Q for people with chopped shifter extension

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September-27th-2002, 06:45 PM

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Sir Nuke

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Originally posted by Hawkeye

that's right! dangit, where's my prize? Some Eibach's will do!

your cupie doll is in the mail....please hold your breath till it gets there....k? LOL

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September-27th-2002, 11:19 PM

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silver_p5_owner

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Originally posted by SedanMan

Actually the MP3 shifter is the same shifter as a Protege sedan, just without the extension.

I dunno, the shaft of the stock shifter (after you remove the extension) is not high caliber. It's not even solid metal! It's rolled sheet with a sleeve material around it. They might have cut it shorter and then added the extension on the MP3. I'm not certain. Anyone have a photo of the MP3 shifter out of the car?

September-30th-2002, 12:44 PM

#18

alcoholiday

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Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Nuke
but....this a HORIBLE way to have the LOOK of a short shifter...

as a point of interest, one of the mazda dealer's here has actually done this to a car. a mod package that includes a full-exhaust, custom intake, eibachs (stcok struts though), and they stopped short of a true-short shift and just lopped the extension off.

it didn't feel bad or anything, i just found it interesting that they did that.

ps. unless someone knows what the aftermarket ones feel like and can tell it's just chopped, it's a bit of a rip-off.