Shifter Upgrades and Components for BMW Z3 (1996-2002)

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There's nothing worse than a sloppy shifter in your manual transmission BMW. For most applications, we have poly and teflon rebuild kits available to make your shifter feel more precise than it did the day it rolled off the showroom floor. Don't underestimate the value of a good shifter rebuild, this will restore the engaging driving experience that makes your BMW the ultimate driving machine.

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Even after rebuilding your manual transmission shifter with brand new BMW components or installing a short shift kit, your shifts will still be at the mercy of soft factory bushings. Designed with 100% comfort and low manufacturing costs in mind, BMW's factory carrier bushing offers a freedom of movement on all axis, resulting in "factory installed slop".
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Turner Double Adjustable Short Shift Kit - E36 328is 328i M3 ...
Height and throw adjustable, featuring quick change rally lever extensions!
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We have always loved BMWs, but one of their shortcomings has always been shifter throw and feel. Even driving your BMW home from the dealership, you might realize that the shifter throw leaves something to be desired when you find your right hand in your backseat when shifting into fourth gear. Things only go downhill from here, as these cars increase in age and mileage shifts feel less and less precise. Here at Turner, we CAD design everything in house and source the best materials to give you a truly amazing product and enhance the driving experience in your ultimate driving machine. After extensive testing and development, we are proud to present you with our Turner Motorsport short shifter. We wanted to develop something that could fit any BMW owner’s preferences - our engineering team decided this could be designed a height and throw adjustable short shifter that also features a “Quick Change” rally lever extension that allows you to easily swap back and forth between OE height shifter and the longer, rally lever you see in the product photos. Why the rally lever extension? Having the added height allows you to keep both hands closer to the wheel through shifts - this is especially helpful on the track, but we like it in our daily drivers too.
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New for your 6-cylinder Z3 is our Dual Shear Selector Rod (DSSR) to deliver a more controlled and tighter shifting experience over the factory selector rod. Pair our Z3 DSSR with our upgraded poly rear shifter bushing for the full upgraded shifting experience. This DSSR is designed for Z3 models that have the selector rod p# 25111222780.

Upgrade from your single connection selector rod to a dual shear selector rod or DSSR for a stronger connection and an overall better shifting experience. The factory BMW selector rod is made of hollow aluminum tubing and attaches to both the shifter and transmission from one side utilizing a pin-and-clip design. The factory single-side attachment only has a small amount of surface area contacting both the shifter and transmission selector which relies directly on the connecting pin to do all of the shifting and control, this can cause a loose and/or lackluster experience when shifting gears or shaking your shifter in neutral. Your new Turner DSSR features a much larger contacting surface to both the shifter and transmission, not only does the upgraded DSSR have larger faces contacting your shift components but it also features double the amount of mounting surfaces. This dual shear selector rod hugs your shift lever and selector tight from both sides and eliminates deflection and sloppiness for the best shifting experience possible.

Features and benefits:

Provides an increased shift feel by reducing deflection and play in the linkage.
Works with factory and aftermarket Turner shifters
Maintains stock 389mm length for stock shift knob location
Precision machined pins for perfect fit
Manufactured from 303 stainless steel for superior corrosion resistance
Design:

Designed to maintain 5 degrees of lean for the shift lever toward the driver
Replacement for 25111222780 (E36/7 6-cylinder cars)
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Product development:

Our shifter components are designed, engineered, tested, and quality inspected by our Research and Development team at Turner. Nothing but the highest level of precision and quality through leading-edge product development technology including FARO laser scanning for reverse engineering and quality inspection, SolidWorks 3D CAD modeling, rapid prototyping utilizing our in-house 3D printer, and rigorous long-term product testing.

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Enhance Your BMW's Performance with the BMW Teflon Shifter Bushing Kit

  • Improves shifting precision and responsiveness
  • Reduces play and slop in the shifter mechanism
  • Made from high-quality Teflon material for durability
  • Easy to install with no modifications required

Upgrade your BMW's shifting performance with the BMW Teflon Shifter Bushing Kit. This kit improves shifting precision and responsiveness by reducing play and slop in the shifter mechanism. Crafted from high-quality Teflon material, the bushings offer durability and long-lasting performance. Installation is straightforward, requiring no modifications to your vehicle.

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Tired of dealing with excess shifter slop and a mushy shifter? The Turner Shifter Rebuild & Upgrade Kits will restore your shifter's crisp feel and eliminate excessive movement that develops over time with wear. Included in this kit are all the common wear components and upgraded bushings that will give you a tighter shifting feel than traditional rubber bushings and will resist wear significantly longer.

This kit is perfect to restore your driving pleasure and will be the last shifter rebuild you will ever need!

See the included components under Kit Contents below.

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Shifter slop is a common complaint among all BMW models. Some of that play comes from the bushings where the shifter carrier mounts to the transmission. The original rubber carrier bushings don't last very long and when they get too soft the shifter flops around. These Teflon bushings are not as stiff as Delrin so they won't transmit as much vibration and buzz in the shifter. Yet Teflon will last much longer than the factory rubber, giving you precise shifting for many years.

Note: this is only one part of the shift linkage and there may be other components that need replacing to improve shifting feel.

We advise getting a replacement bushing carrier pin as well. If the original rubber bushings are worn the pin will have wear too and you will still have slop in the shifter, even with the new bushings.

These are the OVAL shifter carrier bushings (some BMW models have round bushings).

This item fits the following BMWs:
1992-1998 E36 BMW 328i 328is 328ic M3
1999-2002 E46 BMW 328i 328ci 330i 330ci
2001-2006 E46 BMW M3
1997-2003 E39 BMW 540i M5
1997-2002 Z3 BMW Z3 1.9 Z3 2.3 Z3 2.5i Z3 2.8 Z3 3.0i M Roadster M Roadster
1999-2003 E52 BMW Z8

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Tired of dealing with excess shifter slop and a mushy shifter? The Turner Shifter Rebuild & Upgrade Kits will restore your shifter's crisp feel and eliminate excessive movement that develops over time with wear. Included in this kit are all the common wear components and OE quality bushings that will give you a tighter shifting feel and will hold up like a day 1 BMW.

This kit is perfect to restore your driving pleasure!

See the included components under Kit Contents below.

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Part#: 2511-002BKT
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Most BMW shifters lose their like-new feeling after a few years. The culprit is the rubber bushing that BMW installs in the shifter arm location. Each time you move the shift lever, the shift rod moves which creates slop in your shifter. ECS Tuning has developed a direct fit, high-strength Teflon bushing as a replacement. Made from virgin Teflon rod, these bushings contain no fillers or impurities, resulting in a longer-lasting replacement piece. These bushings will remove all of the side-to-side slop from the shifter rod, improving even the stock shifter. Kit featuring the following components, 2 Teflon Bushing Inserts
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