How To Install Short Throw Shifter on a 2015 Subaru WRX
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2015
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Get a cleaner and more crisp shift experience by installing a Boomba Short Throw Shifter for your 2015-2021 Subaru WRX. Kevin goes through all the necessary steps to get in installed!
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Jesus! I installed a short throw shifter on my 2003 Mach 1 in about 30 minutes. There are a TON of pieces to this shifter! I just bought a 2016 WRX and I'm thinking the stock shifter might not be so bad after all. LOL
I put an MGW short throw in my 03 Mach 1 and it took me around 40 minutes. This shit seems like its a fuckin all day ordeal....
CaptainAwesome314 had an 03 azure blue Mach!! Loved it! Miss it but now I have a 18’ wrx! Love it too!
CaptainAwesome314 hahahahahaa
CaptainAwesome314 same here. Holy cow! That thing is a very involved process to install.
CaptainAwesome314 lmaoo I'm just saying fuck it I'm buying an sti shifter for all that lol
Good gosh...insane install. Guess stock isn't so bad.
Kyle Rosenberg Cobb took way less time
It's not that bad. I know this is 5 years old, but it's like an hour. Unless you lose something very important, then it takes forever. It's legos dude, everything fits back together the way it came off the biggest hassle is that 12mm bolt in the neutral plunger. One step he didn't mention, is do not lose the nut on the inside of the assembly. He didn't even talk about the nut. That nut is super important, without it, you are fucked. Best to punch out the reverse lockout before removing the 10mils at the bottom. That way when you remove the 10mm nuts and rip the bottom off the nut is less likely to be lost. I lost mine it's somewhere, i just can't find it. Had to walk my happy ass to home depot to buy a grinder, and grind down one of the 10mm nuts to fit in there. It's in there forever now, but it works. If you lose that nut you have to do that, because it's not a normal size. It's the same thread pitch as the 10mm nuts, same diameter hole, but much smaller. You also can't buy that nut, you have to buy the whole assembly which is $200. But you know what you can buy? The 10mm nuts from the various locations. So i'll take improv over that. It only takes a while if you think about it too much. The reverse lockout pin is the hardest. Especially when you dont have a punch. I used a flatip, and when it was too far in, i held an allen wrench with pliers. Snap ring pliers, don't have those. But i got two hands and 2 pairs of pliers. Would have been done in a hour if i didn't lose the nut. With the right tools, probably 30 minutes tops. I put in a billet shifter, but it's the same process.
I’m about to try. I’m terrified
@@mattevans1643 I didn't even notice that nut fell out till I tried putting the screw back in. Then it took me a while to realize that it goes inside the assembly and not on the outside 🤦♂️
Until the stock shifter snaps🙄
When's the CVT short shifter going to be released?
xuimod hahahaha best question EVER!!!
Patent pending...
I did this in about 2.5 hours, thank you Kevin from subispeed.
my recommendation is that you have a mechanically inclined friend, the right tools and be safe lifting your car. the rest is cake
first step...
get you're car in the air...
LMAO....!!!!
yeah bruh...
i got this...
improvise, floor jack and jack stands. same thing
great video! lots of effort put into this. Thanks for making it for those that mod
This install can also be done without removing the entire assembly. I couldn’t remove the four lower nuts from the shifter assembly, so I removed the two side trim panels around the shifter to provide more room, and proceeded the sub-assembly removal. Was able to access all the bolts. Was an easy install. Seems like a lot but once you get into it, it’s really simple.
I was thinking about doing this, glad I watched this first....PITA install.
Awesome install video guys!! Just finished the install and this video helped a ton. To the guys that say this is too hard or intimidating, just give it a shot. It's definitely not hard, but it is several steps so it can be time consuming, especially if you take your time like I did. In the end it is totally worth it though as it completely changes the driving experience for the better. If you have the Perrin shift stop you'll probably have to readjust it and the reverse lockout stop to make sure you can still get in all of your gears easily.
im having trouble here lol at the end did you reinstall the blue thing and the neutral plunge because you didn't show it in the video
Quite the installation process
Nice you can tell it's alot shorter I will be getting this very soon but might be a pain to do this on jack stands, o what I would give to own my own car lift..... nice video guys, love your stuff.
Have you done a comparison between the aftermarket short shifter kit vs. the factory short shift kit? Would you share your impressions please.
I ended up getting this after being intimidated by this install video for a while. The install wasn't nearly as bad as it looks. Getting the roll pin out of the transmission plate to install the Perrin Short Throw Adapter was another story...
hey so you have both the perrin short throw plate and the bomoba short shifter did you need to make any modifications or everything went together as is? and do you think its worth to do? thanks in advance
@@vbbv1995 No modifications needed, as they replace different parts. The boomba replaced the actual shift lever and the perrin replaced the shift plate on the transmission
What size roll pin is that? You didn't mention the size in the video and I'm trying to locate and get one :(
I think I'll stick with my stock shifter
or just buy the stock STI short shifter. It comes already assembled and all you have to do is drop it in
@@alanwongtylerchristian sti short throw isn't that good. My wrx came optioned with it, not impressed.
Sti short throw is a joke. And yea I’ll keep my stock shifter on and just get the damn shift stop and bushing. Fuck this lmao.
@@hunterbawlz Mine broke. Literrally the shaft of the shifter cracked.
@@jtd3d351 My WRX limited came with the short throw. Slapped a perrin shift stop on upgraded bushing and its night and day. I thought about the boomba one for awhile. Think ill wait a bit lol
wow this is ridiculous amount of work holly crap
this install took me about 4 hours....super difficult but one thing i want to mention at 2:16 he removes 4 10mm nuts, on my 2016 the bolts came loose and i was unable to remove the shift assembly so i had to do the whole process from that point in the car. at the end of it all it was really worth it shifting feels great. i also did the perrin shift bracket and bushing along with the stopper guide
What did you do to remove them? I'm having the same problem.
Dude with the Tunes you’re not gonna like this but I disassembled the whole thing in the car...it was super tough not gonna lie. Also be careful that plastic casing is fragile if you tighten the bolts too much it will crack and fall apart.
I think there are more. I removed 6 and it was fine. I thought the same thing you did
Yep... sticking with my stock shifter
Thinking about picking one of these up, do u think it's necessary to buy the boomba transmission plate to go along with it?
Awesome video, really well made!!!
sticking with the stock shifter on my 2019 wry
any chance on u guys doing a video on how to change the transmission oil?
Any chance of getting a quick review video? I think a lot of people are wondering how it feels compared to the stock or STI shifter.
It's shorter, but if you have an sti shifter already, it's negligible.
@billetworkz this is due for an update guys. Biggest issue I found with your video was the lack of info regarding orientation of parts and tool sizes used for each part (ie punch size and socket sizes here and there)
Also, I had that greasy spring pop out on me when I removed that part of the assembly and had no idea what it looked like prior because I didn't know to check. I had to pause your video and zoom in and guess how the part was supposed to sit.
I installed the trifecta, weighted knob (thank god cause that plate needs one), short shifter and plate. Night and day difference. Its a little notchy for my taste but not enough to even complain really because it was notchy stock as well. The best improvement was probably from the plate and bushing combo. That completely changed the way it feels to shift. Before it was sloppish (I did have a Shifter Stop installed) and felt like I was stirring a bucket of rocks. This shifter feels the way a shifter should feel.
Biggest complaints: 1st and reverse can sometimes be hard to get into, but I think an adjustment to the shifter stop will fix that (however in my experience you want it to be initially a tad too tight because it will loosen over time). Also, the shift from 2nd to 3rd was tough at times but that's probably an adjustment I need to make. 3rd to 4th on the other hand is *chef's kiss* 4-5 is good and 5th to 6th is just as nice as 3rd-4th. 1st-2nd is that way too however I think due to the shifter stop being too tight, I'm getting resistance from it. I'm probably gonna miss some shifts for a day or two haha.
The throw of this shifter is the shortest I have ever felt period. 55% reduction is no joke no to mention the knob sits lower than stock. Also there is more resistance on the shifter while shifting making it feel very tight in travel distance as well as the shifter feel. This will probably become normal to me over time. Keep in mind this is also coming from someone who just took a 5 minute test drive to make sure my car was good to go for work in the morning at 1 AM. Thought I would share my initial thoughts. Hope you take this post as constructive criticism as I don't intend to bash on you. Your craftsman ship is the best I've experienced and I will certainly be looking in your direction for future mods.
Since 2015 WRX shifter assembly fits in 2010-2012 Legacy GT, does that mean this SS would work for LGT as well?
What size roll pin punch is needed for this install??
Would be great to see how the side shift assembly is put back together! Great video but just would have liked to see that as a walk through
It's pretty obvious but...
The side shift sits on the ball. The 17 mm bolt goes in. The other bolt goes in. Then the neutral plunger goes in. There is a groove at the top and bottom. The grey parts of the spring will sit those grooves. The pin of the plunger will sit in the middle of the white part, you know by looking at the already destroyed surface by the plunger. The 12 mm bolt goes into the nut located inside the assembly, do not lose that nut suring disassembly will have bad time. And that's how that works.
What rims and tires are on that blue wrx they look so good.
how is this short shifter compared to the sti short shifter? I looking to have the STI short shifter factory installed when I buy my wrx.
You made that look so easy, And I would love to have the install.
But now I have nightmares & pee my bed nightly thinking of attempting this mod. 🛏️😱😱😰🤪🤯🥴🥴🥴
STI short shifter vs this Boomba short shifter? Is there much improvement with the swap?
I have a question mechanical experts please inquire. I have the 2015 wrx my car read a double reverse 6th and reverse gear. It was after I swapped to a "2016 transmission specified for 2015-2018 wrx" and put a southbend stage 1 clutch kit+flywheel the in the steering column the ecu read a double reverse from a 6th to reverse shift and in neutral without pressing the clutch in it makes a harsh grinding noise it’s also giving me issues shifting clutch to the floor to first and a few gears. Any diagnosis?
I did this install on my 2015 wrx in Oct and now it doesn't seem to go all the way into gear. 1st 3rd 5th. But there's not grinding and it's not difficult to go into any gears. Just doesn't seem to shift the same way into the odd numbers. Any ideas?
How long was the entire disassemble and reassemble time frame for this whole thing?
glad mine already came with the sti short shifter
How Come you disconnected the shift cables? The guy in the cobb video skipped that
So at 8:51 is that it for the assembly or did you reassemble all the stuff you took off the first time?
At 6:53 the nut that the neutral lock plunger screws into flew out of the shifter. Same thing happened to me. Had no idea where to put it back for a good hour as its glossed over in the vid lol.
How do you reinstall the side shift assembly?
installed it last weekend. This would have been so much easier if he finished up the video and didn't forget to install one of the bolts.
Notice at 6:51 he removes o-ring and one of the metal nuts falls out, (3 nuts on the table instead of 2) you can hear it fall on the table too. That fell out from under the assembly and is used to tighten the bolt shown at 5:33. You can kinda see the nut at 6:33.
Also pay attention how the side shift assembly is put together because the three pieces could be pain in the ass to put together if you don't know what you are doing.
Also the shifter now hits the hand brake so I would probably need to upgrade that....
good look man. ive been studying this video so I can install mine since Subaru wants almost $300 to do it. bleh
What kind of nut is that that's holding that piece in? I just ran into this same problem
@@ONEupD808 You can see the nut fall on the table at 6:51
@@robert23kim thanks for the reply man. I finished the install and I did find that scew luckily. I dont know how they left that part out of the video but everyone that does this install do not lose that damn screw! It just falls out with out even noticing! Good thing I found it...phew!
@@ONEupD808 for sure. I had to leave my car in a random parking lot because it was dark and could not figure out how to put the damn assembly back together until the next day.
Hahahhaha!!! I remember watching your headlight mod install which was really hard to do. Damn, this is alot harder!!!
You just make me change my mind on doing a short shifter change lol I think I'm going to stay stock ! Lol
riiiiight? lol i was thinking the same thing!
It's easy, and worth it. It's simple steps. Remove heatshield, and cover. 8 bolts.
Remove cables and 4 bolts from under the assembly.
Take trim apart.
Remove 4 bolts from shifter assembly.
Pull out assembly.
Remove two screws holding metal tabs.
Remove 10mm nut using 17mm wrench on other end.
Remove 12mm bolt.
Remove 7mm nut. Punch out the roll pin in the reverse lockout.
Remove 10mm nuts from bottom of assembly.
Remove shifter rod.
Make sure the nut from the 12mm bolt on the plunger did not fall out.
Dissasemble new shifter.
Put new rod in.
Make sure not for 12mm bolt is present. Put bottom cover back on 2 10mm nuts. Back into shifter housing.
Put 2 bolts with 7mm nuts back in.
Put side shift back on with 17mm bolt and 10mm nut.
But plunger back in with 12 mm bolt(make sure the nut is still there).
Put two metal tabs back in.
Reassemble shifter if not already done.
Reinstall in vehicle with 4 bolts. Go underneath car, reconnect cable to shifter.
Go back up, make sure you have every gear.
Go back down use 4 nut to secure bottom of shifter housing.
Reinstall cover of shifter housing.
Reinstall heatshield.
It's alot, but it's like an.hour of your day.
Great video! Thank you!
This looks like a hell of a job. I’m thinking of buying one but how the hell would I get my car in the air if I don’t have a damn garage with an air lift. I’m having second thoughts about this damn short shifter shit lol.
is this fit on sti 2019?
my wrx came with the sti short throw shifter is there a large difference in length between the sti short throw and the boomba??
No, not worth doing. The best thing you can do is buy a shift stop for 1st and 2nd gear. It's a few % shorter than the STI shifter. Nothing you will notice, except the first time. Then you'll question why you bought it cause it feels the same. The only difference is the construction.
does anyone know what that little white plastic piece that goes on the end of the shifter is? I lost mine and need to replace it but can't find the name or part number for the life of me.
what exhaust in on the WRX?
Installed and no reverse lockout. Anyone know?
Thank you so much my friend
Is this a worthy upgrade if I already have the factory short throw shifter option installed on my 15' WRX? Or are the results very similar?
Yes, this is compatible with the STI short shifter and will reduce your shifter travel.
I just installed my boomba sts and noticed that it is extremely off center. It goes into every gear and functions perfectly however I was wondering if it was intended to be so much closer to the driver? I find that the boot will bunch up because its so much lower than stock and sometimes it'll make it hard to get into 1st or 2nd. Is there a way of correcting this, perhaps adjusting cable lengths or something? Would greatly appreciate a response @SubiSpeed Thanks!
That's how it is designed.
Looks easy. I just hate crawling under the car lol.
Did anyone hear him mention about how long it’ll take to do this..?
Have a 2020 wrx an just did the boomba short throw. It wasn’t even that bad. Of course gotta know what you doing
Tips with 5-6 and reverse lockout always letting me in reverse?
Does it really make that metal noise when you just shift ? At the end of the video (ua-cam.com/video/Wu2LyGnUfHo/v-deo.html) ?
anyone know the part number for the little white shift lever bushing on the bottom of the shifter he transferred? mine popped out of place and my friend hooked me up and fixed it but unfortunately lost the white bushing and its just the metal ball on the bottom of the shifter that's clipped in right now with no bushing on it. the ones im finding look like they're for the older subaru's and don't look similar to the OEM 2015+ one I had on.
Josh Moore any luck ?
When I installed this it became much harder to get into gear compared to stock anyone know of a fox
Guys what size is the snap ring?
Could be me. But I feel like a ton of super important info is missing here. I also don’t have a reverse lockout now after doing this install
what shift knob did you put on at the end of the video looks heavy and nice too
+adam baca www.subispeed.com/2015-subaru-wrx/interior/shift-knobs/raceseng-ashiko-shift-knob-2015-wrx-2015-sti
Good shifter. Really close to the emergency handle in second gear.
Mark Soto I feel that... I wish that wasn’t the case
@@jamesbarnard7450 get a bigger shift knob
Who's blue WRX is in all these videos? Do you put all this stuff on for the video and then take it off after? I've noticed items that were in previous install videos aren't on the car.
misztal2112 This is our shop car. Some items are left on the car while others are installed just for the sole purpose of these videos.
do you have to unbolt the mid-pipe or whatever that portion of exhaust in the video ? and do you need to replace a gasket?
Munther AL-sulaimi you do not need to remove any of the exhaust.
Any recommendations with snap ring pliers? I bought a cheap set from Advance Auto Parts, but one or two of the tips on each interchangeable head aren't small enough to fit into the holes of the snap ring...
+Raphael Monta We just bought whatever they had at our local auto parts store.
I did it without, just took a person helping hold it out of the ridge
What o ring pliers are you using? I can't find one that will fit the oring.
+Eric Trang We got ours at AutoZone
2:20 what happens when you drink "a few" Redbulls
Kian Palmer ahahahhah
Red bull gives you wings.
That you are soo high you are willing enough to do this.
background music remind me of Bloodhound Gang Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
is that a stock j-pipe on your car Subispeed? shame!!!
I’m having trouble reinstalling the green part with the rest of the shift assembly, I’m not sure how to put it back on
I'm assuming you mean the plunger. The one with the 12mm bolt. You lost the nut that the bolt screws onto. I know it a year ago but i made that mistake. Grinded down one the 10 mills to fit and everything was fine after that. Just replaced one of the other bolts with a random bolt that fit.
Their service is light year's ahead of Rally Sport's.
What punch is that?
I am thinking to have this shifter.
I have 2016 STi and I have factory short thorw shifter. is that going to be same way that WRX has?
and should I remove factory STS?
Thank you!
+Sunghoon KIm This will not work on the 2016 STI it is WRX specific. However, we do have STI short shifters available on our website.
@@SubiSpeed it is not wrx specific lol. The imprezza and crosstrek have the same assembly. Any part you can put on a wrx transmission can be transferred over to the crosstrek and imprezza. Because they have the same transmission. The only difference is the shifter plate, and the gearing. Well 2015+wrx and a 2017+imprezza, or 2018+crosstrek.
the 4 10mm nuts that hold the shift assembly in place don't come off so easily?? I was spinning and spinning and they never budged...? help me
Kyle Gibson did you find a solution? I'm having the same problem
songs?
How does this compare to the optional short throw shifter available through Subaru?
Spencer Stucky You will see a bigger difference in shift throw and the position of the shifter when the Boomba short throw is installed.
Omg what a process 😩
I think I’ll just stick to my OEM and Perrin Shift Stop
What silver shift knob is it that you end up using. I like it and want it haha
Jeff nakhaie www.subispeed.com/raceseng-ashiko-shift-knob-2015-wrx-2015-sti#.VaZwavm4RhE
Would you recommand a perrin shifter stop with this STS?
We installed it with that item. May as well since you are already working in this area.
Why did you change shift knobs?
2:40 9:23
We had a damaged Raceseng Ashiko laying around so we tossed it on there. :)
It's just those 4 bolts underneath as to why it's not possible to disassemble from inside the cabin, yeah?
Is this doable with just Rhino ramps, or must it be on a lift?
As long as you have space underneath the car to get under it then it will work.
As long as you aren't at risk of dying sure. Although ramps i wouldn't trust. Unless you chock the rear wheels. Sure nothing will probably happen, but it only takes 1 time for that something.
After installing this I can't seem to fit the shifter stop, I have both a perrin and boomba version and they just won't it shift to first and even if I did get it my 5th 6th and reverse won't work. I have had to just not use the shift stop so i could use my 5th,6th and reverse. Does anyone else have this problem or have the fix? I was thinking of sanding it down a little
No, the shift stop is fine. The adapter you are using needs it to be adjusted. Loosen the two 10mm bolts on the shift stop. I am assuming you are using both shift stops. Find 1st gear. Align shift stop. Find 5th gear, align that shift stop. Tighten down 2 bolts. You're good to go.
I put in a billet shifter and had that issue.
I couldn't get into 5th or 6th. Well eventually i found 5 adjusted the shift stop to there. Don't look for 6th because you might find reverse. 5th is actually really close to 3. It works the same way with cars that have reverse next to first. It's just the opposite. In that case you look for 2nd instead of 1st.
This video helped a lot, but, omg what a pain.
Around 6:33 the part to remove the bottom of the housing the nuts were so tight it spun the whole shaft (where the shift stop goes)
Had to drill small holes through the metal and plastic to put a small, 3mm allen wrench in the holes to stop the shaft spinning so I can get the nuts off.
Should also be mentioned everything will be greasy when finished.
On reinstall wasn’t too bad but it wasn’t entirely easy either.
Worth it, yeah for my own car sure but I’ll sell the car with the short shifter if I sell it. I’m not reversing that mod. Most complicated shifter installation I have ever dealt with.
I had to do something similar, are you able to fully tighten the shifter stop now that that part spins?
@@hetts_ I was able to fully tighten it back down shifter stop wasn’t a issue. I’m using a Cobb shift stop as well which uses studs with lock nuts unlike factory and other aftermarket shift stops that just use bolts as well.
@@jason216cleveland oh shit, I’ll have to buy a cobb one and see if that can get fully tightened then. Cause right now the Perrin one I have tightens about half way and then the whole thing starts spinning again
@@hetts_ Yeah some people complain about the Cobb shift stop being plastic but it’s the best one I’ve used so far, it’s tall like the factory stop on the reverse side of the shifter so no more fingers getting pinched by the reverse lockout
This is insane lol there should be a lot that comes as a full assembly and once you take the entire block out of the car you can swap it with a full kit.
The studs that the 10mm bolts connect to are all just spinning in place when I went to pull them off. Anyone else having this problem?
Yes, what I have to so is use a chisel to pry out the 4 washers on top, then remove the 6 bolts on the shifter from inside the car, the whole assembly comes out. Afterwards flat out he washer and install them
God that was a Pain in the ass to put in. But love the feel
This would fit a 21 wrx right? I’m new to this Subaru world.
Yes it fits
Wow...lol this thing is a huge PITA compared to the short shifter install on my 11 WRX.
Guys, does this eliminate the shifter stop or both can be used?
They can both be used.
lol actually does look like a pain to install. but great vid SubiSpeed looking to purchase one soon for my rex
Was the factory sti short throw shifter already installed in the car?
Adam 72 No
So basically just get an STI with a factory optioned short throw shifter?
Sam Aronshteyn factory ss will not reduce the throw nearly as much as aftermarket ss.
serious question...why not just cut the existing shifter down to short throw spec and re-thread the shaft? Would be a 30 min ordeal assuming you have a thread kit
That is not an ideal and effective way of decreasing the throw of the shifter. The real difference is the length of the lower portion of the shifter that connects to the linkage. On aftermarket short throw shifts, that portion of the shifter has been shortened, significantly decreasing the shifter throw.
Also, cutting the shifter would cause issues with the reverse lockout.
Is this any better than the option short shift upgrade from the dealer?
Of course for one it's 2 inches shorter then the stock stick, I have the STI short shifter in my WRX and honestly it don't really feel much different then the regular one that came with the car I mean it's more stiff but nothing to write home to mama about if you kno what I mean....
We do not have the STI short shifter upgrade installed but I can definitely say I felt the difference right after this was installed. The build quality of the shifter is also very nice and solid.
Is this short shifter any different from the stock factory short shifter? Any difference in shorther thows or what???
This is 2 inches shorter so there is a major difference between the two.
So the shifter is 2 inches shorther in length or in the throw
2 inches shorter in height. Shift travel is reduced by 30%
+subispeed will the shifter work with the Perrin shifter stop?
+Zack Memmott Yes
A shifter stop has nothing to do with the shifter.
so is this also gona work for for 2015 STI ?
same question
any difference from a stock sti short shifter
+Brandon Minsein This shifter is a lot shorter than the stock sti short shifter.