do these work

[Col]

I have seen on ebay these short shifters,

I was wondering if anyone has bought one what is the quailty like?

Are they easy to fit?

And do they work?

short shifter

Cheers Col

[chrisJDM]

hiya mate i have got one on my FD, does reduce the throw but also makes the shifter alot stiffer, I quite like it but my gf had a go at drivin with it and didnt like it cause it was really stiff, but then she is use 2 driving a peugeot 106 lol

[Col]

thanks for the reply, did you fit it yourself are they quite easy to fit?

[chrisJDM]

yeh i did they are very easy to fit, simply unscrew the old one and screw in the new one

[J.j.]

I had a B&M one.  Like Sweetie said It did reduce the gear travel quite a bit and became quite stiff.   So stiff that I didnt find gear changes between say 2d to 3rd, or 4th to 5th much quicker.

Having said that 1st to 2d, 3rd to 4th   :yes

[Col]

thanks for the replies, I may have a go at one. Cheers lads

[Spotlamp]

I got a B&M kit of ebay.  Cost about $170 I think, ended up paying just about £120 delivered.  Took less than 15 minutes to fit.

I\'ve not tried any other kits, but the B&M is superb, I don\'t have a problem with stiffness at all (ahem), changes are much more precise, gearbox feels a lot tighter too.  That said I got a gearbox, diff and engine brace fitted at the same time so not sure if it was just the shifter.  Changes are really nice now though

H

[Fish]

Reading threads on the US RX7Club forums, it appears that some of the cheaper versions have fitment issues. Best get a proper B&M unit.

Fish