These are designed to replace your rubber shifter assembly base bushings with solid aluminum ones. It is one more mod to help eliminate some of the loose feeling shifter of your manual trans car. These work very well paired with our Cable Clamp which will remove even more of the slop that you feel in your shifter when changing gears.
Easy installation, good quality product fixed the issues I was having, shifts like a dream now.
The hardest part of this install is getting the chunk of foam insulation out without tearing it to pieces. I didn't notice a difference after installing the new bushings, but my old bushings looked fine. I guess for me this is just future proofing and having bushings that won't wear out.
If you get this, while at it get the shifter cable clamp. Both together make shifting day and night
I'm very new to car modification and this was the first one I thought I could handle. Getting the foam boot out without tearing it was a major struggle, but that is no fault of zzperformance. I could feel an immediate, noticable difference in how tight my shifter felt when going through gears. My hand position while shifting is far more consistent and the apparatus doesn't move around as much when I'm applying pressure to the shifter. Would definitely recommend.
I upgraded from my rubber bushings to these at the same time I did my short throw shifter on My 2015 sonic 1.8. It really takes the mushy feeling out of the shift. Don't think you can do the same job just by purchasing some metal nuts the same size. It will be sloppy. Just pay the extra $20 and do it right.
