Interior finished - Aluminium Look and Short Shift

[ArthurK]

After much time and effort of confirming rear centre console part numbers and returning incorrect parts the interior is finally finished.

Apart from the Aluminium look interior change I also had the Porsche Short Shift kit installed. All gears from 1st through to 6th are fine, reverse on the other hand is a nightmare. Need to take the car back tomorrow for some minor adjustments. I can barely engage reverse and my wife has no chance. Not sure what is causing it but I am certain it will be sorted out tomorrow.

Edited July 7, 2004 by ArthurK

[Costa]

Hi Aurthur,

I had the Porsche Short Shift Kit installed a few months ago and I did notice (In my case anyway) that reverse is slightly more notchy to select (especialy when the gearbox is cold) compared to the other gears - otherwise it is no real drama to select reverse.

I'd say that it just requires a minor adjustment.

Your interior looks great - I really like the Aluminium touch on the instrument surround.

- You just need an Aluminium Dead pedal for a RHS vehicle - I have not seen anyone selling these though - :angry:

[ArthurK]

Costas.

Yes the reverse is slightly more notchy but this requires brute strength to push left then finally up. I can barely get it into gear as it is so I cannot see how my wife will. It is going back tomorrow for some fine tuning.

With respect to the dead pedal, I have a LHD dead pedal just need to pull my finger out and get it machined. I was hoping my wife could do it (she is an engineer at Holden (GM for the yanks :) ) but no luck.

Thanks for your kind words on the interior

[Chronos]

Wow, that looks great! I love the aluminum door handles too. :cheers:

[DFC]

My C4S has the short shifter installed as a factory option. I don't notice any difference on shifting to reverse from other gears. They should be able to make some minor adjustments to fix the problem.