Civic EG

i recently bought a short shifter off ebay, it was 20 bucks, it just came in the mail and its garbage, same length as my oem one, i got energy suspension shifter bushings as well, i was thinking of just getting a bandm but im not feelin the dual bend AT ALL

what should i do guys? what other ones are good, its a d15b stock. swapping a d16y soon so getting all this done first

JDMLYFE wrote:i recently bought a short shifter off ebay, it was 20 bucks, it just came in the mail and its garbage, same length as my oem one, i got energy suspension shifter bushings as well, i was thinking of just getting a bandm but im not feelin the dual bend AT ALL

what should i do guys? what other ones are good, its a d15b stock. swapping a d16y soon so getting all this done first

Same length shaft doesn't always mean it's garbage. There's a major difference between a short shifter, and a short THROW shifter. Look at the mounting points and see if there is a difference there.

I had a B&M short throw shifter in my old Mazda. it was the same height as the stock one, but the throw was reduced greatly.

If I were you, I'd put the bushings in and install it since it's not a hard thing to do, and see how it feels. If you want shorter height shifter, then get something different.

my two cents

x2 my hurst short shifter, looks about the same but i put it in and it feels wayyyyy better...bushings might need some attention but still good, try it out and i fyou dont like it sell it to a freind or trade it and some cash for a different one

If you want a shorter shifter versus a short throw you can take the new one to a machine shop. Get them to remove about an inch or 2 and re thread it. I did this with my old civic and it cost about 30$.

I think he is confused with how a short throw shifter works. The bend in a b/m puts the shift lever closer to the transmission thus shortening the throw of the shift from gear to gear.

i understand how they work, yea im just going to install the one i bought, i also heard a short throw might not be good on a stock d15 tranny becuase its not ment to go into gears that quick

A short throw shifter doesnt make the shift faster, it makes it shorter for you. Just dont slam gears and your transmission will be fine.