Official Texas M3 Chat Thread

[kevinD]

Originally Posted by DevJ

I'm almost 100% certain your ssk is not installed right. I'll test it out Sat, but I have a feeling your shifter may be installed backwards. If thats not the issue, then there is something wrong with the install or it is defective.

I guarantee you, once you drive my car, you'll love the ssk!!

its not installed backwards. if it were, he wouldn't be able to get it in R/1/3/5 as the shift lever would be to far forward.


when installing it i noticed that the spherical bearing inserts at the bottom of the lever were to thick for the shift linkage pin to fit through. then at the end there is a retainer clip to hold it all together. the inserts were to thick for the pin to reach all the way through for the clip to hold it together though, even after removing the yellow plastic washer it still didn't fit. i had to sand the insert down for the retainer clip to fit so it would stay together. its possible the yellow plastic clip not being there is causing it to not shift as smooth, which would be a result of poor Quality control on the manufacturing of the SSK spherical bearings (they were easily a 1/4" to thick... on a part where the length is about 1 1/2 inches).

regardless, every SSK for every car i have ever driven has never felt as good as stock. remember when you make the linkage shorter, your mechanical leverage is reduced, therefor it requires more effort to put it in gear. so if it "feels" like its harder to put in gear, thats because it is. if it actually WONT go into gear, then something could be wrong with the spherical bearing inserts. other then that unless the lever is falling out of the car theres nothing else left to fail.

let me know if you want me to take another look at it nawaaz

[DevJ]

^^ hey, I've heard your experience with evos, and am really shocked nawaaz is having problems. I was trying to diagnose, no offense to you man my ssk is actually defective, so nawaazs may also be the same way!

[artifice]

Didn't the UUC ssk's have some part that was replaced by a Teflon piece? My supra's ssk was the bomb!

[kevinD]

Originally Posted by DevJ

^^ hey, I've heard your experience with evos, and am really shocked nawaaz is having problems. I was trying to diagnose, no offense to you man my ssk is actually defective, so nawaazs may also be the same way!

none taken, i want the car to work the way its sopposed to as well. when i felt it after installing it, it felt "knotchy" but it didn't feel out of the ordinary. i didn't drive it though, so nawaaz will have to describe the problem more for me to help him further.

what is defective on your SSK?

[Nawaaz]

Thank you for your very helpful feedback Kevin.

I'll give you a buzz shortly...

-Nawaaz

[DevJ]

Originally Posted by kevinD

none taken, i want the car to work the way its sopposed to as well. when i felt it after installing it, it felt "knotchy" but it didn't feel out of the ordinary. i didn't drive it though, so nawaaz will have to describe the problem more for me to help him further.

what is defective on your SSK?

When shifting hard, my ssk 'clicks' I couldn't tell it was defective, but according to members on this forum, it is. I'll probably have to shoot UUC an email to see it it's something that can be simply resolved or if it'll have to replaced. I'm hoping it's the first, bc getting it reinstalled is going to be a pain in the ass!

I'll give you and Nawaaz my first thoughts about the ssk, I don't like posting anything bad in the other section of this forum because I don't want to have a bad relationship with a brand/vendor/etc

At first when I got it installed, I was like wtf is this. This is absolute shit. Worst $600 I had ever spent total. I wanted to know why the f it was so hard to shift, especially when I drove it the first ~200 miles. I found IMPOSSIBLE to engage 1st gear without going from 2-1. I was like

I figured it needed to break in or whatever, so I gave it a little time. Over the next ~500miles, it begin to smooth out and became very nice besides this annoying as FUCK click it kept making. It eventually became quieter and only was prevalent when I shifted HARD into 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 4-3 downshift.

You are welcome to come to our meet and see both of our ssk (and hang out with us ) if you' like.

I'm leaning towards Nawaaz's ssk being defective. Something in there may be wrong, but I'm not certain to what it is

[Nawaaz]

Thanks again for your help, Kevin.

Update: I've decided that I'm not gonna fiddle with the stress of trying to figure what's going wrong with my new ssk, so I'm gonna go ahead and change back to my stock shifter soon.

Before I got the ssk installed, I wasn't very disappointed with my stock shifter. I mean yeah, it's not perfect, but I was already pretty satisfied with it.

Oh well, I gave the ssk a shot, but I just can't handle the mental strain of trying to figure out what's going wrong.

[artifice]

Originally Posted by Nawaaz

Thanks again for your help, Kevin.

Update: I've decided that I'm not gonna fiddle with the stress of trying to figure what's going wrong with my new ssk, so I'm gonna go ahead and change back to my stock shifter soon.

Before I got the ssk installed, I wasn't very disappointed with my stock shifter. I mean yeah, it's not perfect, but I was already pretty satisfied with it.

Oh well, I gave the ssk a shot, but I just can't handle the mental strain of trying to figure out what's going wrong.

It is a long throw but it isn't too bad... plus it lines up at the right height with the arm rest =)

[Nawaaz]

Originally Posted by DevJ

When shifting hard, my ssk 'clicks' I couldn't tell it was defective, but according to members on this forum, it is. I'll probably have to shoot UUC an email to see it it's something that can be simply resolved or if it'll have to replaced. I'm hoping it's the first, bc getting it reinstalled is going to be a pain in the ass!

I'll give you and Nawaaz my first thoughts about the ssk, I don't like posting anything bad in the other section of this forum because I don't want to have a bad relationship with a brand/vendor/etc

At first when I got it installed, I was like wtf is this. This is absolute shit. Worst $600 I had ever spent total. I wanted to know why the f it was so hard to shift, especially when I drove it the first ~200 miles. I found IMPOSSIBLE to engage 1st gear without going from 2-1. I was like

I figured it needed to break in or whatever, so I gave it a little time. Over the next ~500miles, it begin to smooth out and became very nice besides this annoying as FUCK click it kept making. It eventually became quieter and only was prevalent when I shifted HARD into 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 4-3 downshift.

You are welcome to come to our meet and see both of our ssk (and hang out with us ) if you' like.

I'm leaning towards Nawaaz's ssk being defective. Something in there may be wrong, but I'm not certain to what it is

Exactly, I'm getting that same annoying 'clicking' too!

I also feel/notice it most when I start shifting quicker and more aggressively.

Originally Posted by artifice

It is a long throw but it isn't too bad... plus it lines up at the right height with the arm rest =)

I completely agree, Edwin.

[kevinD]

Originally Posted by DevJ

You are welcome to come to our meet and see both of our ssk (and hang out with us ) if you' like.

i definately want to make it out to a meet. its just hard cause i'm a very busy bee. i'll certainly make it though, i've been reading this forum for about a year now, and will be more and more active when i get close to getting one again

[Nawaaz]

^

Hope to see you at the meet!

[DevJ]

Originally Posted by kevinD

i definately want to make it out to a meet. its just hard cause i'm a very busy bee. i'll certainly make it though, i've been reading this forum for about a year now, and will be more and more active when i get close to getting one again

That's what I like to hear Hope to see you Saturday!

[Nawaaz]

Got my first 'thumbs up' for my exhaust note earlier this evening. The dude was in a crotch rocket, and he said that my M3 sounded AMAZING!

Most other people honk at me, or look at me in hatred when I pass by.

One thing's is for sure: As each day passes, this loud exhaust note gets easier to live with.....Believe it or not.

[gb007]

What exhaust you get? Just today one of my neighbors made a comment on my AA exhaust on my e92 m3. He said, that thing sounds sooooooo MEAN.....it's like it is coming to EAT ME! lol

[Nawaaz]

Originally Posted by gb007

What exhaust you get? Just today one of my neighbors made a comment on my AA exhaust on my e92 m3. He said, that thing sounds sooooooo MEAN.....it's like it is coming to EAT ME! lol

Gintani's full catless system.

If your neighbor thought yours sounded mean, then he should listen to mine. I haven't ran into one single person who I haven't scared the LIVING DAYLIGHTS out of!!

It literally shakes all my neighbors walls, windows and frames when I'm only cruising past their homes!

[spicoli024]

[Nawaaz]

^ Nothing for vegetarians, eh?

[Nawaaz]

It's not often you don't see very many cars, or people on the road. It's a weird feeling.

I'm probably the only maniac driving through the empty streets with my loud exhaust.

Good night everybody.

[gb007]

You and me both. I felt like I needed to drive around a bit tonight, too. An, odd, quiet before the storm effect. Very strange. Just me and the roads... and some cops just itching to have a reason to pull me over.

[Nawaaz]

Oh yeah, I did see a few cops on the streets. I guess they were expecting problems from troublemakers like us.

Say, what's your name? I was going to put it beside your username which I listed on our M3 Meet List...

[gb007]

Greg. BTW, can we get a reminder sent about the event? cya

[Nawaaz]

Originally Posted by gb007

Greg. BTW, can we get a reminder sent about the event? cya

Reminder PM sent.

See you soon Greg!