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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

how much is it installed?

 

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

 

I've grinded, but it was operator error

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

beers

 

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.

 

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

 

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...

 

+1 Afe

 

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

 

You won't regret it.

 

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

 

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

 

they are the only ones i have seen.

beers

 

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