Short shifter on a 1zz

[YDOIT4]

I bought a new gear knob a few weeks ago and realising it was a threaded gear knob i knew it wouldnt have went on my stick i had.

as i had cut the stick over a year ago annoyed with my truck looking stick

So i wanted to kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get the thread for the knob and get shorter shifts at the same time

I bought the shifter at 11 from castle hill toyota the trd shop in sydney

i went to a hardware store and purchased an extension for my socket set

and by 12pm i was pulling apart my middle console and figuring out my transmission cradle

As the instructions where in Japaneese ;) i had to do everything basically myself just a brief look at the bodgy fuzzy diagrams that came with the new shifter every once in a while and see if they made any more sense <_<

by 1:20 i had the new shifter in and had the car put back to its normal state :P :D :D

Well i guess instead of all of this blabber the main thing i want to say is that Danz isnt the only 1zz who has a trd short shifter and to everyone who has a 1zz to get one if you are thinking of getting the shorter shifts and arent sure if the trd 6speed short shifter will fit get one and install it they work like a charm.

[SyxXPaC]

How much $$$ was it Dave?

Are you really happy with it

[YDOIT4]

Yes i am happy with it its like a miniature gear knob now its so low and the new knob i have is super thin so yea its a big difference now

and it was 375$

[Otaku]

With the high H-point of the Corolla seats, doesn't it make it difficult to reach to a lower shifter?

[YDOIT4]

not really i find it a lot better than a big shifter its jut a touch lower than the centre console so it looks good and it isnt difficult at all besides im 6"5 so i have long arms

[puzzle man]

i did not want to pay $350 for a TRD one for my car so i made it for a AE92 rolla it should be the same idear....

http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?t=127

[YDOIT4]

yea that works i was thinking of getting just the rod from america they have some good short shifters there but i wanted the new cradle as well and ive heard just the short shifter rod is quite stiff needs some muscle to get the gears round

thats what ive heard anyway

[CORZZA]

thats nice bro! abit $$ but still nice!

[Saiya]

Nice stuff mate. Now I got to go to the meet I wanna see what its like :D

[YDOIT4]

Nice stuff mate. Now I got to go to the meet I wanna see what its like :D

yea it is a bit pricey but what do you expect from toyota <_< i did some research and the after market rod is about 260 or so and that doesnt include shipping from america :o so if you could find one cheaper and total bolt on please tell the rest of us!!!

Saiya you better get down to the next meet im counting on seeing u there if u dont want to come down in ur stocky then pm me and i can pick u up so u can go down in the fastest 1zz "on record" in auz hehe B) i like that title...... has a nice ring to it :P