B & M Short shifters

**audipotential** · 05-20-2008 09:06 PM

So who likes em? Who uses em? Couldnt get the search engine to work with the name b and M so why not just make a new post!

**keithla4** · 05-20-2008 09:08 PM

b&m dosent make the short shifter for our cars anymore i have already called b&m direst and they told me there wasent a big enough demand for them so they cancled them. sorry to tell you that.

**audipotential** · 05-20-2008 09:18 PM

lol I bought one off a member on here. Its going out tommorow.

**MarkChai** · 05-20-2008 09:33 PM

I have one in the garage that is missing hardware, and since B&M doesn't make the shifter anymore, I have an anodized paper weight.

**TurboQuattroPwr** · 05-20-2008 11:13 PM

I have one and so far no complaints. I have it on the shortest throw setting and its almost effortless when it comes to shifting though the gears. B&M FTMFW!!!!

**tamadrumr88** · 05-20-2008 11:25 PM

I drove a MK4 GTI with one and I absolutely could not get it into 2nd gear... It felt mechanical yet sloppy, not tight (Like a stock shifter perhaps with metal shifter bushings) I'd probably go with the ebay B&M knock-off seeing as how it's only $30 and wouldn't be as much of a loss if it truly sucked

**initiala4** · 05-21-2008 02:15 AM

there are other brands you can choose like Hypershift or JHM

**mike-2ptzero** · 05-21-2008 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by keithla4

b&m dosent make the short shifter for our cars anymore i have already called b&m direst and they told me there wasent a big enough demand for them so they cancled them. sorry to tell you that.

Yeah once the JHM hit the market that demand for B&M went out the window. Just cant get any better then the JHM shifter since it replaces all of the parts not just the shaft.

**Sammy7** · 05-21-2008 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by tamadrumr88

I drove a MK4 GTI with one and I absolutely could not get it into 2nd gear... It felt mechanical yet sloppy, not tight (Like a stock shifter perhaps with metal shifter bushings) I'd probably go with the ebay B&M knock-off seeing as how it's only $30 and wouldn't be as much of a loss if it truly sucked

I'm wondering how much of this is the shifter itself and how much is the way it was installed and adjusted. When I installed my Neuspeed, it took some trial and error to get it right. There has to be a good number of people out there who thought "Screw it. I can get it into every gear and that's close enough."

That being said, I wasn't satisfied with my Neuspeed because it still used the plastic ball and the whole assembly still rode on the rubber bushings. The only benefit came from the change in geometry that gives you the shorter throw. When I saw the comparison video on the JHM website, I was sold.