Well i got the short shifter in and i've been running it for at least 200 miles now... and now for my impression: PRETTY GOOD. I always thought it would be so short that i didn't know what gear i would be in. But it's not like that.
Before i get into the details, upon inspection of the short shifter. the instructions where kinda sketchy but i think jimmy has revised that. Also the short shifter i got was the lighter version and what that means is that from the middle 'ball' section down to the bottom of the base is just like most short shifters with the extended fulcrum. And from the 'ball' section up to the top is actually a shaft which is height adjustable. I find that this is was the reason why i bought this item. full adjustable to what height you want. But the main problem that i had with the shifter was that the shaft that it came with was in m12. most of my shifter knobs are in m10. A quick stop to my local auto store fixed that. I bought a m12 tap and just tapped half way into my shift knobs so if i ever wanted to go back to my stock shifter, i can. While at the auto store i picked up some m12 bolts where i made my short shaft for the shifter. The shaft that Jimmy's shifter came with was about 9-10 inches long and i didn't like that for daily driving.
So after i created my own 4-5 inch shaft and fixed my plastic nismo shift knob, I readjusted the height of the knob to be pretty much a bit lower then stock.
Also another note is that when i received the short shifter it came with that plastic cup on the base of the shifter. I installed it as it was but i found that there was a bit of play in the shifter! So i had to pop off my stock plastic cup and just install it on the short shifter.
Another note i really must address is that there is a gap between the lower (smaller) shift boot and the short shifter. Because there is no meat in the shaft above the mid(ball) section there is nothing for ring of the boot to seal on. But so far nothing has leaked and i don't smell any oil coming up.
Over all i am quite please as this is my EXTRA security feature for my car. Instead of getting a quick release for my car. All i have to do is unscrew my shift knob from the mid section of the shifter and no one can drive my car away. Unless they have a shaft or stick of some sort. But still. i am quite happy with my purchase with a price you can't beat and with a nice guy like jimmy. Just hope he find a solution for that boot issue.
Before i get into the details, upon inspection of the short shifter. the instructions where kinda sketchy but i think jimmy has revised that. Also the short shifter i got was the lighter version and what that means is that from the middle 'ball' section down to the bottom of the base is just like most short shifters with the extended fulcrum. And from the 'ball' section up to the top is actually a shaft which is height adjustable. I find that this is was the reason why i bought this item. full adjustable to what height you want. But the main problem that i had with the shifter was that the shaft that it came with was in m12. most of my shifter knobs are in m10. A quick stop to my local auto store fixed that. I bought a m12 tap and just tapped half way into my shift knobs so if i ever wanted to go back to my stock shifter, i can. While at the auto store i picked up some m12 bolts where i made my short shaft for the shifter. The shaft that Jimmy's shifter came with was about 9-10 inches long and i didn't like that for daily driving.
So after i created my own 4-5 inch shaft and fixed my plastic nismo shift knob, I readjusted the height of the knob to be pretty much a bit lower then stock.
Also another note is that when i received the short shifter it came with that plastic cup on the base of the shifter. I installed it as it was but i found that there was a bit of play in the shifter! So i had to pop off my stock plastic cup and just install it on the short shifter.
Another note i really must address is that there is a gap between the lower (smaller) shift boot and the short shifter. Because there is no meat in the shaft above the mid(ball) section there is nothing for ring of the boot to seal on. But so far nothing has leaked and i don't smell any oil coming up.
Over all i am quite please as this is my EXTRA security feature for my car. Instead of getting a quick release for my car. All i have to do is unscrew my shift knob from the mid section of the shifter and no one can drive my car away. Unless they have a shaft or stick of some sort. But still. i am quite happy with my purchase with a price you can't beat and with a nice guy like jimmy. Just hope he find a solution for that boot issue.