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25-05-2010, 11:55 PM
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Hi guys
I would really love to get a short shifter. But I don't won't to have to pay huge shipping and take the risk of the pound. So where can I get a short shifter in Australia? I can't find one locally on the net. Thanks for your help on this one. |
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26-05-2010, 02:25 AM
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now is not the time to buy overseas, what model do u have?, i have a feeling they aren't any that stock the kit maybe second hand market? good luck
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26-05-2010, 02:59 AM
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i remember on my Fiesta WP i sawed about 2.5cm off from the top,
it made an excelent shifter with the ford leather gear knob and leather gaiter.
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26-05-2010, 10:49 AM
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If you had ordered Tuesday last week, you could have gotten it about as cheap as you ever could due to the *** falling out of the Euro. Nowhere in Australia I know of sorry mate, but it's well worth it
 My boss offered to cut my original and re weld it. Much cheaper option haha.
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26-05-2010, 11:06 AM
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I have a WS fez. I would like to avoid the chop and weld option it stll is only a new car. Gee it's hard to get custom parts for the fez at the moment. Maybe it will become easy when they go on sale in Asia and the USA.
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26-05-2010, 03:31 PM
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26-05-2010, 03:47 PM
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does chopping of reduce travel between gears? i thought thats what a short shifter kit does?
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26-05-2010, 08:56 PM
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26-05-2010, 09:19 PM
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B&M make a short shifter for the fez. No, chopping the gear leaver shorter does not reduce the distance travelled, just the throw length. The B&M "shifter" is a small round peice of billett alloy that attaches itself between the gear box and the gear linkage, changing the linkage angle and reducing the shift length by about 40% (based on the scientific principal of "Yep, feels about 40% shorter...").
==>HERE<== I don't remember paying anywhere near this much for it (about 2 years ago), but thats the GFC for you! I checked Rocket industries who import B&M, but they have no listing, so you may just have to bite the bullett.
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Short throw shifter
Linear Mode
