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First off, this mod came out completely accidently.
Somewhere in another thread we were discussing shifter extensions, and I was looking for a bent one to bring the knob closer to me.
I never found one online that looked like what I wanted. They were all either too long or tall or both.
Let's jump forward a little bit.
I bought a '63 Bug last year. One of the niggling issues I have with it is I have to lean forward to get into and out of 1st and third gears. So I wanted the same type of extension for that shifter.
After searching on ebay I found a bent extension that was supposed to fit my bug so I bought it. What I didn't know is that bugs were made, at different times, with 7mm or 10mm threads. The one I bought is 10mm. My bug is 7mm.
So this thing sat in a drawer for months.
Suddenly today I got the brainstorm that this extension might fit in my Civic. Just now I went outside and tried it, and waddayaknow, it fits.
View attachment 459129
I removed the 2" straight extension that was on there, and swapped this in its place. Tightened everything up with the 'lock' nuts, and it's good to go.
I haven't driven it yet. I'll test drive tomorrow on the way to work. I have the tools in the car to change it back in case it's terrible to drive.
The only thing I'm concerned about is what is now the added weight on the shifter when in 5th gear, due to the weight of the ball being back past the center of gravity. I may get a resin tiki head shift knob, so that'll take a lot of weight off.
Somewhere in another thread we were discussing shifter extensions, and I was looking for a bent one to bring the knob closer to me.
I never found one online that looked like what I wanted. They were all either too long or tall or both.
Let's jump forward a little bit.
I bought a '63 Bug last year. One of the niggling issues I have with it is I have to lean forward to get into and out of 1st and third gears. So I wanted the same type of extension for that shifter.
After searching on ebay I found a bent extension that was supposed to fit my bug so I bought it. What I didn't know is that bugs were made, at different times, with 7mm or 10mm threads. The one I bought is 10mm. My bug is 7mm.
So this thing sat in a drawer for months.
Suddenly today I got the brainstorm that this extension might fit in my Civic. Just now I went outside and tried it, and waddayaknow, it fits.
View attachment 459129


I removed the 2" straight extension that was on there, and swapped this in its place. Tightened everything up with the 'lock' nuts, and it's good to go.
I haven't driven it yet. I'll test drive tomorrow on the way to work. I have the tools in the car to change it back in case it's terrible to drive.
The only thing I'm concerned about is what is now the added weight on the shifter when in 5th gear, due to the weight of the ball being back past the center of gravity. I may get a resin tiki head shift knob, so that'll take a lot of weight off.