Just got off the phone with Ron in Tech support & B&M.
He checked with their engineers and they said that B&M would have their Short Throw Shifter at their distributors in approx. 5 weeks time.
Part #45163
Here's B&M's phone number in case anyone wants to keep up with the ETA.
1-818-882-6422
I asked him if he heard about Rogue's first try at it and the fact that they distributed a defective first gen shifter. He said he hadn't, but after explaining what happened, he said that certainly wouldn't be the case with theirs.
Finally a good shifter with a great reputation.

 

Can't edit after 10 mniutes and I forgot to state that the B&M will reduce throws by 33% as opposed to Rogue's 20%.

 

glad i waited...this sounds like a better shifter and from a reputable company...thanks for the info

 

Hey KJY9, I bet if you try hard enough you can keep rehasing the same thing over and over again in every thread. Keep up the good work.

 

Easy now, lets not get all mad here... we need to be happy that there will be more competition in the marketplace...

 

Strange. I wonder if people here complain as much about Microsoft's unfinished/incomplete software launches. Just a thought.

 

Nice! I had B&Ms on my old Eclipse, worked out great.

 

B&M recalled the shifter I had on my last car, a 02 nissan altima. it was destroying gears. i lost a lot of faith in them after that.

 

I hope the 350 SSK is all that it's "cracked" up to be. Looky what was posted on the TX mkiv Supra mailing list yesterday...

From: White Lightning <dfeldman@a...>
Date: Sun Feb 29, 2004 3:41 pm
Subject: Re: [TxMKIV] Broken B&M Shifter?




pull it apart you sure you didnt do this??
http://www.advantexcom.net/~vengence...hifterbase.jpg
http://www.advantexcom.net/~vengence...deshifter2.jpg

i did it t 2 B&M shifters

never will one go back in my car..


Thomas Ostergard wrote:

>Last night on a shift I believe I knocked the bolt out of the bottom of my
>B&M shifter - it can spin and has a ton of play in gear. However it still
>goes through all the gears okay - so I am pretty confident the tranny's
>fine. Anyone know if I'm right? And if so, should I get a replacement bolt
>from B&M or put something in there w/ a cotter pin or something of the sort
>to prevent this from happening again. Thanks
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That was my first reaction too but, still, thanks for the information KJY9. It is always nice to see some of the larger aftermarket companies making products.

 

Some people live in a gray world.
All I was doing was giving people a heads-up on another alternative to a short throw shifter, as up until now we had no choice, and we all saw what happens when only one company has a part that you want.


Unbelievable. I post an alternative part for a car that had only one manufacturer that released a defective part and that's your response?!?

Have at it....buy all the worthless crap you want for your ride...it'll be sweet when it's finished

 

This was on my list of mods for my car. I'll wait the 5 weeks for this one though.
I had a B&M before & it rocked!

 

Not because I have the Rogue but I think its a little unfair towards Ben at Rogue speaking badly about his shifter because of some probs people had. They were offered a fix and now the new one works great.

Still, competition is always good and will help to bring prices down.
I however have been enjoying my short shifter for some time and would not like to go back or have to stay with it if I still had it.

Im young, i have no patience.

 

You guys may want to be a little wary of the B&M shifters. Nothing against them. They have a great rep. But on my old forum B15sentra.net Thos guys had a REAL bad time with them. I'd say 40% of the people who bought them either returned them because poor fitment or they had them break on them. Most of them broke under load. I know at least two people personally who had them break at the track. And these guys weren't Arnold.

 

I'll have a B&M shifter soon. I'll try to give my review afterward.

 

Good job!!! Nice thread.. I will wait to see price, look, and other people's experiances.. Thanx for the heads up. Dont worry about the bias idiots on the forum. Looks like they just want to start crap and ruin a potential good thread.

 

thanks..I just found the "Ignore List"...wasn't aware that this forum had the feature...now I don't even have to continue to read their drivel.
Back to topic...as soon as they hit the distributors I'll be grabbing one and will be certain to post a review. I hope these hold up better than the others did.

 

KJY9, no one wants to hear about your constant crusade against Rogue Engineering. We've heard it. Give it a rest OK?

SHEESH!

Victor

 

Like whoa. That seems a bit unfair Victor...

 

Guess who will be tops on the ignore list!