AT Short Shifter
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 219
From: Vancouver
I just went on the MOMO website. It's momousa.com and there is a lot of nice shift knobs that im sure will work for our AT fits. Im guessing we would just have the take the factory one off..cut it a bit shorter and throw a new one on there. When i use to be an a rx8 forum there was a fellow member that did that with his AT rx8. The cutting parts seems a bit hard but everyone usually points to the 'ol hacksaw routine.
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 75
From: CT
hmmmmmmm....
well, the best way to cut it would be with a plumber's pipe cutter; that way no dust gets all over the place and possibly down in the guts/electronics mucking it up.
then the question is what is the center 'button' material made of, and what shape is it? on old civics it's plastic, you could do a mod like this in 15 minutes.
also, how does the stock knob/button assembly attach to the shaft, if the actual shaft is threaded/tapped that's a whole 'nother ball of wax and probably not worth it.
i'd be willing to go take a look later today, figure out if it's safe/do-able.
well, the best way to cut it would be with a plumber's pipe cutter; that way no dust gets all over the place and possibly down in the guts/electronics mucking it up.
then the question is what is the center 'button' material made of, and what shape is it? on old civics it's plastic, you could do a mod like this in 15 minutes.
also, how does the stock knob/button assembly attach to the shaft, if the actual shaft is threaded/tapped that's a whole 'nother ball of wax and probably not worth it.
i'd be willing to go take a look later today, figure out if it's safe/do-able.
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 164
From: Boise, ID
This whole thing is definitely possible, how it ends up just relies on how much work the user wants to do. Personally, I would cut the inner rod, outer shaft, and then use a Die to thread the outside of the shaft. from there I would machine a topless knob out of aluminum or delrin with the center hole tapped for the shaft. Then I would make a little top hat sorta thing for the knob so you push down on that to move the rod down. Screw the knob down on the shaft and you are good to go.
i made my mt shift lever shorter so it looks like the mr2 or any bmw shift lever. if fitftw would be willing to tear his apart i could figure out a way to fab one up for you guys.
wow there is a lotta talk about this. I remember i did this on my old turbo'd AT civic. I just took the outer and inner shaft and both cut them 1.5" off proportionally so basically i had the same design but it sat lower. I then stuck on an aftermarket shifter that u would push down to engage the button.. but it looked like a MT shifter. It looked really good. Maybe i'll bite the bullet and do the mod and writeup on it. I wonder how many people would read it tho lol.
wow there is a lotta talk about this. I remember i did this on my old turbo'd AT civic. I just took the outer and inner shaft and both cut them 1.5" off proportionally so basically i had the same design but it sat lower. I then stuck on an aftermarket shifter that u would push down to engage the button.. but it looked like a MT shifter. It looked really good. Maybe i'll bite the bullet and do the mod and writeup on it. I wonder how many people would read it tho lol.
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 219
From: Vancouver
wow there is a lotta talk about this. I remember i did this on my old turbo'd AT civic. I just took the outer and inner shaft and both cut them 1.5" off proportionally so basically i had the same design but it sat lower. I then stuck on an aftermarket shifter that u would push down to engage the button.. but it looked like a MT shifter. It looked really good. Maybe i'll bite the bullet and do the mod and writeup on it. I wonder how many people would read it tho lol.
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Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 75
From: CT
wow there is a lotta talk about this. I remember i did this on my old turbo'd AT civic. I just took the outer and inner shaft and both cut them 1.5" off proportionally so basically i had the same design but it sat lower. I then stuck on an aftermarket shifter that u would push down to engage the button.. but it looked like a MT shifter. It looked really good. Maybe i'll bite the bullet and do the mod and writeup on it. I wonder how many people would read it tho lol.
i think the shaft of the Fit AT shifter is threaded, like sterVin said, that makes it a lot harder than those civics. but def put m down for interested. if no one gets to it by saturday i'll take it apart.
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 164
From: Boise, ID
The shaft isn't threaded, there are two little screws that keep the stock shift knob on. Next time you are in D or S look at the front face of the knob (closest to the cup holders) and you will see two Phillips headed screws.
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 570
From: Miami, FL
I think this would just give us the AT guys such a cleaner look on the inside of the car, like i said b4 i wanted to try this on my rx-8 but never got around to doing it..but i did do it on my integra and it gave it such a nicer look. Even if it was like 1.5" shorter i know it would look cleaner with a nice new shifter. And i've read before that they make the ones where you push down to engage the shift like KoolKevin said.
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 117
From: Parrish, FL
short shifter= a shifter that is shorter than stock.
short throw shifter=a shifter that provides a shorter throw than the factory.
Hating on a AT fit is like racing retards. Even if you win, you're still a douche. It's a fit. Regardless of MT or AT, it's a 5 door econobox with a 1.5L single cam motor that makes less power than 1000cc motorcycle motors. Shoot. It makes less power than Honda's 600cc sportbikes. So if you're so 'elite' that you need to hate on auto trans owners, you've got an inferiority complex and maturity issues.
That kind of bull doesn't happen on forums for real sports cars......e46 m3's, 350z's, S2ks (automatic vs. manual doesn't apply there, but the hating comment), corvettes, etc.
back to topic: I'd also like to see it shorter, but without having to cut it or go to some ugly aftermarket. I'm not a big fan of Momo's products. Hell, I'd like a JDM shifter that has Jazz written on it instead of Fit.
short throw shifter=a shifter that provides a shorter throw than the factory.
Hating on a AT fit is like racing retards. Even if you win, you're still a douche. It's a fit. Regardless of MT or AT, it's a 5 door econobox with a 1.5L single cam motor that makes less power than 1000cc motorcycle motors. Shoot. It makes less power than Honda's 600cc sportbikes. So if you're so 'elite' that you need to hate on auto trans owners, you've got an inferiority complex and maturity issues.
That kind of bull doesn't happen on forums for real sports cars......e46 m3's, 350z's, S2ks (automatic vs. manual doesn't apply there, but the hating comment), corvettes, etc.
back to topic: I'd also like to see it shorter, but without having to cut it or go to some ugly aftermarket. I'm not a big fan of Momo's products. Hell, I'd like a JDM shifter that has Jazz written on it instead of Fit.
