Just installed and took a short drive. The throw reduction is RIDICULOUS! It's pretty much the shortest throw i've ever driven. It appears even shorter than a GE (Ahem Note aka Ghettoboy247) With a Mugen SS coupled with a Skunk2 SS! Installation was similar to Mugen, i used this DIY for my install
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...t-install.html

this kit is not an add-on adapter similar to T1R, Skunk2, or H-Fit. It comes with the whole housing like the MUGEN kit. Instead of white plastic, the entire thing is black with a black shift rod! It looks awesome. Also, there are "Hard Mounts" Built into the kit itself, you will not have to use your old rubber mounts that flex. Instead, there are mounts molded right into the housing making it all one solid piece. This means less parts, less movement, crisper shifts!

Before having the Short Shifter i ran stock with H-Fit Hard Mount bushings. For crispness I'd say they are really close to the hard mount feel but a little better, but distance-wise it is MUCH shorter. Honestly for my preference it's a little too short but I'm sure after a while i'll get used to it. Quality appears to be top-notch and everything was greased and ready to go. I think the height of the shift knob dropped just a bit but I also got a Buddy Club Shift Knob so it brought it back up. I really never know the buddy club was so affordable! There is such thing as inexpensive JDM!
yea.. so i think im officially a buddy club fanboy now.





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oh you know what? you know how when people ride with you and you shift into their leg when you go to 5th all the time? maybe it wont happen anymore with a short shifter!!! can anyone confirm? hahaha

 

Confirm? I still hit peoples legs with mine

 

Is $120 about right on the cost? That's what it's listed as on JHPUSA.com? I'm assuming since the other shifter I've seen aside from Mugen (Revo) is for GD and GE, this piece is as well? The Revo piece is $99...wonder if there's any difference?

 

looks nice... ALL shifters I have ever shifted seem long compared to my S2Ks throw when I had it.

 

so exactly how did i drive WITHOUT a short shifter all these years? I was always so against it, what a shame. It's like driving a new car much "sportier" feeling and shifting is much less of a hassle like before... AWESOME!

 

i had 2 friends who are s2k owners check it out today, one said they felt very similar in throw length and the other said it was similar if not shorter than an S2K! When i tried out the S2K i think it just feels different. The S2K feels like the tranny is underneath the center console. The shifting motion stays very flat, the feel of the fit is more "curved" if you understand what im getting at. This short shifter doesnt change or emphasize that characteristic but im just putting it out there. even though the two have similar throw lengths, the feeling is completely different. both are awesome though!

 

That's weird it did absolutely nothing with my 8th gen SI. HAHA.

But it was a test sample from Buddyclub.

 

yeah my friend has a test kit and reports that it was "slightly loose" in feel but mine is great

 

I still hit person's legs when I'm driving with the Skunk2 short throw. But when tards (especially dudes) ride with me, I usually make it a point to see if I can get the end of the knee cap going into 4th. I'm so bad, I will even roll my knuckles back so my weighted knob will make them jump, or I'll move to where my middle knuckle is curled out from the rest and NAIL them! I'm so spiteful...

 

Where did you pick that buddy club kit up at??? I've been looking to get a short shifter setup in the near future, and it sounds like this one is super solid, especially for the price.

 

my friend personally knows the Buddy Club R&D guy so i actually got it at buddy club. lmao but i think JHPUSA has it and also InlineFour

Buddy Club Short Shift Kit 07-08 Honda Fit - JDM Honda Parts USA - JHPUSA

Buddy Club Racing Spec Shifter for 07-08 Fit

 

coool! me likey!

 

Buddy Club SS ftmfw! I just put one in (in my EF) and omg omg omg shifts are so crisp and short

 

Simple and clean look. Maybe with the white it will not melt your hand in the sun

 

does just lower the shifter, or does it actually increase the distance from the fulcrum to the other thing? do you have any pix of the actual mechanism?

 

sorry im not sure... i was supposed to take pics carefully but i rushed to throw it on I think the height went down but only a teeny bit.

 

Buddy Club is CDM, its no longer Japanese, hence the lower price. A Chinese co. bought out the entire brand.

 

Since the Mugen shifter is currently on sale ($182)... which one is better?

I noticed from the Mugen DIY link that there are bushings in it. Does the Buddy Club shifter feel better b/c of the removal of those 4 bushings?

$120 = nice price IMO. Save $82 and have a better shifter = o_0?

Thanks for the DIY.

 

hey jason! whats that neo chrome knob i see in your cup holder?
you wanna... sell it to me? i da liks dat one