I guess I didn't realize there were real shorties for 5th gens. That forbidden one is $70 cheaper than PSPEC! Boo! Why can'tforbidden make one for 6th gens? After hearing all the hype about PSPEC from the guys over on 6GA.com, I am seriously thinking about blowing $200 on a PSPEC. My stock shifter just feels cheap to me. Plus sometimes I miss 4th and I feel like a total n00b[:@]

 

You got some stuff to figure out before you saw off the shift lever in an automatic. The latch mechanism #9, 10, 11, 12 & the pushrod that livesdown inside the hollow shift lever.

 

O_O I was kiddin'about me cutting mine! i know that's close to imposible! well... nothing is impossible to do to a Honda... but you get it... Thanks for the diagram anyways!!! it shows why u are a mod!!!

 

How is that even possible? It's straight back! Sometimes I miss 5th and accidentally go into 3rd. The short shift adapter+ shortened shifter makes 4th to 5th completely a diagonal move instead of up-over-up.

 

This is very true. I have the same style but it's so worth it, i think it looks dope as hell. Mine has black engraving and looks stock. Put a windshield visor up when you leave the car to keep the sun off so the **** doesnt get so hot. Missing 4th eh noobie? Haha jk, Ive done 2nd instead of 4th once or twice. I always fix it though before I fully let go of the clutch.

 

Yeah I always do too, but that doesn't stop me from jacking the rpm's up to 5k and sounding like a retard when it finally goes into gear after a long lag. haha. I guess the way I shift I give it gas a split second before letting the clutch out. Mine doesn't grind or anything though when I miss it. It almost feels like it bounces off of something like I stuck the lever between gears. I'm always like "Dangit! POS!" haha.
Sometimes it grinds if I try to shift fastinto second too, which is annoying,but I think that is becauseeither:
a) I'm not pressing the clutch in quite far enough before I throw it into 2nd, or
b) I need to change my manual tranny fluid (I haven't done that since I've owned the car for 30k miles). I need to do that soon, but I've been too lazy. I guess I'll use either redline MTF or Honda MTF when I finally get around to it.

 

oooh Honda MTF makes shifts like cutting through warm butter! I tend to grind 5th a lot because by the time I get to shifting into 5th I'm too lazy to operate the clutch normally. I also tend to look like I'm headbanging in the mosh pit to some speed metal song when I'm trying to get that damn Kevlar clutch into 1st lol.