OKAY... last night
i went out trying to install my nismo **** i had wrenches and i secure the bottom and wrenched the top ... didnt come off AT ALL so i thought i was really weak and all so i was like WTF F*CK THIS...

then this morning i went to a shop i was like bro... just secure the bottom and wrench the top like the instructions said... the guy was like ight... then he couldnt get it off so he took the entire top shifter OFF my car along withthe boot+HVAC inside the top vice griped bottom and wrenched the top... i mean these r tough guys and they cant get it off...
so maybe im not weak but... WTF can someone help~~~~~????
It is getting ANNOYING!

 

Any news from the vendor yet???

 

the vendor said if i mail him back he'll gimme refund...
Good F8ckiing game
...
Its good now i figured it out
but i still cant take off the old ****
!!

 

Told you so!!!!

 

mine was hard as sh*t to take off also. I ended up trying to twist it off so hard that i broke the shifter. Good news is i eventually got the shifter off the top of the shifter and was able to repair the shifter. is your car a 2003? i heard they put too much red loctite on the 2003's.

 

I got the B&M, I didn't have a whole lot of a problem taking it off, but it wasn't easy.

 

I guess I'm either lucky or strong Mine was originally very tight, but I kept playing with it at stops. I'd just twist it occasionally back and forth. Eventually, it just broke free one day.

 

here is mine...



and the part of the shifter that should not have come off...

 

n/m.. pics are showing up now

 

I used a towel and vicegrips. I got mine off with only a slight abraision (sp?) to the ****. Patience?

 

after 03, nissan figured out not to apply so much locktight. those factory ***** are expensive, too.

 

HOLY ****...
those pictures r disturbing..

 

Dang, that's nuts. I thought mine was going to be real difficult to remove, I used vice grips right at the base and a rag over the ****, and twisted hard. **** came off no problem. There's a Nismo PDF floating around here with some helpful tips.

 

Your guys with the damaged ***** would have got a lot more leverage, had you tried to remove from the bottom (thick metal section) rather than from the leather, thin section. I have an '03, and while it was tought, it really was no big deal.

Lou

 

I just unscrewed mine in the parking lot and put on the new on with my hand, no problems.

 

+1!!! They sure are!!!

 

+2 I guess they dont want you to have an aftermarket ****.