Not that it matters but: I noticed some people selling their ITR shifters and noticed that they had a polished finish whereas mine is black. Maybe the JDM one is polish?

 

Polished

 

on the USDM one? Maybe they switched when they switched to the 'Ti' shift ****? Mine is a 98' w/o the 00-01 ****.

 

My 01 had a polished shifter. I took my JDM boot off before I sold it and saw that it was polished.

 

i believe it relates to what year the car is. i know newer ITR's have the polished shifter, my girlfriends brothers JDM ITR motor came with a black shifter though.

btw: i'm looking for an ITR shifter

 

Yes, on ITR's where the boot attached to the shift **** (i.e. '97/'98) the lever is black, whereas on the the ITR's with a partially exposed shifter, the lever is polished. Interesting, because I seem to recall Mike K saying the part numbers for the shifters were the same. Perhaps Honda began making all of the levers polished after a certain year.

 

my 99 jdm itr shifter is polished

 

Would somebody mind posting the black shifter?!?!? I have never hear/seen of this shifter. I thought that they were all polished. I did not get my car with the stock **** (2001)

 

It's brushed aluminum, not polished.

 

1997/1998 = Black
2000/2001 = Silver

Chris, who doesn't understand why it's such a big deal.

 

Mine looked much more "polished" than "brushed", and I'm fairly certain it's not aluminum.