*Warning: Long winded post:*
Hey all, I did it. Wow, what a difference. After doing it I now understand it so much better.
Things I bought:
- Pack of Stanley 3" brackets (comes with 4)
- 2 1/4" by 1.5" bolts
- 1 5/16" by 1" bolt
- 2 1/4" nylon lock nuts
- 1 5/16" nylon lock nut
- Foam tape used for A/C applications (you don't need it but it seemed like a good idea at the time).
Tools I used:
- Drill Press
- Vice
- Die Grinder
- File
The 3" brackets come with 4 holes. I drilled the two first to 1/4" and the third to 5/16". One bracket I cut in half and the other I cut just after the third hole. I filed the edges so it would be more or less smooth and that was about it.
Here are the pix of the finish product.
Take special notice to the front where the cables snap in. Notice I bent it forward towards the front of the car. I used a vice and cresent wrench to do it as evenly as possible and only to one side.
The other side doesn't need to be bent at all because it remains stock. Bending this is a must because you must take stress off the cable. A vice is the best way to do it.
The best thing about this mod is that you can compare the before and after so easily. You can just switch between the bracket you made and the OEM very easily to see how much improvment you've made. It is seriously amazing the difference this makes. I'm really happy with it.
The picture are of course before I adjusted the height of my bracket. The way I photographed it was awesome but after trying to install the center console the cable was rubbing the underside of the cup holder thingy. So I had to move the bracket down to give it better clearance.
I lubed everything really good with white lithium grease. Once everything was together and not binding it moved really well. I'd have to say about 1" to 1.5" of throw is now gone which is really awesome.
This is one of the cheapest and best mods you can do. Yeah it would be nice to have the 4bidden one because it's nice and clean and bent a little differently but this works so well I can't justify the money to buy the 4bidden one. Plus because even with the 4bidden one I'm sure you'd have to bend that plate anyway.
So that's that. Oh yeah before I forget, when you do this don't concern yourself with making your bracket long. Just move it up. Moving it up is what makes the throw shorter, making the bracket longer would just make the shift further back and probably cause more issues then it would be worth. So remember short like mine and up just above the welded notch on the shift lever.
Have Fun!!!
Jose
email@josebellas.com
I personally did this mod a couple days ago and it absolutely rocks, only spent $3CDN on the parts and it was about a half hour of work...I think mine took out a bit more throw, feels about 2" less. On a sidenote to the writeup, make sure you have the threaded side of the bolt (the side where the nut goes on) pointing to the driver's seat, you will have clearance problems otherwise. Enjoy, I know I am! Thanks Jose!
Hey all, I did it. Wow, what a difference. After doing it I now understand it so much better.
Things I bought:
- Pack of Stanley 3" brackets (comes with 4)
- 2 1/4" by 1.5" bolts
- 1 5/16" by 1" bolt
- 2 1/4" nylon lock nuts
- 1 5/16" nylon lock nut
- Foam tape used for A/C applications (you don't need it but it seemed like a good idea at the time).
Tools I used:
- Drill Press
- Vice
- Die Grinder
- File
The 3" brackets come with 4 holes. I drilled the two first to 1/4" and the third to 5/16". One bracket I cut in half and the other I cut just after the third hole. I filed the edges so it would be more or less smooth and that was about it.
Here are the pix of the finish product.
Take special notice to the front where the cables snap in. Notice I bent it forward towards the front of the car. I used a vice and cresent wrench to do it as evenly as possible and only to one side.
The other side doesn't need to be bent at all because it remains stock. Bending this is a must because you must take stress off the cable. A vice is the best way to do it.
The best thing about this mod is that you can compare the before and after so easily. You can just switch between the bracket you made and the OEM very easily to see how much improvment you've made. It is seriously amazing the difference this makes. I'm really happy with it.
The picture are of course before I adjusted the height of my bracket. The way I photographed it was awesome but after trying to install the center console the cable was rubbing the underside of the cup holder thingy. So I had to move the bracket down to give it better clearance.
I lubed everything really good with white lithium grease. Once everything was together and not binding it moved really well. I'd have to say about 1" to 1.5" of throw is now gone which is really awesome.
This is one of the cheapest and best mods you can do. Yeah it would be nice to have the 4bidden one because it's nice and clean and bent a little differently but this works so well I can't justify the money to buy the 4bidden one. Plus because even with the 4bidden one I'm sure you'd have to bend that plate anyway.
So that's that. Oh yeah before I forget, when you do this don't concern yourself with making your bracket long. Just move it up. Moving it up is what makes the throw shorter, making the bracket longer would just make the shift further back and probably cause more issues then it would be worth. So remember short like mine and up just above the welded notch on the shift lever.
Have Fun!!!
Jose
email@josebellas.com
I personally did this mod a couple days ago and it absolutely rocks, only spent $3CDN on the parts and it was about a half hour of work...I think mine took out a bit more throw, feels about 2" less. On a sidenote to the writeup, make sure you have the threaded side of the bolt (the side where the nut goes on) pointing to the driver's seat, you will have clearance problems otherwise. Enjoy, I know I am! Thanks Jose!
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