Im not a Prelude guy but i have some friends back home that have them and they told me once about the lack of short shifters for thier cars. I actually found one on another board today. Check them out, they look pretty good i think???



This is where it said you can get it: http://www.leanracing.com

Hope this helps if anybody has been looking for them???

 

If this works https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=823016 this is the one you want.

 

Wasn't there a post about this earlier

 

No idea??? Im not a Prelude owner i just remember hearing about the short shifter situation from my friends.

 

Yea that would be nice. I just have the crappy little DC Sports adapter, but it still works alright.

 

*Model Specific / Shift **** Height Reduction / Throw Distance Reduction
Prelude n/a n/a
Accord 2 Door 20% 30 and 40%
Accord 4 Door 25% 35 and 45%
http://www.leanracing.com/shifter.htm

it doesnt seem like it makes any difference for the prelude

 

Hey guys. The exact throw and **** height reduction for the lude is roughly the same as the 2d Accord, I had forgotten to update that. There is quite a large difference from stock, as seen in the pictures below.

All shifters are powdercoated and come with the shown hardware.

It's a simple bolt-in unit that takes less than 30 minutes to install with no modifications needed.






Btw nice car xPRELDUEx. That entire thing looks really, really clean.


Modified by lean at 10:12 PM 4/6/2004

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lean &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey guys. The exact throw and **** height reduction for the lude is roughly the same as the 2d Accord, I had forgotten to update that. There is quite a large difference from stock, as seen in the pictures below.

All shifters are powdercoated and come with the shown hardware.

It's a simple bolt-in unit that takes less than 30 minutes to install with no modifications needed.






Btw nice car xPRELDUEx. That entire thing looks really, really clean.


Modified by lean at 4:29 PM 4/6/2004</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nice, I was always told that a 'true' short shifter would not be possible on the 'lude but after seeing that one-it gives a bit of hope. How many cars have these been retrofitted on and what kind of price are we talking about here?

 

So these are Real short shifters eh?

What kind of reductions were made? How much, and where can i get one!

 

Is the 'shorter' shift from a shorter handle, or are there different mounting points for the cables?

Has anyone used this product personally?

I'm guessing lean just shortens the stock handle (ntpog style), and then welds on a ajustable bracket... Correct me if I'm wrong...
Not saying it doesn't work, but that seems to be how it was designed.

 

Yep, they are a real, or true short shifter. The **** height is shorter and the mounting points are moved up. The **** height is reduced about 20 percent and the shaft throw is about 30-40 percent shorter, depending on which hole you use.

When I first started working on this project I was looking to fabricate an entire shift assembly. That includes new levers, a new dual axis design, ball joints, plate, etc etc. The labor per unit, plus having to recoup all the development costs for such a thing, was silly, so I was looking for a more feasible approach. I considered using a 4th gen style base plate and short shifter, but I wanted something that would take only a few minutes to install and required no modifications to the car. That lead me to the current design. I use as many OE parts as possible to reduce the cost, that is passed along to you, and still have the cleanest and most reliable shifter possible. It makes no sense to replace parts that don’t need to be. In the end, it’s the least expensive for you that offers the highest quality and most simple solution.

Alphajesse, you're correct. I do lower the threads (unlike ntpog, I don't just rethread the shaft. A section is removed and the two pieces welded back together and ground flush. Looks like it was built that way!), attach on a new bracket and powdercoat the shaft. Exactly how that's done is what I take pride in. Total labor per unit is roughly two to two and a half hours. I’m extremely **** when it comes to little details and making sure every shifter is exactly the way I want it. My fabrication shop is extremely good at what they do. The going rate for quality fabrication is $40 to $65 an hour and $90 an hour for design. The shifter price is very competitive as well at $129 shipped with core. An 89 civic runs about $159, Evo 8 $189 and 240sx $299. All of those are just a lever too.

The lean shifter is a new product. A mod at SHO has one that he’s installing later this week. A few other people heard about my initial run somewhere and apparently just joined SHO to order it.

A hot red shaft powdercoating color is also available at no charge.





Modified by lean at 4:41 AM 4/7/2004

 

iam pretty sure that these arent legit. I so one of these on ebay with the same exact picture, but when i looked closely in the website, i notced that this one wasnt for the lude. instead it was for some other car. There was a picture of an adapter tucked in the corner of the website. Hope this helps.

 

When was this auction? Have a link? I only took those pics on Sunday, lol. I just dug up and old webcam and took this. Either I'm really good at photoshop or I'm the one who's legit. My ebay name is "blade-of-uo." I'm sure the mod at SHO, 5genlude, can vouch that the shifter I sent him is real.

You can also kind of see the carbon fiber shroud I put in front of my monitor. I can also stand on my head in front of the camera too if you like.





Modified by lean at 6:06 AM 4/7/2004

 

I know Jeff and he is legit.
I've seen the shifter and they are just as he explains.
He's been straight up on the post of how he does it and everything.

 

Jeff ,

Ok dude lets talk price so i can just see what were lookin at here.

How much shipped to ga?

 

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Yup! I also reduced the core charge to $29 today for a limited time. It's fully refunded once I receive your undamaged core within two weeks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lean &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Btw nice car xPRELDUEx. That entire thing looks really, really clean.


Modified by lean at 10:12 PM 4/6/2004</TD></TR></TABLE>

Why thank you.