Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior custom-shortened b&m shortshifter

so what do you guys think? i got my b&m shortshifter cut even shorter recently..it came out just a little too short i think but i still like it a lot better than just the regular b&m.

i only cut the rod, not the throw portion. the throw portion was already decreased enough over stock..i just wanted the rod to be shortened because i still thought the b&m sat too high.

opinions, yay or nay.

and i obviously need a new boot...working on that. haha the stock boot looks horrible being all stuffed up like that. any suggestions on what would be a better boot or tips to make the stock boot fit better would also appreciated

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all the mess there is the tools jeff (celimangts) and i used to take out the shifter before being cut, sorry

damn caleb! how the hell do you grab it...i does look good though

omg...that is seriously the shortest shifter i have seen...wow


how does it feel?

jeff (cycocelica) -- it grabs just fine. even with the brake down there isn't a prob with my thumb getting in the way..but i don't really grab it straight on either. i grab it from the side (thumb on top).

celicatrdgts -- it feels pretty good. but i havn't driven with it yet. as a lot of you already know i blew my engine while back...and the new engine doesn't get installed until next week sometime. so i'll know more about it at that time obviously...but sitting still the shifting seems to work just fine...reverse is kinda a hoe to get to right now but the shifter is still pretty stiff from working on it (every time you work with the shifter--even the stock one--it gets stiff and you have to work it back in...takes about a week or two or driving usually).

wow i seriously cant get over how short that is hahah...

that's crazy

damn, over compensating for something haha

wow thats really short.

HOLY SHIT BATMAN! thats short... BUT AWSOME!.. I'd have to say... that is awsome..

really shorty!

just fix the shift boot and you'll be fine.

thats hella short but looks cool

caleb, let me the be the first to tell you that things short as hell

dude, i mean thats not even reaching the middle of the ashtray, thats a little toooooo shooort unlike the words. i mean its really gonna be easy to grind gears now i think and hit the gates. so you thought b&m wasnt short enough? shit man, wuts next, the shifter below the booth? jk

congrats for ur engine, and good luck with it. just be cautious driving with that short of a shifter. plus you need some mods to make that thing look better.

thats sick...i like it

looks like a midget kinda

thats not a shifter... its a knob

"hey... come check out my short throw knob"

damn thats extremly short!!! i personally dont like it but to each his own.

it's about an inch shorter than what i would have liked.

the total rod length is about 3-4 inches. the problem with that sparco knob is that it's pretty hollow--meaning that the top of the rod is actually only about 1/2" below the black sparco symbol...the knob kinda eats up most of the rod and i didn't take that into account which is why it came out shorter than i wanted.

i'm thinking about getting another knob to fix that though...like a 'straight knob' such as trd...that way it'll 'push' the rod out another 1 or 2 inches to get it to where i want it to be

with the new knob..it should be only about an inch or so lower than twm, which is what i was going for to begin with.

well i got a few things in the works...i've been having that i-designs widebody kit on order since february (finally should get it at the end of this month)..so that'll help the exterior a whole lot

and i HAD the trd ext. exhaust on order but i had to cancel due to the blown engine..which kinda sux but i am glad that my engine didn't blow when it was too late to back out...saved me from having to scrounge up another $400.

i also should be getting a cd player this christmas..so we'll see how it goes.





anyway, this is what i was talking about when the 'knob eats up the rod'. the rod actually ends where the red line crosses..just about 1/2" below the top of the knob. it's just the knob is practially all the way hollow so it makes it look shorter than it actually is. but anyway i'm looking for other knobs now to bring it up a little higher..just like an inch or two...no more than 2" though.

any suggestions would be appreciated for the new knob...and i still need to do something about that boot so feel free to add your $0.02 as well

My baby brothers penis is bigger than that...

it's unique i like it but i wouldn't do it myself

Man you make my B&M look stock

damn, that is too short...i don't know, it looks kind of weird. but if you like it, it's all you...

no offense but i think it looks stupid, if you wanted a shorter stick you could have gotten the TWM its smaller than b&m

so then what are you gonna do with the sparco?

you barely even used it...

maybe sell it???

yea, I'LL sell it--since i'm the one that bought it for him, and he got maybe a month's use out of it

Caleb is in the doghouse.

OMG... I just noticed...

You used a hammer to install the shifter?!

since you put it that way, then he should keep it regardless...

haha ya kristen doesnt sound to happy caleb!

haha yea this one little rod that holds this plastic peice over the ball was a bitch to get out, took us like 45mins just to get that piece out alone. we tried everything, he took like 3 different hammers to it and used all kinds of tools to bang it out but the thing wouldnt budge. finally got it out though

yea but a B&M has a shorter throw than the TWM

^^ which is why i wanted to cut the b&m rather than buying a twm.

it did come out a little too short...i think it'd look better with a longer knob that doesn 'eat' the rod up so much though. we'll see..it's definately not in my immediate plans, but i'll have to address it at sometime

geeez...do you guys have to drag it out?? hahhaahha

fight fight fight!

damn caleb that's short but it looks cool

oh and i was also wondering about the hammer

i guess you got mad since it took you guys 45 mins to get the shifter out. i guess you had to beat the crap out of the shiter to get it out

^^ lol kevin..well unless you got a better way to take the backpin off your gonna have to use a hammer

it's not like your banging on the shifter itself..but theres a pin that you need to hammer out (yes--it's in the instructions) and its TIGHT to say the least. it's not like you can push it out..even with a hammer it was pretty hard to move the pin through...and vice versa when your putting it back in.

you have to use a tap and place it on the pin..then hammer the tap..you don't bang the shifter (although i can't honestly say that i didn't miss the tap a few times)

yeah it's a little to short i think. wish the b&m came just a little shorter than it does.

Man, that has got to be difficult to shift. The celica doesn't shift easy in the first place... wow. To short man.

But, whatever gives yah a chubby.

^^ it's not bad to shift at all ..just when trying to get it into reverse. it also isnt broken in yet either..so i'll have to see if it's any easier to get into reverse or not once it loosens up.

I've been reading this since day one.
I also had to use a hammer like device for my SS. I was too lazy to go in my basement to get a hammer so I made the next logical step. Bang a heavy socket wrench on that member until it went in. What's the problem there? Hammer it in till it goes till full penetration. Am I missing something?
Anyways, that modified, shortened, cut down, shot peened and pruned weeping willow, is way too short - put simple. You obviously made a huge mistake and not HUGE because it's only a shifter that you can replace cheap.
I commend you for attempting a better shorter shifter than the previous person who made a muck out of things.
Good luck and scrap that one and try again.

great work, but i personally dont like it. It looks unsafe and too short to shift. I dunno great work nonetheless bro!

wat has shorter throw BM or TWN

Hey I think I have that cd

B&M has the shorter throw
TWN has the shorter rod

damn dude that thing is rediculous

to short

but looks cool