Anyone upgrade their shifter bushings?

[Syrihl]

awesome! Thanks for your added guidance! I ordered mine the day after my initial reply to nameless after hearing back from customer support that these bushings do in fact fit our cars, and am in my garage now finally just starting my install since Ive been moving, and came back here for more guidance so your reply works out perfectly for me! I’ll post any updates and reviews here in a few days once I’m finished up!

Good deal. Having a vice helps a lot with installing the front bushings.

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[TheHumanBean]

Quick update, I got the rear bushings installed but ran out of time so I’ll have to save the forward bushings for another day, I was able to install the rear bushings without removing the exhaust at all, just took all the hardware off the heat shield and slid it back as much as I could so it wasn’t bad, even though I only did the rear it definetly made a difference and I’m happy with it until I have time to do the front as well

 

[TheHumanBean]

Good deal. Having a vice helps a lot with installing the front bushings.

yeah I still need to get one, I’ve been holding off for a while because I didn’t wanna drill into my toolbox to mount it not knowing how I was gonna set up the new garage, which was a big part of me just deciding to call it after finishing up with the rear lol

 

[Trd_bro_98]

Folks, I made a breakthrough on this. The only thing that is soft in the entire assembly, was the front bushings and the rear bushing. I have swapped them using Delrin front bushings and rear upgraded PU bushing with aluminum brace:
Rogue Engineering G8X / G29 / A90 Shifter Carrier Bushing Kit | Performance | iND Distribution
The result: noticed significant improvement in crispiness and the feel of mechanical connection to the shifter rod. You will get much more feedback from the gearbox, together with some vibration when you touch the shift knob, which is not a problem, but I would consider it an upgrade. No noise or harshness, only some minor vibration on the shift knob. You can even hear the difference from the cabin on how crisp it is when shifting. (check out the video from below)
Also from the installation video posted above, it says you need to unbolt the driveshaft. It turned out you don't need to (saving some one time use torque-to-yield bolts yay!).
Regarding to the short-shifter, if you don't need shorter shift (heavier at the same time), then swapping out the bushing will give you all the benefit of improved shifting feel, and cheaper. If you need shorter shift, short-shifter is a no brainer.

Steps:
1. Pull out the shift knob from cabin, using your forearm as leverage, grip and pry upwards. Don't pull it toward your face!
2. Uninstall the transmission support bracket(perfect time to upgrade to Powerflex transmission mount bushing), then the transmission will be lowered.
3. Uninstall the rear shifter bracket using ETorx socket (apoligies I forgot which size, probably E25 or E27, it's good to have a set sitting around). Uninstall the metal clips at the front of the transmission, pull out the pins on the left and right. Undo the clip that's securing the shifter rod to the shifter and slide the shifter rod out.
4. Pull down the rubber boot seal from the chassis. At this point the shifter together with shifter assembly frame will be free to move around.
5. Now the tricky part is how to slide the entire assembly out without unbolting the driveshaft. The trick is that you need to pull the assembly to the passenger side then downwards. You will see a lot of friction when you try to pull down the assembly. Now, rotate the driveshaft clockwise at the same time pull down the assembly, the assembly will move together with the rotation of the driveshaft. It will come down easily!! So exciting!
6. Use pointed nose pliers poke out the OEM rubber front shifter bushing. Install the new Delrin bushing. The OEM shifter bracket is somewhat inconsistent, you may need to use a vise to squeeze the hole a little bit in order to secure the delrin bushing. Or you may see the delrin bushing is very slightly bigger to fit into the hole. Use vise to press it in will do it.
7. Install back the shifter with the assembly, rotate driveshaft again counterclockwise when having friction. Install the new PU rear shifter bracket, bolt it on. Reinstall all the pins from the shifter rods and reinstall the clips. Reinstall the rubber boots. If it's hard to do it, use a 90 degree hook tool and go around the rubber seal.

8. Enjoy the greatest feel ever you can get from BMW shifter! So far I have impressed S2000, Miata, Porsche GT4 owners on the improved Supra shifter feel. Love the MT Supra even more now. Don't forget the CDV delete as well. That's a big difference too!

Hell yeah man seen this and instantly ordered. I installed rogue shifter and wasn't happy with how "sloppy" it still felt. Mind me, the shifts are a better throw but damn are the oem bmw bushings mushy haha. Hopefully they're as good as you say they are installing Wednesday!

 

[swrdply400mrelay]

Folks, I made a breakthrough on this. The only thing that is soft in the entire assembly, was the front bushings and the rear bushing. I have swapped them using Delrin front bushings and rear upgraded PU bushing with aluminum brace:
Rogue Engineering G8X / G29 / A90 Shifter Carrier Bushing Kit | Performance | iND Distribution
The result: noticed significant improvement in crispiness and the feel of mechanical connection to the shifter rod. You will get much more feedback from the gearbox, together with some vibration when you touch the shift knob, which is not a problem, but I would consider it an upgrade. No noise or harshness, only some minor vibration on the shift knob. You can even hear the difference from the cabin on how crisp it is when shifting. (check out the video from below)
Also from the installation video posted above, it says you need to unbolt the driveshaft. It turned out you don't need to (saving some one time use torque-to-yield bolts yay!).
Regarding to the short-shifter, if you don't need shorter shift (heavier at the same time), then swapping out the bushing will give you all the benefit of improved shifting feel, and cheaper. If you need shorter shift, short-shifter is a no brainer.

Steps:
1. Pull out the shift knob from cabin, using your forearm as leverage, grip and pry upwards. Don't pull it toward your face!
2. Uninstall the transmission support bracket(perfect time to upgrade to Powerflex transmission mount bushing), then the transmission will be lowered.
3. Uninstall the rear shifter bracket using ETorx socket (apoligies I forgot which size, probably E25 or E27, it's good to have a set sitting around). Uninstall the metal clips at the front of the transmission, pull out the pins on the left and right. Undo the clip that's securing the shifter rod to the shifter and slide the shifter rod out.
4. Pull down the rubber boot seal from the chassis. At this point the shifter together with shifter assembly frame will be free to move around.
5. Now the tricky part is how to slide the entire assembly out without unbolting the driveshaft. The trick is that you need to pull the assembly to the passenger side then downwards. You will see a lot of friction when you try to pull down the assembly. Now, rotate the driveshaft clockwise at the same time pull down the assembly, the assembly will move together with the rotation of the driveshaft. It will come down easily!! So exciting!
6. Use pointed nose pliers poke out the OEM rubber front shifter bushing. Install the new Delrin bushing. The OEM shifter bracket is somewhat inconsistent, you may need to use a vise to squeeze the hole a little bit in order to secure the delrin bushing. Or you may see the delrin bushing is very slightly bigger to fit into the hole. Use vise to press it in will do it.
7. Install back the shifter with the assembly, rotate driveshaft again counterclockwise when having friction. Install the new PU rear shifter bracket, bolt it on. Reinstall all the pins from the shifter rods and reinstall the clips. Reinstall the rubber boots. If it's hard to do it, use a 90 degree hook tool and go around the rubber seal.

8. Enjoy the greatest feel ever you can get from BMW shifter! So far I have impressed S2000, Miata, Porsche GT4 owners on the improved Supra shifter feel. Love the MT Supra even more now. Don't forget the CDV delete as well. That's a big difference too!

I had the AutoSolutions shifter but wasn’t completely satisfied with the shifter feel. Got the Rogue bushings and rear carrier installed recently, and the shifter feels so much better!

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