Mikeluvs8

for those of you with short shifters, which one do you recommend and post comfort compare to stock.... please post link of site for best prices. thanks!






mike

Aero8

AFE/RP short shifter

http://www.axialflow.com/products.htm

I love it. The car is more fun to drive to me. There is some tranny noise let in through it, but it is not horrible and you will like the feel of the closer shifts.

GeTcRuNk

http://www.axialflow.com/products.htm...should have came this way stock...can't go back

NgoRX8

iTrader: (1)

yes go for the axial flow short shifter. some may not like it because the shifter is more stiff, but it makes it very notchy and exact so it will push into gear everytime.

GeTcRuNk

true that NgoRX8...now that I think about it...I haven't grinded a gear except reverse since my stock shifter

mysql101

there is really only one sts, it's the afe version. they based it off the mazdaspeed sts, but the mazdaspeed throws aren't as short, also the ms version costs more. so it's a no brainer.

MrSuicideDoor

how much is it installed?

mysql101

it's about $260, you install it yourself.

Aero8

I've grinded, but it was operator error

It does make it easier to get into gears than the stock shifter.

LabDad

Installation is a piece of cake, even a caveman can do it.

GeTcRuNk

took me about a half hour to do...taking the console apart is the only annoying part...there is a do it yourself somewhere on the forum...search for it

deadphoenix52

i have the afe shifter and put it in myself. very easy. much better than stock.

swoope

iTrader: (5)

the only hard part is those @$%%&U&)%(&&_$ing wire holders that are stuck on the top of the threads...

beers

AdRoCK3217

Swoope, I don't know why, but I found those to be SO easy, especially after all the fuss I hear about them. I just took a screwdriver that was very thin (length and height) and moved 1 of the little pieces inside out of the way, pops right off.

swoope

iTrader: (5)

dont get me wrong. i have it figured out now... two pair of small needle nose one on each side. squeeze and bamm, done.. but the first time...sucked.

btw, i dont think i put them back on the threads last time..

beers

Phantom Menace

Install is cake. I can put one in or take one out of an 8 in under 15minutes using ONLY a phillips head screwdriver and 10mm socket. Unlike other cars, the 8's shifter drops right in without having to go under the car! You can do it all from the driver's seat. Cake, I tells you! And I'm not a mechanic...

XDEEDUBBX

+1 Afe

Mikeluvs8

thanks for the feedback guys, i guess af it is.

DarkBrew

You won't regret it.

california style

yeah it was my first mod and i still love it...
like some1 said before, its like the stock one SHOULD be.....

chickenwafer

iTrader: (9)

Isn't afe and Mazdaspeed the only vendors that produce a short-throw shifter for the 8?

swoope

iTrader: (5)

they are the only ones i have seen.

beers

chickenwafer

iTrader: (9)

thanks, swoope- just making sure there aren't other options out there I wasn't aware of