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11-14-2005, 07:12 PM | #1 |
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STi Short SHifter, did I get hosed?
I bought this shifter off of Ebay as a STi short shifter (factory linkage). Comes in the Short shifter box.
(Also ordered the TIC kit) I finally get around to installing it, and pull out my linkage, only to see that they are identical in every aspect I can see. So, one of two things happened. 1. I have a factory short shifter setup already 2. I got hosed. Anyone know the measurements or have a pic of the differences? Here are pics of mine. The one out of my car is on top (the nice and clean looking one)- Sorry for a bad pic, but they are literally identical. Needless to say, I added all the TIC stuff to my linkage and reinstalled. UK
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11-14-2005, 08:44 PM | #2 |
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Vehicle:2001 996TT seal |
sounds like you bought exactly what was offered.
the STi factory shifter. (which is shortened, over the wrx unit, in throw range) i believe the brochures say the sti comes with a short throw 6 speed tranny.... this is the nomenclature that gets most confused. to go with the OPTIONAL short shifter is about 300-350$ more (did it on mine) and still lacks in the feel i want to get.... (will add the KB unit to the optinal SS i already have, for Uber-short throws....) RE-CHECK THE EBAY AUCTION AND SEE IF THE TEXT IS MISLEADING; MAYBE YOU CAN RETURN IT... ESE |
11-14-2005, 08:50 PM | #3 |
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Ese- Dang, they just took down the auction link. I thought I was getting the short shift linkage (the $300 option) I wanted exactly what you want.
I just wanted to see if by chance this was short shift linkage I had... I have a STI BTW, not a normal WRX. UK |
11-14-2005, 08:52 PM | #4 |
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i still have my oem linkage, and can get the ###'s on it, if you want. my sti SS unit IS a lil shorter, but mostly the throws are lessened... (its nice, but not great)
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11-14-2005, 09:08 PM | #5 |
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you got the optional STi short-throw shifter. The short-throw improves shifts a measely 10%, almost everything is the same, the components are a little thicker and beefer, and i do believe the stick is *slightly* smaller. I too bought the short-throw from a dealer and was very dissapointed to find out its nearly identicle. Time for a kartboy
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11-14-2005, 09:22 PM | #6 |
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I went with all the Kartboy and such, I just thought there was a big difference in linkage itself
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11-14-2005, 10:42 PM | #7 |
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yeah the factory option is really lame. especially for the damn price, sorry some of you had to find that out the ****ty way.
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