Short Shift

Mckellar

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You can get them for the golf gti (mk3) i know that because my friend has one, and i believe they share the same box.

There was one on ebay not long ago, went for around £60 second hand. iirc ofcourse.
 

Czechboy

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If you are on a budget, get your hacksaw out (or an angle grinder if your a real man) and chop down the stick by 4cm. Thats what I did in all 3 of my past cars and it did the trick ;)
 

Mckellar

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any side effects Mig?

After doing that, u then replace the gearnob with a golf one ;) performance + styling that costs about £10 all in.
 

chris27

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If you are on a budget, get your hacksaw out (or an angle grinder if your a real man) and chop down the stick by 4cm. Thats what I did in all 3 of my past cars and it did the trick ;)

Sounds like a plan lol. And as i cant be bothered to go outside because its dark, cold and wet - hows the gear knob attatch? Is it screwed on or does it have little screws to pinch it on??
 

Boi Ninja

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If you are on a budget, get your hacksaw out (or an angle grinder if your a real man) and chop down the stick by 4cm. Thats what I did in all 3 of my past cars and it did the trick ;)

and chris27
Sounds like a plan lol. And as i cant be bothered to go outside because its dark, cold and wet - hows the gear knob attatch? Is it screwed on or does it have little screws to pinch it on??

hmm, think i might give it a go too actually and if it doesnt work its an excuse to buy a b&m lol.

as above, hows it attach though? can i use the original knob with it cut down :whistle: i like it, it says cupra on it and looks nice .
 

Czechboy

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I'm affraid you can't use the original knob. Maybe if you used some PVC glue then it might work but I've always had a nice sparco/momo knob to fit and they use grub screws so they fit fine.

No side effects either and as a bonus you can actually use the cig lighter socket while driving, without the gearshift banging into it everytime you go to put it into 3rd gear.
 

Mckellar

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to take the gearknob off, unhook the leather gaitor, and keep on twisting anti-clockwise and after u realise, like me that you've already ran out of thread, just pull it off, dead simple.

I ended up twisting for ages thinking it had been stuck on a thread, oops!
 

Mckellar

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No side effects either and as a bonus you can actually use the cig lighter socket while driving, without the gearshift banging into it everytime you go to put it into 3rd gear.


i can now charge my phone and use my sat nav easier thinking of it that way :clap:
 

Pedro

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can i use the original knob with it cut down :whistle: i like it, it says cupra on it and looks nice .

If you really want to you could try using a die to recut the thread on the cut down stalk - you'd probably want to chamfer the top off first though to help it cut in :)
 

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Worth noting that the B&M is for 02A cable change g'box on a 2.0 16v

To fit it 'properly' you have to drop the exhuast and heatsheild to drop the shifter box from the tunnel.

their is a way of changing it without doing all the above but its not for the faint hearted:)
 
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