My first "Custom" visual mod on SC300
12-17-11, 08:14 AM
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Well, the previous owner had the red/black toggle switch hooked up for an audio system i'm guessing.. So I re-wired the O/D to the toggle switch. That way I don't have this 1"X1" hole in my shifter bezel. 
12-17-11, 11:32 AM
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last shift **** i tried wouldnt fit over the stick part 
it was scary but everything works mint still!
12-18-11, 01:12 PM
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Nicely done! Ive looked at this and boom inspiration hit me. I looked at all the connections under the og panel and the od button (lost the spring now lol) and started the rewiring process. Any special instructions on re-wiring the 2 od wires?
On a second note, I love that CF vinyl work. Very clean!
On a second note, I love that CF vinyl work. Very clean!
12-18-11, 07:45 PM
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Nicely done! Ive looked at this and boom inspiration hit me. I looked at all the connections under the og panel and the od button (lost the spring now lol) and started the rewiring process. Any special instructions on re-wiring the 2 od wires?
On a second note, I love that CF vinyl work. Very clean!
On a second note, I love that CF vinyl work. Very clean!
12-19-11, 09:36 AM
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That makes sense. The reason I ask was because when the shifter is completely removed OD remains on and only when the button (or shifter) is connected then OD will go off when the circuit is incomplete. I didnt see any special mechanism in the port so Im wondering.
Thanks for the info. Did you get to installing the "new" layout? I cant wait to see it in action
Thanks for the info. Did you get to installing the "new" layout? I cant wait to see it in action
12-19-11, 10:13 AM
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That makes sense. The reason I ask was because when the shifter is completely removed OD remains on and only when the button (or shifter) is connected then OD will go off when the circuit is incomplete. I didnt see any special mechanism in the port so Im wondering.
Thanks for the info. Did you get to installing the "new" layout? I cant wait to see it in action
Thanks for the info. Did you get to installing the "new" layout? I cant wait to see it in action
I am waiting on the bezel to be shipped, but in the meantime, I am fabricating up a replacement shifter assembly. Reason being, when you add a manual shifter **** to our vehicles on the stock auto shifter, it moves around and has play in it. I am making a shifter out of aluminum stock that has no movement other than up and down to engage/disengage the transmission and back and forth, obviously to select gears. Watch the video of the shifter someone has made on this forum and you'll see the slop I am referring to. I will eliminate all the play and it will be substantially shorter in height as well.
12-19-11, 06:26 PM
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just use a auto shifter off ebay. i copied my idea straight from this video and the link. works like a charm and doesnt have a loose feeling. the shifter is aluminum with a carbon fiber spacer and a spring on the inside.
if you want it silver, spray oven cleaner on it and it will get rid of the red anodizing
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARBON-FIBER...ht_2445wt_1037
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYPs1..._order&list=UL
if you want it silver, spray oven cleaner on it and it will get rid of the red anodizing
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARBON-FIBER...ht_2445wt_1037
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYPs1..._order&list=UL
12-19-11, 10:25 PM
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I will admit that the post above looks pretty clean^^^^.
But in all seriousness if I went to purchase an sc off someone and there automatic shifter was swapped for a phony manual looking one I would think the owner is a clown and I would wonder what other sort of 'mods' he has done.
Yes the automatic shifter isnt the prettiest but it isnt that bad either,,,,its how it came from the factory and its ten times better then what u guys are doing here,,,,which is basically butchering your car.
But in all seriousness if I went to purchase an sc off someone and there automatic shifter was swapped for a phony manual looking one I would think the owner is a clown and I would wonder what other sort of 'mods' he has done.
Yes the automatic shifter isnt the prettiest but it isnt that bad either,,,,its how it came from the factory and its ten times better then what u guys are doing here,,,,which is basically butchering your car.
12-20-11, 05:47 AM
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And 1Willy.. I appreciate your criticism and respectfully disagree.. Almost ANYTHING looks and feels better than the stock auto shifter. Not everyone is fortunate to find a factory 5-speed car for dirt cheap and I sure as hell wouldn't pay $10k for a 15-20 year old car that requires another 5-6k to make decently quick. With that $10k, I could easily put that towards an MKIV and have a 6-speed, the GTE engine and better body lines.. BUT that is not the discussion here.. If I was a previous SC owner and seen they replaced the stock auto with this, I would shake his hand and tell him thank you..
EDIT: As you stated, we are "butchering" the car.. I for one, did not cut/trim any piece of the stock shifter arm....If I wanted to slide the stock ***** back on, I could and would work like it did from the factory..
Last edited by Justinizme; 12-20-11 at 06:27 AM.