Installing A Short Shifter to my Abarth 595 Competizione. I Was Not Prepared For The Difficulty! 

Cheers. Took a while to get the intro where I liked it. Yeah, I believe you're correct. It is about an inch worth of difference. It is rather noticeable in feel. The notch change yeah, it has its pros and cons. The Bugs shifter has even less throw, it is an extremely short travel, so this I still class as 'mild'. The good thing with this kit, you can literally go short to factory by shifting the linkage cable. If one of your cars can achieve that, I'd say it's worth a try.

@@datbuild ah that’s a nice feature for sure! The Yaris has a bolt on piece which is easy to get to so wouldn’t be so bad to remove. I’ll look into them now I’m inspired :P

Cheers. Yep, certainly was.😑

The Forge is definitely easier to install. I honestly stumbled upon it after I'd bought mine. But I'm still happy. Hope the install goes well for you.

I actually have a 1UP from that, but not yet installed in the car.

Plenty of options for sure. I think after installing the Diesel Geek in my Bug, I just went with engine bay job. There is another mod coming regarding short shifters in the future, and some comparisons.

Cheers for the comment/ compliment. I really like the feel of the shifter much more now than prior. It feels more precise and 'meaningful' to change gears. Feels solid and better put together. Downsides, 1st gear and 3rd gear feel 'short', like they're not all the way in. I made mention of this at the end of the video for 3rd, and still to this day feel that way. It's not bad, but sometimes I question if it's locked in properly, and not going to pop out of gear. It never has meanwhile. I'd also consider a Forge brand unit, considerably easier install.... but..... for my own reasons with regards to how it mounts, I still like the peace of mind for the way the 4H is secured to the factory arm.

Yeah. I discovered the Forge, after I'd installed the 4H. Oh well. 😅

I guess it depends how good your back is. 😅 Will look in to the mount insert. 👍

@@datbuild mines shot too lol. I put the front end up on some ramps saves you getting crippled 😁

That would have been a good idea to do. Oh well. Live and learn.

Yeah. Should have paid more attention to where I placed it, and planned it better. But still does show the effect.

I never seem to have that problem. 😅

@@datbuild 😂🤣