Made this at work. it took a lot of effort to get it to all come together but I'm super pumped about finishing it.

First I had to chop the stock shift lever because it was far too wide to allow proper gates. I welded a 3/8 bar, bent it, heat treated, threaded and tempered it.



Then I made a cardboard template, which I cut to fit exactly and used it to measure clearance



I also decided to hand carve a Mahogany wood shift **** to match my steering wheel. Then I coated it in Beeswax/Linseed Oil to give it a tough but natural feeling finish.



After careful measuring, I drew up the blueprint on Mastercam and let the HAAS CNC beast get to cuttin' (you can see the finished **** here too)

 

Nice

 

looks great, how much would you charge to make another shifter and plate? with and without a oem shifter for you to modify. thanks

 

That turned out rather well.

Any collision between the shift rod and the cutout?

 

Nice

 

wow that looks pretty nice!!

 

make me one!

 

this is a real neat idea!

 

is that a Ferrari?

 

I like

 

that looks slick

 

DO WANT

 

Great Job!

 

very nice..

 

How does it feel? With the smoothness of the Honda shifters, I bet this gate feels pretty nice.

 

nice job you have pics of the car?

p.s i like the ***

 

I like it!

 

Thanks all for the kind words! Its nice to hear positive feedback!

thanks! hmm I think I'm going to keep this as a one off. I still have the programming saved on a usb so perhaps I may change my mind one of these days. its not really a bolt in mod and requires a lot of fine tuning to each application I'm sure. also the civic shifter surround and my part might not fit properly.

thank you! As I mentioned earlier I spent a ton of time measuring to ensure no contact. after driving with it though if I shift really hard it only lightly taps when I'm putting it in 3rd or 5th. I just need to get used to it. Under normal driving there is no contact at all.

it feels awesome. no missed shifts possible here! (even though I have never missed a shift before haha)

thanks buddy! heres a couple pics:

old gold wheels


wheels that got stolen!


it looks a little different now, on cream coloured steelies and no rack. also had woodgrain vinyl on the roof and trunk top haha (coming off soon because its faded)





new wheels coming this season hopefully !!

 

I've done the ole 2-3-2 shift before and revved my old b16A to the moon.

The first thing that came to mind when I saw this thread was the old F40 shift gate.

 

WOW really nice. my buddy could use this, last week he shifted from 5 to second on his chipped 2009 gti
luckily VW paid for a new head lol

 

Nice work

 

WOW learn how to drive kids!
u would make a killing for all the youngsters out there!
I say get it patented and market it buddy!

 

thats sick!

 

Wow this turned out awesome, bet it glides like butter!

Confetti

 

nice! different colors would be nice!