Potential Very Cheap DIY Short Shifter *UPDATED* Options

[Coomer]

Hey guys,
Over the weekend I installed a custom short shifter in my fourth gen. GT-S. Total cost was $29.94 shipped and insured(and that includes a new shift knob too), and all it required was a couple hours of custom work...no welding or anything like that either.

Basically, I used a '00+ Eclipse/Lancer/EVO Short Shifter, which is readily available for cheap on eBay.

After taking the shifter assembly out of my car, disassembling it, and cutting it apart(which took over an hour because the '88's assembly is solid, thick steel and I had no good tools available to cut it...the sixth gen's is plastic.), I put the Mitsubishi short shifter in, did more cutting, placed it in the car, and bolted it in(with longer bolts from a hardware store) with tons of bushings and washers to elevate the assembly and prevent the shift linkage cable from hitting the floor of the car.

It wasn't too hard of a process(and the really hard part was cutting the metal, which would be very easy on the sixth gen. because it's plastic), and I think the short shifter will work perfectly in a sixth gen. as well.

If you guys are interested, tonight I can take apart my stock sixth gen. shifter(I have a TRD Quickshifter which I love), and see if the Mitsubishi short shifter will fit in it. If so, I could write up a detailed how-to for you guys. Let me know if you're interested.

[946thGenGT]

Sigh...I'll get to this at some point. Lately I've been doing schoolwork and attempting to get my GT-S working, but Toyota made such a big mistake with that car it's ridiculous.
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As another owner of a 4th Gen GT-S I'm curious to know what the big mistake was?
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The starter wires...lots of GT-S owners experience problems with them. They're too small and over time build up resistance, to the point where sometimes the car won't start, but if you wait a few minutes, it will sometimes start. That's a major, major problem, and I don't understand why Toyota never realized this and recalled the GT-S models.

Also, the starter wires touch the block, and accessing them to replace them at the starter itself is not easy. To even get the starter out, the exhaust has to be removed. And that I can't do myself, so I'm stuck taking my car to Toyota most likely to get this done.
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Oh... that. Yeah, that's the main reason I parked the car. I got sick of it not starting on me 50% of the time. I'm sure it's a cheap fix but I was too lazy to do it so I just bought a new car instead. =P