c.fogarty

Has anyone any experience of the Rally Design quick shift kit ???

At £45 how does it stack up to the £220ish B&M shift kit ???

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog...oducts_id=2011

rs shawn

Me. Personally I couldn't fault it.
have a read of other thoughts here....

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...9d18b32f1e6649

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...885864#3885864

juffer

it says i wont fit mk3's. i thought they were all the same? whats the difference?

SafeChav

The gate for reverse, which mk4's don't have on the linkage

its a simple concept, the end result will be largely influenced by how fucked (or not) your linkage already is

c.fogarty

Nice one mate, seems the general consensus is they are an improvement over standard, bur the B&M is better (feckin should be for £160 odd more)

rs shawn

juffer You can make it fit a mk3, but you would have to modify the RD sandwich plate.

c.fogarty About right mate. Not had a go with a B&M item so can't comment but certainly don't dismiss the RD item.

NUTS RuS

iTrader: (35)

Adding the simple block in, just spaces the bottom plastic bit of the gear selector downwards, thus altering the fulcrum point of the gear stick (to make it quick shift). The gear stick is then crudely extended to reach back inside the selector bearing.

On a Mk3 the gear stick runs in a plastic gate in the bottom of the housing, as well as through the bearing itself.

The Mk4 item dosn't have this gate in the plastic housing.

Picture is of a Mk4 housing - if you look a a Mk3 housing it is around about another inch deeper (bigger)

The B&M (the dearer one) comes with a new gear stick of the correct length, (ie not a nasty cut and shut one) but at the end of the day it just uses the same basic principal of moving the fulcrum point of the gear lever upwards to create a quicker shift. It also has a new billet alloy top mount etc.

vroooom ptssssh

so on a mk3 linkage, you need to push down to select reverse? I thought mine was jus fucked come on it's my first mk3

SafeChav

Correct

turboben

i dont have to push down on mine so does that mean i have a mk4 linkage

SafeChav

Is your car a Mk3?

Its not un-common for them to be so worn that the gate doesn't work

Alex_86

iTrader: (2)

well, B&M shifters are not that expensive
around 140£!
and yes, just look at the topic that has the name B&M short shifter