Can You Cut Our Shifters??

[Hondatuner998]

Can you cut our shifters down to shorten them and use the diy short shift setup. I know i would have to re thread the to of the shifter for the knob, but is it possible to do this for looks??

['93EX]

Hell yes, and it is easy as hell. Simply take a hacksaw and finish it off with a dremel w/ buff pad for the rim. You wouldn't have to rethread the knob if it comes with a plastic fitter piece. I did this with my '89 Accord and it worked about as good as a real short shifter (minus the difference in the linkage).

['93EX]

I'm telling you, it will work if done right. You will have to cut off a bit, but if you aren't worried about perm-cutting your shifter, this is a great way to shorten your shifts (you WILL notice the difference immediately).

[cp[mike]]

on a 91-93 accord you can unbolt the shifter bucket and rebolt it on underneath by using longer bolts (click here), then add a DIY short shifter bracket (first pic: click here). itll look like HondaFan81's (bottom pic)

[cp[mike]]

actually this will work for the 90 as well, the difference in the 90 shifter is the mounting bracket on the shifter, it uses the cotter pin instead of the threaded stud, and since your using a bolt to replace the stud on the shifter it turns out all the same in the end. it just wont work if you buy a short shifter bracket

isnt one of the shifters have an all-plastic base? or is that the 92 prelude? i know one of them is, i thought it was the 90. well then good news, this will work for anybody

[ChroNicBoosT]

Well what i did, if you have access to a welder, is cut the shaft about 4.5" but still kep the little reverse kickback so she sits in the center of the box, and rewelded that bitch in place. Then cut the upper cable mount off, and rewelded her about 1-1.5" higher to shorten the throw a total of 3.5" as well. Max throw from 3rd to 4th is only 4" now from 7.5" or so. same day i did it, she felt like a new car. I was amazed and how different she felt with such a minimal change. And she only cost about $5 total with the price of the small amount of MIG wire and cutoff wheel. and took about 1hr while we working on other shit at the same time.