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Shifter lever options? IE one isn't great...

Jace

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12 hours ago, calw said:

Looking at the progression in that photo, by the time BMW gets to the Z6, the lever may be too short to install a shift knob, and only long arm-ed drivers need apply.  Just sayin' 

Here's one of my earlier prototypes...

 

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5 hours ago, AceAndrew said:

You must have missed my post.  The shifter IE uses is a dealer-supplied OEM part.  Sorry to hear your complaints, be interesting to hear what you find as a reasonable solution.

I think they are selling the same one as the 4 speed short shifter pictured on the site for the 5 speed.

 

Look here, its definitely an aftermarket shifter.

 

I think things have changed at IE since some people left and covid hasn't helped either.

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I have the Kooglewerks shift boot. Very nice and it will solve your issue. Unless you are really in to rubber vs leather.

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On 2/16/2021 at 9:00 AM, Jace said:

hello team

 

i'm sick of my shifter. i think it came with the IE 5-speed swap kit years ago. it's ugly and it's my least favourite part of the car.

It has too large a diameter for the dumb rubber-filled section to work with the accordion-style shift boot. it first split the seam on the shift boot where it attaches to the console before i hacked the top off it. stupid ugly thing.

The shifter is around the way its supposed to be, but is a long reach for reverse and generally that little bit too far away to be comfortable. ya get a sore shoulder on big drives from reaching for it. i have a custom DSSR that places the shifter dead vertical in neutral basically.

 

I would gladly do without the rubber-filled bit altogether, I don't rate that doughiness in BMW shifters. I don't own a welder or a lathe, or know anybody who could sort one out for me custom. I do have the steel part of an old E21 shifter without the top on it for a start to a custom one i suppose.

 

Is there an off-the-shelf shifter that will be a good fit? i suppose i'm after something with a similar throw to this, but angled back to the right a bit (RHD). if it's solid steel i don't mind tweaking the bend to suit myself I guess?

 

Any discussion or tips welcome. :)

 

Thanks

 

 

I think this is an E21 shifter, not entirely sure, it came with a used 5 speed swap I bought, topped with a crappy ebay knockoff M shift knob.

 

I'm 6'6" and have aftermarket seats mounted even further back than stock and I have no issues reaching it.

 

Alternatively, if you are reaching too far for reverse, maybe you just need a shorter shift linkage to angle it  back more.

 

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11 hours ago, Lorin said:

You left out the X5 shifter.  I ended up with one of those in my E30, best shifter I ever had in that chassis. 

I don't have an X5 shifter, those were just what I had on hand.

 

All the X5 shifter levers I've seen are much longer and bent back at more of an angle.

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16 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

short shifters are overrated

 

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Looks like a piece of lamp rod screwed onto the factory shifter lol. Long shifter, for slowing down gear grinders and/or race car driver's who don't know how to shift slowly.

 

I like the dual giant gauges in inches of mercury and inches of vacuum, they look like they're from a semi truck or mechanic's test gauges. 

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