Any1 know how to remove thread off the shifter stalk?
09-29-11, 10:45 PM
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Any1 know how to remove thread off the shifter stalk?
So most of us know how our shifter can be screwed on and off.
And if you crank / screwn down to far on either the stock ISx50's or the stock IS-F perforated shifter the chrome center will make a crack noise and begin to seperate itself from the leather.
When I got my f sport carbon fiber **** it was able to go way farther then either of the two shifters above but still wouldn't touch the shifter floor base. If I tried to get it to touch it too would make a slight hint of a cracking noise and I could see it was beginning to seperate from the leather of the shifter.
Thus I backed up one thread. It was low but not as low as I want it. I want the base of the shift **** to touch the base of the shifter gate.
So with that said how can I "shave" off some of the top threads of the shifter stalk that the shift **** screws on to.?
I hope you don't say dremel cause if so I apparently don't have the right attachment for my dremel cause all it did was laugh at the fact I was trying to dremel straight through unhollow steel, it heated up my stalk and that was about it.
And if you crank / screwn down to far on either the stock ISx50's or the stock IS-F perforated shifter the chrome center will make a crack noise and begin to seperate itself from the leather.
When I got my f sport carbon fiber **** it was able to go way farther then either of the two shifters above but still wouldn't touch the shifter floor base. If I tried to get it to touch it too would make a slight hint of a cracking noise and I could see it was beginning to seperate from the leather of the shifter.
Thus I backed up one thread. It was low but not as low as I want it. I want the base of the shift **** to touch the base of the shifter gate.
So with that said how can I "shave" off some of the top threads of the shifter stalk that the shift **** screws on to.?
I hope you don't say dremel cause if so I apparently don't have the right attachment for my dremel cause all it did was laugh at the fact I was trying to dremel straight through unhollow steel, it heated up my stalk and that was about it.
09-29-11, 11:42 PM
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Yep, it slices through metal no problem. Put a large rag to catch the metal particles though! I want a F-Sport shift **** haha.. will have to wait awhile. My $735 purchase a couple weeks ago (F-Sport sway bars, intake, steering damper). went by without the wife saying anything.. lay low for awhile lol.
09-29-11, 11:47 PM
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Yep, it slices through metal no problem. Put a large rag to catch the metal particles though! I want a F-Sport shift **** haha.. will have to wait awhile. My $735 purchase a couple weeks ago (F-Sport sway bars, intake, steering damper). went by without the wife saying anything.. lay low for awhile lol.
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09-30-11, 12:20 AM
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just remember the shifter changes height as you move it thru its... arc? so cut it to the height at its lowest point in its swing~ and NOT when its in the park position.
09-30-11, 12:26 AM
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Yea I'm doing white stitching on my seats so this would match it
I assume if you cut the leather on the IS-F **** remove the stitching, lay down perforated leather (or whatever you wanted) then restitched it shouldn't be to hard. I've been working crazy hours at work (50+) so I never had time to do it myself since when I get home the sun is coming up and I'm tired.
09-30-11, 04:37 AM
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No clue! I shipped it to my buddy and he knocked it out for me. I of course had to pay him and wait a long time but the detail with the stitching through the perforations was so worth it.
Yea I'm doing white stitching on my seats so this would match it
I assume if you cut the leather on the IS-F **** remove the stitching, lay down perforated leather (or whatever you wanted) then restitched it shouldn't be to hard. I've been working crazy hours at work (50+) so I never had time to do it myself since when I get home the sun is coming up and I'm tired.
Yea I'm doing white stitching on my seats so this would match it
I assume if you cut the leather on the IS-F **** remove the stitching, lay down perforated leather (or whatever you wanted) then restitched it shouldn't be to hard. I've been working crazy hours at work (50+) so I never had time to do it myself since when I get home the sun is coming up and I'm tired.