TRD Terror
04-22-2001, 03:16 AM
Cutting your shifter in no way helps as much as an actual short shifter kit, and dont let anyone tell ya different if they do it to thire own cars. BUT! it does help some, and hella lot in my case.
As you know a 1992 celica and such has pretty much no aftermarket, and i couldent for the life of me find a short throw shifter.... so I got mad and cut the SOB. I also had a Sparco Carbon Fiber shift knob... and it just didnt look right so damn high up.
(THIS WILL ONLY WORK FOR KNOBS THAT DONT NEED A THREAD ON THE SHIFT ARM)
step:
1- take off factory knob (you will never be able to use it)
2- take off boot by de-cliping the shifter trim at the base of the ashtray area and the tray infront of the e-brake.
3- push a hole trough a plastic bag with the shift arm, through its center, (to catch the metal shavings etc)
4- cut a vertical slash through the metal boot ring on the shifter arm, till you get down to the arm itself
5- place a strong screw driver in the rings cut, and pry the ring open with a hammer by hitting the screw driver as it opens the ring further.
6- slide the cut ring up and off of the shift arm
7- make a calculation of how low you wanna go, as low as you can is good, (note the bend in the bottom of the shift arm, and that you DO NOT CUT THE ARM AS LOW AS YOU WANT IN THE SENCE!!!.... the arm must reach the top of the internal part of the knob!!.. so what you do is measure how low you want, and then do a revers calculation from the top of the arm.. and cut it from the top down... not the base of the shift knob.
8- take off plastic bag, clean up with damp cloth by dabing at loose metal.
9- replace shifter boot
10- put on aftermarket knob, and tighten.
YAY!!!......... its done.. and YES..... you will notice a difference.... Sill wont be as good as a real SHIFT KIT! but it helps a bit, alot for me because I had an insaine throw.
Peace,
TRD Terror (board outa my mind)
As you know a 1992 celica and such has pretty much no aftermarket, and i couldent for the life of me find a short throw shifter.... so I got mad and cut the SOB. I also had a Sparco Carbon Fiber shift knob... and it just didnt look right so damn high up.
(THIS WILL ONLY WORK FOR KNOBS THAT DONT NEED A THREAD ON THE SHIFT ARM)
step:
1- take off factory knob (you will never be able to use it)
2- take off boot by de-cliping the shifter trim at the base of the ashtray area and the tray infront of the e-brake.
3- push a hole trough a plastic bag with the shift arm, through its center, (to catch the metal shavings etc)
4- cut a vertical slash through the metal boot ring on the shifter arm, till you get down to the arm itself
5- place a strong screw driver in the rings cut, and pry the ring open with a hammer by hitting the screw driver as it opens the ring further.
6- slide the cut ring up and off of the shift arm
7- make a calculation of how low you wanna go, as low as you can is good, (note the bend in the bottom of the shift arm, and that you DO NOT CUT THE ARM AS LOW AS YOU WANT IN THE SENCE!!!.... the arm must reach the top of the internal part of the knob!!.. so what you do is measure how low you want, and then do a revers calculation from the top of the arm.. and cut it from the top down... not the base of the shift knob.
8- take off plastic bag, clean up with damp cloth by dabing at loose metal.
9- replace shifter boot
10- put on aftermarket knob, and tighten.
YAY!!!......... its done.. and YES..... you will notice a difference.... Sill wont be as good as a real SHIFT KIT! but it helps a bit, alot for me because I had an insaine throw.
Peace,
TRD Terror (board outa my mind)