i have a 99-00 civic ex and i was trying to install a short shifter. but when i installed it, my piping were in the way and i wasnt able to shift into 5th gear and reverse. my pipings arent stock, their 2 1/4 pipings. did i install it wrong or was it the shifter?

 

I have a 3 inch thermal and have no problems with my B&M..

 

you will have to go to an exhaust shop and have the pipe modified, thats what i had to do with my ride man

 

What type of shifter is it? I had a "no name" and a DC with a Greddy cat back and they aren't even close. I also put a DC in my Roomies 00 EX with no probs.

 

I have only heard of a short shifter rattling on the stock exhaust heat sheild. Never heard of problems getting into gear before. That must be some exhaust, usually all aftermarket exhaust hangs lower than stock.

 

cheaper ones will , my C's short shifter doesnt touch my apex n1

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Marauder &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That must be some exhaust, usually all aftermarket exhaust hangs lower than stock.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How would an exhaust hanging down LOWER interfere with the shifter???

 

my no name ebay shifter was hitting my stock exhaust. to fix it i got another rubber hanger thingy, got a long bolt and stuck it through the bottom of the rubber hanger already on the hanger and through the top of the 2nd rubber hanger, stuck a nut on it so it wouldn't fall out, and hung the exahust on the lower hanger. dunno if this makes sense or not. good ole diy . the other option would be to go to a muffler shop and have them make the hanger on the exhaust longer, which requires $. my method doesn't.

 

Same problem was happeneing with me, i have a skunk 2 double bend short shifter, it sucks but im dealing with it for now.

 

mine rubbs a bit into 5th gear you have to get your exhaust lowered

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by f1uxx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">mine rubbs a bit into 5th gear you have to get your exhaust lowered </TD></TR></TABLE>

yup mine was rubbing going into 5th and reverse too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ricey McRicerton &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

How would an exhaust hanging down LOWER interfere with the shifter???</TD></TR></TABLE>

I didn't say that. I said that aftermarket cat-backs hang lower and that I have never seen a problem before. I have ONLY seen the counterweight rattle on the stock exhaust. I can't imagine what's going on to prevent from shifting into gear.

 

no problems here....my short shifter waSNT short enough for me so i cut it down even m0re

 

no problems here either

skunk2 dual bend
thermal r&d stealth

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TURSpoonEK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cheaper ones will , my C's short shifter doesnt touch my apex n1</TD></TR></TABLE>

You shouldn't have any problems.
Aaah.. I've had my Cs short shifter sitting in the box waiting to be installed. I also have Mugen shifter bushings and ITR shift linkage to install..