Made my own shifter for my auto.

[grammy]

Originally Posted by 15RS2NV

So, the real question here is "how do we get our hands on the machined shifter piece." I understand I can get the boot at the dealer, and I can order a knob for one, but i'm interested in getting the middle part to get rid of the stock leather shifter knob.

That was my main goal as well, the stock shifter is just not appealing and you get to choose a knob that appeals to you.

I would contact Michael (awsm66) directly. I exchanged a few texts with him a couple of weeks ago and I think (confirm w/ him) if there is enough interests he may make a few more.

If he's willing to fabricate some more, trust me you won't be disappointed. It was a breeze to install with minimal hand tools. Dude is super detailed and an all around good guy.

[champwynn]

cool!

[awsm66]

Looks great grammy. The color definitely looks great with the exterior.

[camguynj]

Originally Posted by awsm66

I saw Elvis66 posted a White Madness shifter a week or so ago and decided I would order one. I already had a manual shifter boot in the car but was using the stock shifter.

I put the White Madness shifter in and while it is a great design and well thought out and great finish, I wasn't happy with how it looked with the manual shift boot.

I was going to make an adapter for the boot but then decided to just make my own shifter instead.

I took some 2.5" solid AL stock I had and started turning it down until I had my desired shape. Then I figured out the actual length and cut it to size. Then I hollowed it out and tested it to make sure it worked like I wanted it to. Next step was to machine a piece of delrin as a bushing to the metal on the shifter so I wouldn't have metal to metal rubbing. I threaded it for a 12x1.25 because I couldn't find a CF ball I liked in the 12x1.75 thread. Lastly I milled a slot in it and turned down a screw to hold it all in.

I am not quite finished but far enough along to share what I have. I will be ceracoating the screw head with "micro slick dry film coating" to help with any seizing but I don't think it will be a problem if I didn't...I just would rather do it just in case.

I am NOT a professional machinist, and I wouldn't even say I am a hobby machinist...I am more of a "I got a good deal on some big machines from a friend and I like to play and use them some" machinist LOL. I used to use them a good bit to make collectible lightsaber hilt parts and even entire hilts but I haven't used them in quite a while so it was fun to use them again.

The shifter ball I ordered will hopefully be in on Thursday or Friday and I will update the post when I have that pic. Until then here are some progress pics.


OK all the images are rotated...sorry about that but I do not know how to fix it.

Truly great work and workmanship Now if you could make a dummy clutch pedal and patent them together you'd make a fortune LOL

[InFiD3ViL]

awsm66 does fantastic work and was an absolute joy to work with. He is the real deal.

Mine:

[grammy]

Originally Posted by awsm66

Looks great grammy. The color definitely looks great with the exterior.

Thanks man, I’m couldn’t be more pleased with the shifter! Once again, I appreciate the attention to detail!


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[awsm66]

Originally Posted by camguynj

Truly great work and workmanship Now if you could make a dummy clutch pedal and patent them together you'd make a fortune LOL

Thanks, LOL maybe I should do that but honestly while true it looks like a manual shifter, I didnt really set out to make it look like I had a manual car. I just hated the way the stock shifter looked and this looks so much better.

Originally Posted by InFiD3ViL

awsm66 does fantastic work and was an absolute joy to work with. He is the real deal.

Mine:

Originally Posted by grammy

Thanks man, I’m couldn’t be more pleased with the shifter! Once again, I appreciate the attention to detail!


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Thanks guys, I really appreciate the kind words.

[mr_honez]

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