short shifter question need good advice

[94civic4door]

i have a problem to solve about short shifters help asap

i was browsing around ebay and came upon some short shifters .i saw some apc short shifters for 9.50 and theyre made out of CNC machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum.and i saw a dc short shifter for 75 bucks and its made out of the same material that the APC one is made out of. should i got with the apc one or take the dc one.i know dc is known for good parts but im sorta on a low budget

 

[civicsi94]

well ya get what u pay for...But anyways i dont know about the apc shifter but i have friends who buy stuff from apc and most of the time it doesn't fit right out the box. it may not fit and require some elbow lol or modifing but DC is high price for a reason. Good quailty parts.

 

[94civic4door]

short shifter question everyone reply to this plz

i was browsing around ebay and came upon some short shifters .i saw some apc short shifters for 9.50 and theyre made out of CNC machined from 6061-T6 billet aluminum.and i saw a dc short shifter for 75 bucks and its made out of the same material that the APC one is made out of. should i got with the apc one or take the dc one.i know dc is known for good parts but im sorta on a low budget

 

[JiuJitsu_greg]

It's the question every one asks themself when they tune there car......Should I go with cheap stuff or go with the good stuff that costs more. I personally would go with the dc shifter and save for it......

 

[LatinEM2]

Yup dont' be cheap and get the good stuff...

 

[imracin101]

u get what u pay for!

 

[BlackCivicEK]

neither make your own like i did. follow the picture.

 

[LatinEM2]

neither make your own like i did. follow the picture.

Dosen't look like its shorter

 

[civicsi94]

u get what u pay for!

i can second that. Get the stuff that costs money cuz u'll like it in the long run....unless it has a major sale. lol

 

[Rick James]

dont get aluminum. i have heard of many people buy that cheapshit online and then they break

 

[ben]

I hear dc sports break a lot too!
only get the following:

B&M
Skunk2

that's it! lol they both make great shifters and I would never get anything else.

 

[BlackCivicEK]

the whole point of a short shifter is to shorten the throiw of your shift not to make your shifter shorter. if you want your shifter shorter then shorten the part above the ball.

 

[Rick James]

the whole point of a short shifter is to shorten the throiw of your shift not to make your shifter shorter. if you want your shifter shorter then shorten the part above the ball.

nottin good can become of cutting. just spend the money on something good.

 

[BlackCivicEK]

you will pay more to get a shifter when i spent nothing on mine and mines most likely alot shorter throw then anyone on heres.

 

[Handlebars]

get the cheapie. its a f**kin piece of metal, if its the right shape and length, it'll work whether you wasted 80 bucks on a name brand or 10 on a generic. and yes the cheapies sometimes break (as do the expensive ones) but you can break 8 cheapies just to equal the cost of one brand name. unless you shift with a sledgehammer, you arent gonna break 8 shifters.

 

[Destroy]

Id be pissed if my shifter fell off in my hand.....

 

[Handlebars]

usually metal doesnt "fall off" in your hand. some people think that by smashing the shifter into gears it helps them go faster (it doesnt, mostly just wrecks the tranny) and if you slam it hard enough, it will break. unlike steel, which bends, aluminum just snaps, and most aftermarket shifters are aluminum.

 

[doug piston]

any short shifter will work. but like he said^^^ theres no need for slammin the gears. its still the same distance

 

[2SLO2RCE]

from what ive read they are both not that good. ive been reading up in shifters and from what everyone has said go w/ skunk2 w/ a weighted nob. you will most likely drop about a hundred bucks on a new shifter and nob. i have had friends that used dc becouse they were brand loyal and snaped them. but they kept buying them and needless to say i dont let them drive my cars. search shifters on here and d-series.org and superhonda there are a thousand articals on it

 

[LatinEM2]

Double post....Don't be cheap and buy the good stuff, like i said on your other thread