Thought I would post this in techi section as it was deep in the vaults on the forum

Pic of the standard VRS gear shifter and linkage



Forge Short Shifter with the 3 optional fitting adapters(depending on which one you have fitted to the car)



Difference between the 2 gear shifters



Original shifter removed



Forge short shifter fitted and in place



Easy job to do and happy with results, Gear shift is a lot less gear throw

Next was the Verdict Motorsport gear shift bushings

http://www.verdictmo...roductCode=0100


I heard about these whilst browsing the VW forums and also our Rob's website as he has these fitted. Ordered from this US website at approx $22 did not break the bank so I gave it a go.

Can see the original rubber mountins on the left verses the solid Verdict mountings on right.



Removing the originals is easy, I memoved the selector cables off the gear linkinage arm as i was replacing that with the forge and was going to do a linkage adjustment anyway. Then I just undid bolts and lift bracket up.

removed the original rubbers



Placed in the verdict replacements



bolted down



Then I reset the gear box linkage

good vid here which is helpful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9ggefOjAE

i see the forge short shift does away with the counter weight,does that make a differance? I have a hpa on mine and that looks standerd apart from the diff pivit placements(20-40% reduction)

really helpful vid too

Done this to mine plus the 42 draft design bushings

http://store.42draftdesigns.com/VW-Shifter-Bushing-Set--Mk4-56S-MY02-05_p_279.html got these from Awesome GTi

Well worth doing all three mods, improves the shift alot

http://www.awesomegti.com/parts/transmission/quick-shifts/42-draft-vw-shifter-bushing-set-mk4-5-6speed-my02-05

are these the ones for the mk1 Vrs? i presume so but i have a habit of ordering the wrong parts.

My gears keep unaligning themselves

http://www.awesomegt...-6speed-my02-05

are these the ones for the mk1 Vrs? i presume so but i have a habit of ordering the wrong parts.

My gears keep unaligning themselves

That's the one's

think i may get these on order then. gears are behaving at the minute but be nice to firm them up

Thanks for your help