DIY: NST Short Shift Kit [NonStopTuning]

[ChinoCharles]

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[ChinoCharles]

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[kurokoma-kun]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! :thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

Mine shipped yesterday so I've been pretty impatient for this. You are too good to us CC! :wub:

Good luck everyone.

[Ah Yum]

Thank you.

[tk-421]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! :thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

Mine shipped yesterday so I've been pretty impatient for this. You are too good to us CC! :wub:

Good luck everyone.

+1

This will help me out a lot when I get a chance to install it (very soon I hope)

[marcus]

so you need to reinstall the old parts on top of it.. then why the heck people choosing different colors..u cant even see that thing...hehehehe :iono: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[whooppee777]

damn this makes me wish i had bought a manual

[bigsky2]

Woo pretty colours...

[ChinoCharles]

I have to hand it to NST for making some of the prettiest anodized pieces ever. I opened my package today and I was taken aback by that little candy-coated looking SSK. If you got red, you're in for a treat!

[forpinks]

Wow! thats a different short shifter (much easier) than the one I installed for my tC, you don't even have to yank the shift knob out of it's housing...

The Yaris is just awesome!

[jdium]

I like the idea very much. The real question is, how well does it work? Driving impressions?

[NonStopTuning]

It works like poop cuz NST likes to build crappy products! :wink:


Those of you who own the product, please feel free to post your thoughts and comments in the following thread... http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535


We welcome your thoughts, comments, ideas when within reason :wink:

[kwb1959]

Thanks NST for producing another great product. Thanks CC for a great DIY. Your support to this forum is greatly appreciated!

[uncleyaris]

Chino, you did tell me, and boy my 5 yr old could do it. I might need his hands come to think of it, lol

Great pics

thanks

[reznunt]

BEST DIY i've seen so far. pictures tell a thousand words! especially when the pictures are clear and precise!

[AlphaFox]

Pics are showing up as red X for me... anyone else?

[nqd]

nope...ur work comp sucks!..haha jk

get back 2 work man :wink:

[AlphaFox]

I am going to take a road trip tonight to bostson, I will be bringing a large club with NQD written on it. haha

[AlphaFox]

ok I got the pics, nicely done Charles!
I dont really understand how it operates though..? how does it actually decrease the throw?

[nqd]

I am going to take a road trip tonight to bostson, I will be bringing a large club with NQD written on it. haha

haha :clap: :bellyroll:

is it a hard reach if u dont take out the battery???

[ChinoCharles]

The airbox is what gets in the way the most.

[nqd]

"Your item arrived at 7:42 AM on July 27, 2007 in CHELSEA, MA 02150. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later."

I cant wait to go home!!!!!!

[OxyG3nE]

grrr i want mineeee :(

[AlphaFox]

I just got mine and installed it!! wowza!! its nice, with the weapon-r intake it was easy to get under the intake and install it. I even installed it with my work dress clothes on! took 2 minutes! I didnt expect it to be that stiff, its definately harder to push, but in a good way. it is noticeably shorter, I like it!

[nqd]

I concur Alpha Fox...ITs the Shit....Gonna take a while to get used to but its great definatly worth the money...:thumbup: :thumbup:

Did it in 10 min....due to the fact that i was burning my arms due to the heat....:eyebulge:

oh and im glad i got the dragon intake b4 the SSK cuz my arms wouldnt fit without it...

:bow: :bow: :bow: ALL HAIL NST:bow: :bow: :bow:

[NonStopTuning]

Thanks again everyone for all your kind words, it makes all of our hard work well worth it :)

Be sure to comment in the NST SSK Specs, User Info, etc thread once your pieces have been installed.... Some of your fellow board members have been asking for user reviews. The following thread is a great place for this...

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535


Thanks again everyone, we appreciate it.

[WRBlue]

I didnt expect it to be that stiff, its definately harder to push, but in a good way. it is noticeably shorter, I like it!

Makes sense, you just shortened the smaller lever arm and moved the fulcrum on a complex lever ;)

[RedToyotaYaris]

Put mine on about and hour ago and i must say...god damn the stock throw was shitty. now i need a new knob that feels better. Thanks chino and NST. that was easy.

[cali yaris]

ooh mine came today... I'm taking a flashlight out there right now... (it's 10pm, LOL).

[cali yaris]

yep, about 3 minutes. In the dark. (cold air intake people, we have it easier for sure.) I can't say yet whether I love it, but props to NST for such a nicely done product.

[hasher22]

damn u manual!

[forpinks]

Can this be an add on for the interior Short Shifter and will it decrease and stiffen shift throws to another "dimension" (LOL!) I mean will it still make the STS work better?

[window_lee]

for those people who installed the product. isn't it that thing just gonna decrease the distance vertically but not horzontally?
I mean just decrease the distance from north and south but not east and west.

[jdium]

for those people who installed the product. isn't it that thing just gonna decrease the distance vertically but not horzontally?
I mean just decrease the distance from north and south but not east and west.

It's not the east/west that concerns most people. The only way to really change that is through an actual lever swap, and it's never much...

[Black Yaris]

Hey I just want to throw my comment in here..... I just installed my SSK yesterday afternoon and have been driving on it for a day.... LOVE IT.... this has to be one of the best mods to date... I just banging thought the gears now..... Thanx NST and Chino!

[WRBlue]

for those people who installed the product. isn't it that thing just gonna decrease the distance vertically but not horzontally?
I mean just decrease the distance from north and south but not east and west.

Yes, because thats the only mounting point your adjusting.

Literally took less than a minute to install. Just make sure all your washers are flat, and your installing the piece perfectly perpendicular to the OEM mount point, it'll stick otherwise :D

[marcus]

does anybody put on their nst ssk yet!! update guys update!! hows the feel of it!!??

[Kioshi]

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535

there ya go marcus~

[marcus]

kewl..thanks boys and gal...hehehe

[marcus]

any canadians installed their nst ssk yet???

[NonStopTuning]

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7535

there ya go marcus~

[Doc Zaius]

I'm doing mine when I get home from work. I've had it since Monday... I'm soo slow!!

[OxyG3nE]

any canadians installed their nst ssk yet???

i have it

[marcus]

i have it

well how was it..is it nsk made or trd...how the throw?

[OxyG3nE]

its NST but i also have the TWM so for me its really short. take a little more strengh to shift gear and 5 and R are harder to shift in.. if i knew i would only took the NST much easier to install than the TWM and make better result . i say u should buy it :p

[marcus]

its NST but i also have the TWM so for me its really short. take a little more strengh to shift gear and 5 and R are harder to shift in.. if i knew i would only took the NST much easier to install than the TWM and make better result . i say u should buy it :p

i did order it thru group buy but still hasnt gotten it yet..*sigh*..

[OxyG3nE]

haa got it thursday.. wednesday ;p

[marcus]

finally got my nst ssk and places it on in less than 2 minutes..like chino said.. sweet shifting with that ..thanks NST! although custom charge me 21 dollars to get it but still all good,!!

[uncleyaris]

Would have been nice For NST to say it only cost 10 bucks to save us Canadian boyz the extra$20!!!!!!!!!

[OxyG3nE]

i didnt get any bill..

[marcus]

yah it would have help if its sent as gift...so no other fees involve..

[OxyG3nE]

its illegal .. thats the answer i got :p

[marcus]

i love the way it shifts... sturdy , precise, shorter...i may miss the rubbery feel.. then again only takes less than 2 minutes to switch it back.. :thumbsup: you rock nst!!

[YarisGuy]

yah it would have help if its sent as gift...so no other fees involve..

They are listed in the US as a business and if they are caught doing illegal stuff they will be fined to death and forced to close shop. Do the right thing and pay the duties imposed by your country. Speak to your country's officials if you have a problem with paying it, don't put your favorite company in a tough spot by asking them to do something illegal. They won't list it as a gift or lower the value.

[OxyG3nE]

anyway duty with usps are not expensive.. if u go with fedex or ups.. u add 55$ + dutie.... and at canada post they only charge 5$+ duties

[michoujordan76]

Does anybody know if this will work in the Echo Hatch (i.e. the previous generation Yaris)?

Thanks!

[aca72]

This will be in my to buy/ to do list.

I saw one at eBay for $96 + $8 shipping.

NST NonStopTuning Toyota Yaris Short Shift Kit (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NST-NonStopTuning-Toyota-Yaris-Short-Shift-Kit_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33736QQihZ001QQitem Z110161822907QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW)

[gmodder]

this thing doesnt fit on a 2009 3dr LB...It doesnt rest far enough down so you put the cotter pin in...

[texkid]

this thing doesnt fit on a 2009 3dr LB...It doesnt rest far enough down so you put the cotter pin in...

PM sent. Let me know.

[Thirty-Nine]

I wonder why Toyota would change something like that mid-cycle?

[gmodder]

Ok guys Upon Cali's request Iam posting what i did to make this work...Sorry my camera is screwed so no pics but dont think they are needed..

Basically from stock there is absolutely no way the device will sit far enough down so the cotter pin can slide in...So i put my toyota cap on and thought for about 2mins' (as long as can without getting a headache)

I pulled out my dremel and put the following bit on it..(I know but it was the only one i had to work with) http://www.dremel.com/en-us/AttachmentsAndAccessories/Pages/AttachmentsDetail.aspx?pid=562

I basically cut down the bottom side of the blk until i couldnot see any red left..I also had to cut a little off the edges..So now the blk is completely silver on the bottom...I did have to test fit about 4 times until i got it just right..Once i had enough cut down I had to press down on the blk pretty hard and it slid all the way down for the cotter pin to slide..Tested a short drive everything seems fine..took me about 20mins to do this...Maybe NST can look into this and make a ver.2 for us 08-09 owners...

Also 1 thing to point out...I dont think it is the depth of the channel on the blk its the edges that are stopping the thing from resting flat...so someone might try just fileing the edges down instead of the whole bottom side.

[cali yaris]

Thanks for the write up -- glad you got it to work.

Maybe a thinner version with and without a washer would fit both versions?

[gmodder]

Thanks for the write up -- glad you got it to work.

Maybe a thinner version with and without a washer would fit both versions?

Washer doesnt come in play until you are putting the Arm back on..That cotter pin has plenty of room to slide in..

[suiller]

hi all plp... perhaps I missed something... does this actually work on the new yaris 1.33 (100hp) model 2009??

thank you in advance

kind regards,
davide

[Dysfunctionallx]

I don't like the idea of spending close to $100 on something thats made for my car and having to shave it down to make it fit. But thats just me. I'll buy one if the fitting problems get fixed.

[naossoan]

$98 for a little piece of aluminum? wtf?

[yarisugi]

$98 for a little piece of aluminum? wtf?
The TRD one costs even more. Try making one yourself.

[Thirty-Nine]

I love my full NST kit.

If anyone needs additional instructions, here's my how-to:

http://subcompactculture.com/NST_Drivetrain_Products.html

[swidd]

Where was the install moved to? Looks like I scored one, and will need installation instructions.

[tk-421]

Where was the install moved to? Looks like I scored one, and will need installation instructions.
Here you go:
http://www.subcompactculture.com/2009/01/review-and-installation-nst-short.html

[swidd]

Links to http://www.subcompactculture.com/NST_Drivetrain_Products.html which ... does not exist.

Found this http://scionlife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124859 instead -- usable!

[swidd]

After installing and running with it for a while, the gears became a bit stiffer to shit into and out of. Kinda like a "dry hump" to get over/into to get into the gates.

Sprayed down the whole NST and gear linkage and top of gear box with WD-40, and it shifts smooth as baby oil.

Are there any ill effects from just whimsically spraying WD-40 around at all places in the car? Avoiding surfaces that get hot, like the exhaust and engine block, can I safely spray WD-40 on everything else without messing up? (nuts and bolts, to keep from rusting)

[limey163]

it says he DIY has been moved, but where did that sucker move to?

[swidd]

limey163, see my post 2 before yours, there's a better guide somewhere else.

[WeeYari]

it says he DIY has been moved, but where did that sucker move to?

Chino jumped ship in a snit in 2009. Removed everything he ever created, leaving us with several useless threads. But, as has been mentioned, post#71 contains a new link.

[cali yaris]

The new version has an extra bracket to move the cables over as well. Mazilla posted a DIY with pictures on here recently. TRD has them, and I will have our version available very soon.

/topic

As for the above comment, for the record, Chino had good reason to do what he did, and he wasn't alone. At least include enough of the story so people understand and can make up their own minds, instead of just trying to make him look bad.

[limey163]

Thanks guys.

Also I notice there are 4 different shifter additions, the bushing kit, engine bay kit, and 2 cabin kits, do you need to have all four? I was thinking of grabbing the in-cabin short shifter kit but I don't want the car to feel off-balance since it's missing the other three.

[BEEF]

the bushing kit just stifens up the feel (takes out the slop) and for the under hood vs the in cabin kit, you can have one or the other or both. I think they both reduce throw buy around 25% or so. some people go really extreme and do both to reduce throw by about 50%

I honestly am going for the under hood kit because it is easier. I hope to make a youtube vid of my install. at the same time, it may be a while since i don't even have it yet (and it isn't available just yet either)

[aruester]

Links to http://www.subcompactculture.com/NST_Drivetrain_Products.html which ... does not exist.

Found this http://scionlife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124859 instead -- usable!

This is for the engine compartment SSK.... Anyone know were I can find the IN CABIN SSK DIY??? It's like the 'Great White Buffalo.....' HELP! Please :iono: