Acuity Shift Knob: Integra Type S DE5 / Civic Type R FL5 Install

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0:25What's up guys, it's Subway!

0:27We are back again here with another video

0:29One of the greatest things about a manual is you can upgrade the shit feel

0:35So for the Integra Type S, we are going to do some mods

0:41I'm going to do a 3 part series because there's so many things you can do

0:44The most common one is to change your shift knob

0:47And then I have that with a little charm to it

0:51Just to feel a little cute

0:53There also is the shifter base bushings

0:56That we can change to something more solid

1:00And then there's also the shift linkage bushing that is in the engine bay

1:06Looks something like this, there's two of them

1:08We're going to do the 3 part series

1:13This is going to be its own video

1:17But today we're going to do the shift of the shift knob

1:20Because the quiddity, look at this

1:25It's beautiful, it's beautiful

1:28So we of going to do the shift knob just feels good

1:31A witty shift knob, it's going to feel a little more direct

1:34It's going to have a little more weight to it

1:37But the throws should feel like a bolt action rifle

1:41That's where I'm trying to go for

1:44Shift knob, shift charm, just a little fun thing you can do

1:55Then we are going to also upgrade that little thing that goes in between the shift boot

2:02Sometimes we'll have it saggy, our cars are brand new

2:05So you don't have to really worry about that, push that down here

2:09So we can change the base as well

2:15It says pull to release, pull to release both sides

2:19And then you have their brand

2:21So, depending the way depending on where you want to make it look

2:24That looks nice

2:29And we have some cable ties to get it all snug in there

2:35Alright, so the OEM shift knob isn't too hard to disassemble

2:42I find the easiest way to remove it is just pop this thing off

2:48Just twist it, basically loosens itself like that

2:54You don't have to be too forceful, you can see the little hooks right here

2:59I believe this is a 13, you can look just right here

3:05And this bad boy pops off,, whoo!

3:14Here it comes off too

3:23After that you can just pop this off by pulling up

3:39I'm going to be removing this

3:45This is held by a zip tie

3:48You can see right there

3:50So we're going to have to cut that zip tie out

3:54So I just snip the little zip tie

4:01This comes right out

4:12Oh, don't want to drop that

4:14So this the OEM one, it's a plastic retainer

4:18And now we're going to change it to this new one

4:31You don't want to do it too tight because it will add wrinkles

4:36So get it kind of in where you think it will look good

4:42And that looks perfect to me

4:44Now you're going to have two different adapters

4:47So do the one according to your shift knob

4:56And you just want to tighten this bad boy

4:59Shift knob in, should be able to just pop it in

5:41And voila!

5:43You've got your new shift knob

5:45Of course you want to tighten it

5:47You can tighten it by putting it down

5:50And let's see what the 13

6:24It's a lot easier to grab

6:29I didn't think it was going to make that big a difference

6:33Because aesthetically this matches a car really nicely

6:36But, wow

6:38Just like the way, my hands are not huge

6:42And this teardrop design is pretty good

6:46But man, I'm telling you this

6:49You can snap it, grab

6:51It's a lot easier to reach for

6:54It's so much bigger, it might not seem that much bigger

6:58But because it's like a cylinder and it doesn't taper off

7:03You can grab it a whole lot easier

7:06And then start going to town

7:10Now, I guess I'm going to show some glamour shots with it

7:15So you guys can see it

7:16And do the little charm just for fun

7:46Alright, let's test this shift knob

7:57First to second

8:01Second to third

8:05Now, I've been driving for a bit

8:08And I would say the shift knob actually makes a substantial amount of difference

8:13Because it's something you're actually holding

8:15The feel is better

8:18It's weighted better

8:19And it also sits lower, but it's also bigger

8:22So the shifts are shorter

8:24But it's easier to grab, so it feels

8:27It's just easier to shift into gear

8:29Now, this is going to be a three-part series

8:34This is the

8:43Shift callers and then the shift bushings

8:45Don't know what order I'm going to be doing that in

8:49But for my equity

8:53I don't even know how to say the names

8:55This is a great shift knob

8:57It's been an aluminum

8:58It's solid

9:03Feels great, it's anodized

9:11It matches the interior of the Type-S

9:13Kind of in that red

9:15Red on red on red

9:16Two-tone kind of going on right now

9:19I'm happy with the product

9:21And if you guys are interested again

9:23I'll leave a link down below

9:24This is great

9:26Easy mod to do

9:28And it personalizes the car a little bit

9:30You saw the charms and stuff like that

9:32A number of people like to make the car their own

9:36I like the OEM look

9:38But this look right here

9:56The color itself

9:58The little bottom part right there

10:03It just looks way better than that stock

10:05Chromy piece

10:07I'm happy overall

10:10Thank you guys for watching

10:11Catch you guys in the next one

10:13Peace.