Short Shift Kit Advice?

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Add another satisfied customer for the 9x7 short shifter. The shifting is very direct and smooth, with a reasonable increase in effort. It's the way the car should have left the factory!

My stock 65K mile shifter had some play in the crossover (left-right) portion of the shifter itself, due to wear in the plastic parts. That is probably a key reason why the short-shift kits that just replace the lever itself do not reduce play in the system: they re-use the shifter base and the white plastic rectangular crossover lever with its link.

It was my first time removing a console from a Boxster, but I had the job done in less than 2 hours, including time spent cleaning the console and repairing one of the shifter cable tabs. I marked the cables where they entered the adjustment sleeves, instead of removing the sockets from the end of the levers. This way, I could keep the new parts on the shifter instead of re-using the worn pieces from the old shifter. Actually, the shifter was nearly new: I bought the 9x7 short shifter as a used piece from an ad on the Pelican Parts message board for only $200 shipped!