::THE POOR MANS SHORT SHIFTER (PICS)::

[THRICE]

Not all of us can afford a short shifter...

So I made my own! Well, sorta. It's more of a cosmetic thing. :cool:







FIRST, WE SEE THE OLD UGLY STOCK SHIFTER THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR SOME MONSTER TRUCK.

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STOCK THREADS...

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YOU'LL NEED ONE OF THESE TAP/DIE KITS TO RE-THREAD...

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I NEEDED SOME SORT OF JUG, AND THE ONLY ONE I COULD FIND WAS A WASHER FLUID ONE ABOUT 1/4 FULL. SINCE MY CAR WAS ALREADY FULL, I THOUGHT I'D BE A LITTLE ANGEL AND GO AHEAD AND FILL MY MOMS CAR...

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WHAT CAN I SAY, I'M A GOOD SON...

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CUT UP JUG IN ACTION TO CATCH MOST OF THE LOOSE THREADS OF METAL. THEY HURT LIKE FUCK.

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THIS PART SUCKED, IT TOOK SOOO MUCH MUSCLE...

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LUCKILY I BROUGHT MINE! :D

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I HAD TO BUST OUT THE DREMEL TO MILL DOWN THE SIDES OF THE SHIFTER A BIT...

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TOO MUCH MUSCLE, I BROKE THE DIE WHICH LIMITED ME ON HOW MUCH FURTHER I COULD THREAD DOWN THE SHIFTER...

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THE RETHREADED SHIFTER WAS DEFINANTLY NOT PRETTY, BUT IT SUFFICED...

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END RESULT WAS A MUCH SHORTER (IN HEIGHT) SHIFTER.

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I WENT AHEAD AND MADE MY TAILIGHTS ALL RED WHILE I WAS AT IT... LOOKS PRETTY GOOD IMO. :) THANKS FOR READING.

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[Prelude97]

good job on the shifter, i dont like the tailights though, how are the reverse lights suppose to be seen?

[celica man]

your a trip kris.....time to photochop your pics :)

[Slava]

Its better then my idea. Cut and weld. We did that to my friends car the shifter broke when shiffted into second.

[David]

:rofl: nicely written

[wild.irish]

nice work, and i might steal the idea, but... "poor man's shortshifter"? geez, they are a dime a dozen! i payed like 10 bucks for my shifter ;) you could call it an "innovative man's shortshifter" though :D
(i'm definitely stealing your idea!)

[THRICE]

Thanks everybody!

I just painted the reverse lights red too because I thought about it, and I don't ever drive in reverse and I park too far out to need the reverse function. I'm a ricer. :)

[stu]

Just make sure you don't get sued when someone runs into and says that they couldn't see your reverse lights.

[doctorstupid]

the true poor man's short shifter is just grab it lower, don't use the knob ;)