Sometimes shorter is better...

Contrary to what some friendly neighborhood Yeti's may have you believe... sometimes shorter is better. Which brings me to my point- My new B&M Short Shift kit just arrived! As some of you may know I bought this item off of ebay a few weeks ago and have been awaiting its arrival every since. I'm glad to say the wait is over- the shifter is here and it is as described- bran-spankin' new.

The package was delivered to my office early this afternoon and I immediatley tore into it. Inside I found this:



The kit contains the following:

• Detailed Instructions


• B&M Shift Billet Aluminum Shift Knob


• B&M Shiftlever


• 4 Metal Bushings


• Some O-Rings


• a buncha screws


• and some cool B&M go-fast stickers

It all seems pretty unintimidating upon first inspection- then I read the instructions...

This is quite an involved procedure- more involved than I had first imagined. Without getting into too much detail (I'll save that for the install write-up) it appears that the exhaust must be removed in order to access the shift linkage assembly from below the car (AWESOME). Bottom line is that now I can't wait to attempt this install- its gonna be insane and I'm pretty sure it's doable.

The negative is that I'm not sure I have enough time this weekend to do both this- and- the sway bar install. My plan is this- start early Sunday morning with the short shift install- if that goes well and there is enough time then continue to the sway bar. I have a feeling though that the bar will have to wait another week.

The worst thing is that now it's only monday-

hopefully the week will go fast... tick tock tick tock