Honda Prelude AC AutoTechnic Short Shifter
03-18-2005, 03:17 PM
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Honda Prelude AC AutoTechnic Short Shifter
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I just purchased a 1997 Acura CL 2.2 (only 47k miles, woot!) and the first mod I'd like to make is to replace the really ugly and long shifter. I have been searching the forums and it looks like I have two options. I can either get a shifter from a 92-96 honda prelude or I can buy an overpriced short shifter kit.
I was searching google and I found this shifter:
http://www.prostreetonline.com/parts...short_shifter/
will it work/fit on the CL?
Thanks.
I just purchased a 1997 Acura CL 2.2 (only 47k miles, woot!) and the first mod I'd like to make is to replace the really ugly and long shifter. I have been searching the forums and it looks like I have two options. I can either get a shifter from a 92-96 honda prelude or I can buy an overpriced short shifter kit.
I was searching google and I found this shifter:
http://www.prostreetonline.com/parts...short_shifter/
will it work/fit on the CL?
Thanks.
03-18-2005, 04:25 PM
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check out klepto's site...it kicks some ass with all his D.Y.I.'s
http://home.comcast.net/~daklepto/diymisc.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~daklepto/diymisc.htm
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4bidden short shifter...designed for 4th gen preludes but fits 5th gen accords and 1st gen cl's...obviously it'll be shorter than the 4th gen prelude shifter
03-18-2005, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by hybridnrg
check out klepto's site...it kicks some ass with all his D.Y.I.'s
http://home.comcast.net/~daklepto/diymisc.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~daklepto/diymisc.htm
get the 4th gen shifter and do it yourself. Save yourself like $100
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Originally Posted by elnegrox
so you're saying it would work but it would be too short?
the 4bidden will bolt up to the stock cl shifter plate, but if you can find a prelude shifter plate the shifter will sit slightly lower and give even shorter shifts (according to what i remember the creaters said...i'll be trying that in a couple days)
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So where can the 4bidden short shifter be purchased?
Also, does anyone know if the short shifter on the page I pasted will work in the CL? No one has really given a definate yes or no answer. Wouldn't it be a good shifter option especialy at that price?
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Also, does anyone know if the short shifter on the page I pasted will work in the CL? No one has really given a definate yes or no answer. Wouldn't it be a good shifter option especialy at that price?
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Originally Posted by sumdumguy
what's that four times the price? shit
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yall got lucky with your prelude shifters. I've been looking for over eight months for a fourth gen prelude shifter. No junk yards around here have them, because no junk yards have preludes...they said the parts last about two days when a prelude comes in. I've bid on four shifters on ebay during this time, and lost every one at the last second. Hehe, but at least the buyer payed more than he was expecting for it. Each one went over $40. To tell you the truth, i owned a prelude and the shifts were fine with me, i really dont want a shorter shifter, its not a price thing to me. Its getting to the point where i might just go ahead and buy the forbidden one, because i can't stand the stock shifter. Sorry, kind of random, i have no clue about the ac shifter, if its solid, it looks like it'd be a really good deal. Just dont get adapters. If you want to get into the upper price range, you can go with a pspec, which is apparantly amazing, idk, i've never driven with one, but alot of guys recommend it. But forbidden is a good guy, i remember when he was creating the shifter for his own prelude.
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Originally Posted by marchingant4
yall got lucky with your prelude shifters. I've been looking for over eight months for a fourth gen prelude shifter. No junk yards around here have them, because no junk yards have preludes...they said the parts last about two days when a prelude comes in. I've bid on four shifters on ebay during this time, and lost every one at the last second. Hehe, but at least the buyer payed more than he was expecting for it. Each one went over $40. To tell you the truth, i owned a prelude and the shifts were fine with me, i really dont want a shorter shifter, its not a price thing to me. Its getting to the point where i might just go ahead and buy the forbidden one, because i can't stand the stock shifter. Sorry, kind of random, i have no clue about the ac shifter, if its solid, it looks like it'd be a really good deal. Just dont get adapters. If you want to get into the upper price range, you can go with a pspec, which is apparantly amazing, idk, i've never driven with one, but alot of guys recommend it. But forbidden is a good guy, i remember when he was creating the shifter for his own prelude.
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Originally Posted by marchingant4
yall got lucky with your prelude shifters. I've been looking for over eight months for a fourth gen prelude shifter. No junk yards around here have them, because no junk yards have preludes...they said the parts last about two days when a prelude comes in. I've bid on four shifters on ebay during this time, and lost every one at the last second. Hehe, but at least the buyer payed more than he was expecting for it. Each one went over $40. To tell you the truth, i owned a prelude and the shifts were fine with me, i really dont want a shorter shifter, its not a price thing to me. Its getting to the point where i might just go ahead and buy the forbidden one, because i can't stand the stock shifter. Sorry, kind of random, i have no clue about the ac shifter, if its solid, it looks like it'd be a really good deal. Just dont get adapters. If you want to get into the upper price range, you can go with a pspec, which is apparantly amazing, idk, i've never driven with one, but alot of guys recommend it. But forbidden is a good guy, i remember when he was creating the shifter for his own prelude.
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Originally Posted by azian21485
i'll have a 4th gen prelude shifter available in a couple days...i bought the assembly with the shifter plate...but i only need the shifterplate (for 4bidden shifter)....i dunno if the lude shifter will bolt onto the cl shifter plate but if you want the shifter with all the hardware pm me
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Well thanks for the good information. I ordered the prelude short shifter from the link I pasted so I'll let you guys know how the install goes and if it is worth the $30.
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