E30 Short Shift.. Help b4 I buy...!

Hi mate

It's probably a Z3 gear lever, it's a popular upgrade, take a look on www.e30zone.co.uk and have a look in the articles section, there's a write up there on the upgrade. The lever itself costs about £20 from the BMW dealers.

Sorry Jay, but there's no point in fitting a shifter for 5% less travel.

The UUC shifter has a 30% reduction in travel but obviously it's more expensive, i may have a particular interest in this post for some reason though

chippeduk wrote: do not use this one. you need to bend the selector shaft to make it fit properly which in my opnion is a terrible thing to do. go to bmw and buy ane36 m3 shifter and fit that. there is no need to mod the car in any way and it shifts 5% less than the z3 unit !!!!

E36 M3 3.0 or 3.2 ?? They're different..

chippeduk wrote: 3.2

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Hope this helps.

thats not the right one.

it come about by people on the e30zone and requires you to bend the rod which in my opinion is a bad thing.

I am offering quality advice and not messing around.

The FACT is on most applications the z3 shifter requires the lower arm to be bent.

Not on every occasion but almost all of them.

the m3 unit is the same as the z3 but the angle of the rod means it doesnt need the lower arm to be bent.

if the z3 works for you then thats great but why would anyone want to use the z3 shifter knowing that there is a 90% chance you need to mod the bar when with the m3 one you 100% dont need to and it shifts better with less travel.