Short shifter handle, best $100 you can spend for a manual 3'er!

wj4 · 04-21-2007, 01:13 AM

I went on a spree this past week and bought several items for my 335i. I was most impressed with the OEM sports short shifter. Now the height and throw is just right, and that rubberish feeling is now gone. The shift is so much more crisp. I feel that I can downshift more precise too. IMO, $100 well spent! All you manual drivers need to get one!

Evo8MRto335I · 04-21-2007, 01:26 AM

That is a good price, who makes them?

NPDAN · 04-21-2007, 01:26 AM

Where'd you get it from?

topher04r1 · 04-21-2007, 01:27 AM

+1

jjhan85 · 04-21-2007, 01:28 AM

nice man.... yea where i can get one for my 325i? i've been wanting to do something fun to me car besides intake and stuff =)

evoi19 · 04-21-2007, 01:28 AM

i wonder how this is compared to Rogue's SSK. I mean the short shift knob is just that...a knob right?

Dann902 · 04-21-2007, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Evo8MRto335I

That is a good price, who makes them?

BMW! that's why it is "OEM" I got mine at www.circlebmw.com for $101.25 +shipping. I love this mod!

wj4 · 04-21-2007, 01:37 AM

Hold on fellas, I'll find the link in a second. This is the best price I got.

From Crown BMW...Total price is $101.08

$93.08 and 8 for shipping.

wj4 · 04-21-2007, 01:41 AM

Here is the link..
https://secure.webmakerx.net/Default....crownauto.com

in line 2, enter 25110406895 for part number and choose BMW.

This is the black sport shifter with NO "M" on top. Just R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. I was also pleasant that it is not the perforated leather as I've seen in pictures. It matches my M steering wheel much better!

wj4 · 04-21-2007, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by evo119

i wonder how this is compared to Rogue's SSK. I mean the short shift knob is just that...a knob right?

Yes, it is just a knob that comes with the boot as well. The knob is about an inch lower than stock. It's the same material used on the steering wheel. I was not expecting much, but I feel that the shift is a lot more crisp, and I love it...especially at WOT runs!

NPDAN · 04-21-2007, 01:48 AM

No pics on that site... Can you take a picture an post?

wj4 · 04-21-2007, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by NPDAN

No pics on that site... Can you take a picture an post?

LOL sure, I was going to wait until the weather clears up before I do a photoshoot. But I will give a couple of pictures just for comparison. Give me about 20 or so before I post up the pictures.

FrankoQ · 04-21-2007, 05:13 AM

Looks nice and the shorter shifter does make a difference like you said.

bronco · 04-21-2007, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by wj4

I went on a spree this past week and bought several items for my 335i. I was most impressed with the OEM sports short shifter. Now the height and throw is just right, and that rubberish feeling is now gone. The shift is so much more crisp. I feel that I can downshift more precise too. IMO, $100 well spent! All you manual drivers need to get one!

I am confused of why people call it a short "shifter"...when all it is is a sharter shift knob

HyperM3 · 04-21-2007, 09:11 AM

Ive been waiting for my dealer to get one in for 2 weeks now. "It'll be in any day now..."

spydrz · 04-21-2007, 09:23 AM

I love mine

Raider · 04-21-2007, 09:35 AM

Thread title is misleading...what you have a is a shorter shift knob...and it does nothing for the mile-long throw that BMW integrated into their transmission.

Short shifter or (SSK) is the whole linkage, and it reduces the distance going from gear to gear, to speed up shifts and to improve precision. That's what i've been dying to get for this car, the throw is horribly long...

Looks good though, but a 100 bucks just for that?

F30Toad · 04-21-2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Raider

Thread title is misleading...what you have a is a shorter shift knob...and it does nothing for the mile-long throw that BMW integrated into their transmission.

Short shifter or (SSK) is the whole linkage, and it reduces the distance going from gear to gear, to speed up shifts and to improve precision. That's what i've been dying to get for this car, the throw is horribly long...

Looks good though, but a 100 bucks just for that?

Not true that it doesn't shorten the throw. Maybe not as much as changing the linkage but it does shorten it.

A little geometry. If you move two different length levers through the same degree of arc, the distance travled by the top of the lever will be less for the shorter lever, basic math. If the shift lever was not fixed at the bottom and moved the same as the top you would be right, but it is.

I have the same knob and it makes shifting feel much better. Whether it is due to the shorter throw or just that it falls better to my hand I can't tell, but I do like it. It is also easy to do, cheaper than a full linkage change and reversable in seconds. I agree, $100 well spent.

wj4 · 04-21-2007, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Raider

Thread title is misleading...what you have a is a shorter shift knob...and it does nothing for the mile-long throw that BMW integrated into their transmission.

Short shifter or (SSK) is the whole linkage, and it reduces the distance going from gear to gear, to speed up shifts and to improve precision. That's what i've been dying to get for this car, the throw is horribly long...

Looks good though, but a 100 bucks just for that?

This shift knob does reduce the throw as it sits one inch lowered than stock. I did not want to go with the traditional B & M short shifter that includes the linkage, bushing, etc because it was more money, and I was never a fan of them. They make the throw too short and take the fun out of it.

Raider · 04-21-2007, 10:54 AM

Maybe it's just me, but i don't feel any different with the way the shifting goes...

it just looks better and feel nicer...

wj4 · 04-21-2007, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Raider

Maybe it's just me, but i don't feel any different with the way the shifting goes...

it just looks better and feel nicer...

I don't know what you expected, but I've let a few of my friends drive the car since last night and they all felt a difference. It's just a minor shortened throw which is the perfect range IMO. I hate the super short throws like on some of my friends' cars where you only move the shifter a couple of millimeters to change gears.

homerunball · 04-21-2007, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider

Thread title is misleading...what you have a is a shorter shift knob...and it does nothing for the mile-long throw that BMW integrated into their transmission.

Short shifter or (SSK) is the whole linkage, and it reduces the distance going from gear to gear, to speed up shifts and to improve precision. That's what i've been dying to get for this car, the throw is horribly long...

+1

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Originally Posted by E90Toad

Not true that it doesn't shorten the throw. Maybe not as much as changing the linkage but it does shorten it.

A little geometry. If you move two different length levers through the same degree of arc, the distance travled by the top of the lever will be less for the shorter lever, basic math. If the shift lever was not fixed at the bottom and moved the same as the top you would be right, but it is.

I have the same knob and it makes shifting feel much better. Whether it is due to the shorter throw or just that it falls better to my hand I can't tell, but I do like it. It is also easy to do, cheaper than a full linkage change and reversable in seconds. I agree, $100 well spent.

True, but thats not the traditional meaning of the "short shifter". We can just grab further down the knob to simulate what the new knob would feel like.

I still got it though :rocks: Knobs do make a tremendous difference in feel.

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evoi19 Lieutenant General 1524 Rep 17,386 Posts Drives: 2022 G80C Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (18)	i wonder how this is compared to Rogue's SSK. I mean the short shift knob is just that...a knob right?
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wj4 Major General 335 Rep 7,719 Posts Drives: E90 manual 335i Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Burbank, CA iTrader: (8)	Hold on fellas, I'll find the link in a second. This is the best price I got. From Crown BMW...Total price is $101.08 $93.08 and 8 for shipping.
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wj4 Major General 335 Rep 7,719 Posts Drives: E90 manual 335i Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Burbank, CA iTrader: (8)	Here is the link.. https://secure.webmakerx.net/Default....crownauto.com in line 2, enter 25110406895 for part number and choose BMW. This is the black sport shifter with NO "M" on top. Just R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. I was also pleasant that it is not the perforated leather as I've seen in pictures. It matches my M steering wheel much better!
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Raider Panties Sniffer 34 Rep 688 Posts Drives: Stealthy 335Ci Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Isengard iTrader: (0)	Thread title is misleading...what you have a is a shorter shift knob...and it does nothing for the mile-long throw that BMW integrated into their transmission. Short shifter or (SSK) is the whole linkage, and it reduces the distance going from gear to gear, to speed up shifts and to improve precision. That's what i've been dying to get for this car, the throw is horribly long... Looks good though, but a 100 bucks just for that? __________________ Nash for MVP
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