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Old 06-22-2014, 12:57 PM   #15
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Can the quick shifter work with aftermarket short shifters? What's the throw ?reduction
Advertised at 25%-35% requires much more effort to shift and it's stupid short. Feels very notchy. I had mine installed for less than a week and I went back to stock. If you wanna buy it lemme know. Lol.

If you're one for all out performance or your tracking the car, by all means yes. But for my daily I didn't like it at all. To each their own.

I have no idea what would posses someone to use this combined with another short shifter. No... Just.... No.
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Old 06-22-2014, 01:02 PM   #16
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Could you give a road test review related to TRD sway bar?
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Car feels stiffer overall
Speedbumps suck unless you take them evenly
Car feels flat in the corner and feels much more surefooted.
Rear end is a bit harder to swing out.

IMO. Great handling improvement.
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Old 06-22-2014, 03:28 PM   #17
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Advertised at 25%-35% requires much more effort to shift and it's stupid short. Feels very notchy. I had mine installed for less than a week and I went back to stock. If you wanna buy it lemme know. Lol.

If you're one for all out performance or your tracking the car, by all means yes. But for my daily I didn't like it at all. To each their own.

I have no idea what would posses someone to use this combined with another short shifter. No... Just.... No.
Where does it install and how hard is the installation?

Just for shits and giggles, how much would you sell it for?

I find my short shifter feels good, but the throw isn't short enough and the shifter is about three inches shorter than I'd like it to be. Something like that TRD part would allow me to lengthen the shifter and possibly shorten the throw a little along the way.
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Where does it install and how hard is the installation?

Just for shits and giggles, how much would you sell it for?

I find my short shifter feels good, but the throw isn't short enough and the shifter is about three inches shorter than I'd like it to be. Something like that TRD part would allow me to lengthen the shifter and possibly shorten the throw a little along the way.
Under the car, near the driveshaft, between the bottom shifter "eye" and the lateral linkage rods. It extends the shifter stalk downwards changing te geometry therefore shortening the throw.

$135 shipped in the lower 48
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Under the car, near the driveshaft, between the bottom shifter "eye" and the lateral linkage rods. It extends the shifter stalk downwards changing te geometry therefore shortening the throw.

$135 shipped in the lower 48
Well, thanks anyway.
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You're welcome to make an offer. Just pm me.
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Car feels stiffer overall
Speedbumps suck unless you take them evenly
Car feels flat in the corner and feels much more surefooted.
Rear end is a bit harder to swing out.

IMO. Great handling improvement.


How about the road quality? Will it become uncomfortable?
Thanks again.

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Car feels stiffer overall
Speedbumps suck unless you take them evenly
Car feels flat in the corner and feels much more surefooted.
Rear end is a bit harder to swing out.

IMO. Great handling improvement.


Is this with the stock springs? Have you tried the sways with trd springs yet?
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How about the road quality? Will it become uncomfortable?
Thanks again.
I am curious about this as well. I added sways to my GTI but they are adjustable unlike the TRD bars.

The front bar is on soft and the rear is on hard so the car rides close to stock but understeers a bit more.

It sounds like these bars tune out oversteer. But if the ride quality is jarring I'm not interested in them since I have railroad tracks and highway seams to deal with on my commute.
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Have both TRD sway bars and TRD quick shift on my 2014 Monogram.
What does the quick shifter feel like? Gonna be picking one up hopefully before years end and I'm wondering what the throw distance feels like.
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How about the road quality? Will it become uncomfortable?
Thanks again.
No. It will not change the ride quality. The only time it gets stiffer is if you're hitting a large pot hole or a speed bump with one wheel and not both, then you feel how much stiffer the car is.

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Is this with the stock springs? Have you tried the sways with trd springs yet?
Stock springs, have not tried with TRD springs yet. However I have heard wonderful compliments. TRD instructions vaguely mentions to install springs first.
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I am curious about this as well. I added sways to my GTI but they are adjustable unlike the TRD bars.

The front bar is on soft and the rear is on hard so the car rides close to stock but understeers a bit more.

It sounds like these bars tune out oversteer. But if the ride quality is jarring I'm not interested in them since I have railroad tracks and highway seams to deal with on my commute.
Since both wheels encounter the same obstacle at one time you should be fine. I installed them and my girlfriend never noticed the difference. Its mainly when the suspension is, for a lack of better terms, articulating at a greater degree of angle than normal driving such as one wheel hitting a speed bump.

They do tune out some of the oversteer and make the car corner flatter but they also increase the on/off ness of the over/understeer.
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I am curious about this as well. I added sways to my GTI but they are adjustable unlike the TRD bars.

The front bar is on soft and the rear is on hard so the car rides close to stock but understeers a bit more.

It sounds like these bars tune out oversteer. But if the ride quality is jarring I'm not interested in them since I have railroad tracks and highway seams to deal with on my commute.
Softer front bar and harder rear bar reduces understeer.

The TRD front bar goes up by 3 mm which is 14% (roughly indicative of spring rate increase) and rear bar goes up by 2 mm + a little bit which is 12%. The kit is designed to decrease oversteer in steady state and transitions.

If the end links have more than one option for connection (more than one hole in the cranked ends of the bars) then this gets a lot more complicated.
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What does the quick shifter feel like? Gonna be picking one up hopefully before years end and I'm wondering what the throw distance feels like.
Big difference in throws! While I was waiting on my car to get finished up I was in a MT FR-S on the show room floor going thru the gears to see if it will be a diff when I get in mine. And Jesus I was pleasantly surprised. Very happy with purchase. Get it!!!!
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