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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 09:37 PM
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im looking for a short shifter for my 95. i read that a TRD short shifter works... where can i find one. and does it fit w/o problems?
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 01:27 AM
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TRD should work. I believe it was 95 that they switched the SCs to the newer style tranny. What you could do to find out is take off the trim plate and look at where the shifter bolts to the transmission abnd what kind of shifter it is. If it is the kind where a bolt goes through the bottom then the TRD will work. if it is a ball/socket type shifter then the TRD will not work.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:26 AM
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anyone know anyother brands??
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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C's short shifter should work, I think it's the supra application.

http://www.manictechracing.com/
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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im looking for something a lil cheaper then a 300-400 short shifter.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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hello??? doesnt anyone know?
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 11:08 AM
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i cut and welded my stock shifter. I love it because not its not flying high in the sky and i can rest my arm on the console and have my hand on the shifter.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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id be interested to get a definite answer. I got a 93 sc300 and i dont wanna buy somethign so rare only to find out the **** doesnt work...

thanks..
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 01:13 PM
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the C's shifter is the only on that i know of. unless you have the r154 tranny from the soarer, in which case the trd would work. there used to be on on ebay for like $60, but they were garbage... i snapped on in half shifting into second... and it wasnt that hard of a shift. its not easy to find ont that works for cheap, because there isnt one. we only have one option.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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metal cutting saw blade and or die grinder
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 01:28 PM
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its not that easy with the shape of the shifter, and besides that, a shorter shaft does not make it a short shifter because the throw would remain the same.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ki_soarer
its not that easy with the shape of the shifter, and besides that, a shorter shaft does not make it a short shifter because the throw would remain the same.
Yeah i never looked at the sc3 shaft tho.. i know alot of OEM cars are really tall
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ki_soarer
its not that easy with the shape of the shifter, and besides that, a shorter shaft does not make it a short shifter because the throw would remain the same.
exactly, which makes it completely pointless to cut your shifter except for aesthetic purposes. The whole logic behind a short shifter is to shorten the throw. So when people say they have a short throw shifter by cutting in half, and rewelding it - you really have a "Less Tall Shifter"
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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Both supra and soarer applications.

You can order them through luxurymods
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 04:30 PM
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i dont care about shorter shaft. mine is perfect height. i can care less about shorter throws. the thing is i got a shift **** that wont fit because the shaft gets thicker about 1/3 way down. and i want a shifter that is the same size as the threaded part. i only know of 2 shifters, C's and TRD. and TRD is what i want. i just want to spend 300 for it
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