Polo GTI - Raising the shifter

**Stuwey** · 11-09-2011, 11:46 PM

Surely I'm not the only one who has to reach to grab the next gear.

Has anyone looked into raising the shifter up a bit higher, and if al all possible, rearward?

Will any of the shifters on the market fit the 02R 'box? A lot of the manufactrers are from the USA, where of course our 9N platform doesn't exist.

eg

CAE Shifting Technology

?

**DeanB** · 12-09-2011, 07:30 AM

You should hit plautos up he was playing with shifters in his Polo. He might have some advice.

**noone** · 12-09-2011, 08:47 AM

Are you tall? I did have to reach a little for 2nd and 4th, but the short shifter has pretty much fixed that.

What about lengthening the stick as a cheap fix?

**Stuwey** · 12-09-2011, 08:55 AM

I'm about 6', and I have a dodgy back. I find myself leaning forwards all the time. I'm looking at ditching the standard steering wheel and swapping it for a deep dish OMP or similar too.

If I lengthen the stick as such, that'll just make each shift a longer throw, which I don't want. What I DO want is to drop my hand off the wheel, and straight on to the shifter, nice and high.

**seangti** · 12-09-2011, 11:55 AM

Built like a T-Rex hey (big body and short arms

)?? Is your seat set-up correctly? Not like a lounge chair but up right? Tried all the adjustment available in the seat (angles, height, etc, etc)? You likely would have, but thought I'd asked none-the-less.

**Blitzen** · 12-09-2011, 04:33 PM

I have personally never had a problem with reaching both the shifter or the steering wheel, and I am only 5'7, and firmly in the relm of short legs, small hands, and smells of cabbage!!