together? Otherwise the pivot ball joint would be on the wrong side and you would not be able to flip the entire part around without doing this first before installing it. Is that right?

[CJ_Boxster]

what about this one, its super cheap, anyone bought one and have some feeback on it?

item # 150111022529 on ebay

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

what about this one, its super cheap, anyone bought one and have some feeback on it?

item # 150111022529 on ebay

That looks like the same thing that a2rinc sells but a different color. By the way a2rinc doesn't even sell them anymore. I would ask the seller who he gets his parts from and see by chance if it is Top Speed out of Addison,Texas(supplier for a2rinc,Che and plenty of other eBay sellers).

[CJ_Boxster]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

That looks like the same thing that a2rinc sells but a different color. By the way a2rinc doesn't even sell them anymore. I would ask the seller who he gets his parts from and see by chance if it is Top Speed out of Addison,Texas(supplier for a2rinc,Che and plenty of other eBay sellers).

if the supplier is Top Speed, is that a good thing of bad?

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

if the supplier is Top Speed, is that a good thing of bad?

*This is just for the Boxster products that they make.

All they do is clone parts w/ minor changes to the design. Look at their exhaust,the mounting brackets are what seperate it from the GHL. Look at the SSK,all they did was flip the shaft 180 degrees and call it 'their' design. Look at the headers and compare them to ImageAuto's.

[HIFI]

I think I may be the only person who is not completely happy with the a2rinc clone, but I don't think it is the clone or the install (I had an indy mechanic install it). I really don't think that anything is "wrong" with it per se, I just don't like how damn notchy it is. Sometimes it feels like I almost have to force it into gear (normal?). The Porsche shifter was long, but very smooth. I guess it may just be personal preference. I don't hate it, but I'm not as in love with it as most on here are.