I recentily recieved my 2003 Accord Coupe as a gift and I was wondering if I can swap the automatic transmission for a manual one. I have been searching all over the internet for a manual transmission but have been unable to locate any. Besides the transmission and pedals what else would I need?

 

Honestly the easiest and least amount of work and cost would be to trade in your 2003 for a manual one.

If you swap the trannies you will deface the warranty AND lower the resale value not to mention most auto to manual swap it's not as good as how it came from the manufacture.

Just my 2 cents.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .ken &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Honestly the easiest and least amount of work and cost would be to trade in your 2003 for a manual one.

If you swap the trannies you will deface the warranty AND lower the resale value not to mention most auto to manual swap it's not as good as how it came from the manufacture.
Just my 2 cents.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just wonder how the swap won't be as good as it comes stock??? Educate me!

 

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Just wonder how the swap won't be as good as it comes stock??? Educate me!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well typically when you do a auto to manny swap there are extra wires that you have to deal with and you have to either fabricate parts or buy other oem parts and fit them; and honestly when the manufacture made it they didn't really intend to have someone go in there and swap out everything especially with a auto &lt;&gt; manny conversion.

With his car being an 03 I would say sell it and get a manual and even if it was older I would probably say the same. It's a lot of hassle which could be avoidable IMO by buying a car already equipped for a manual tranny.

 

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With his car being an 03 I would say sell it and get a manual and even if it was older I would probably say the same. It's a lot of hassle which could be avoidable IMO by buying a car already equipped for a manual tranny.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree with you on this. Save some headache and money!

 

keep the auto, u can't make your car the fastes in the world, and plus when u break your hand (right or left), u won't be able to get around with a manual. if u want speed, get a tranny cooler from b&m and put some NOSSSSSSSSSS in it.