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Old 10-15-2007, 07:14 PM
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Default DIY - Shift **** (Making from scratch)

Well member, I was a little bored tonight so I decided to make a trip to Home Depot and bought some material to make a shift **** for my Z. My goal was to make it similar to the Nismo type shift *****. All in all, it was fun fabricating them. They just need a few more hours on them to be finished off an polished.

Well here goes.

Bought a 1 inch diameter pipe as well as a 1/2 inch pipe. a few 10mm-1.25 nuts and bolt, some washers a few hours of welding and grinding The bolt was used just to align the two nuts so that i can weld them together correctly.



welded the nuts together with the washer, then welded the combo to the 1/2 inch pipe. This will be the thing that actually screws onto the shifter.




cut the one inch pipe to length


then basically insert the 1/2inch pipe with nuts and washers combo into the 1 inch pipe and sealed it off with a washer on top





filled in the washer with welds and grind it down a bit



now i just have to finish them off a bit. They are both a little ruff, but a little more grinding and sanding then polishing and they should look pretty nifty. you can see the side by side comparison of both of them. The longer one is closer to being finished as you can see, but they both went through the same process to be created.






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Old 10-15-2007, 07:19 PM
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not bad
good job man!
Old 10-15-2007, 11:44 PM
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Will be very curious to see how this turns out.
Old 10-16-2007, 12:34 PM
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pipe bomb? lol
Old 11-11-2007, 06:55 PM
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Decided to paint it black rather than polishing it. Black matches my interior better.
Old 11-11-2007, 07:08 PM
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always fun to make your own stuff, but... I don't know.

def. not liking the sticker on top. and the paint is very peely... if it was glossier and smoother I think it would look more finished. or maybe powdercoated kudos
Old 11-11-2007, 07:14 PM
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+1 on the powder coating, but looks good nun the less
Old 11-25-2007, 10:23 PM
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Damn. Really nice.
Old 11-26-2007, 06:31 AM
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Pretty cool. Props for being unique!
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nice
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pics fail. Rehost?
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LOL
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You dug up an old thread for that
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Looks like a *****

Lou
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I know I'm digging this up again, what is the thread size on the shifter?
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Originally Posted by shakuya88
I know I'm digging this up again, what is the thread size on the shifter?
10mm
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