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.

[Digndoug]

Is there anyway you can get the measurments of the ball after its grinded? So I can take it somewhere and have it cut to the right size before I have to pull out my stock one? Thanks, I plan on doing this soon, also do you reccomond taking out the entire plastic peice or is there an easyer way of doing it?
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Theres no exact demensions. I wopuld sugest going to home-depot and finding a cheap dremle of the sort, my buddie got a black and decker one for $20, and then just get a sander bit and metal bristle bit. if you look closly theres only a slight bit of a dif so it dosnt fit. I just kept grinding it all the way around till it fit.

And about removing it, yes your going to want to remove it, its already a pain working on what u have to while its in there, and wil be to hard leaving it in.