I've looked into buying a short shifter for my2002 Audi A4 1.8Tand have found prices all over the board. My car is a 5 speed and the average price seems to be around 150-300 dollars for a high-end short shifter. I've also looked at Ebay and found shifters for 30-80 dollars and am wondering if anyone has tried out the cheaper models. I don't race in competitions but do push my audiand don't want a sloppy short shifter that feels like it's from toy's R us.....or even worse bust in half. Any input on 2002 Audi A4 1.8T 5-speed short shifters would be greatly appreciated.

Here'san Ebay page I looked at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-02...spagenameZWDVW

Here's a higher-end page I looked at:
http://www.mjmautohaus.com/catalog/i...6190_6841_9094

 

Oh, ive been looking into it too, everyone will tell you there is no point in wasting your money on anything but the ebay shifters. Thats for you to decide, I still dunno what to do, but most people will say B and M for quality, and no one complains either about it. Price is about 200-210, but i found that Gmg has it for 179, so if you plan on going that way, this will save you a couple bucks.
http://www.gmgracing.com/audi_drivetrain.shtml

 

you have a nice quality car, makes sense to gowith aquality product like B&M. not saying the ebay shifters don't work. i'm also looking at http://www.stratmosphere.com/shifters.htm, looks pretty high quality to me...it's jst my 2 cents.

 

That looks like a really nice short shifter. It just seems to me that the shifter should only cost around 50 bucks due to it being a simple piece of metal. I read a post on Audiforums that said the Ebay model for a 1999 installed and worked great, so far. I need to knowwhat year ranges of short shifters will workwith a 2002 Audi A4 1.8T 5-speed. I'm not sure when the transmissions changed and effected theshifters. Might as well trya cheap shifter out first and see if it works......any thoughts?

 

I have a neuspeed because of the factory pastic hip joint. I wanted metal bushings which meant I had to replace the whole assembly, basically the same procedure with less steps.

https://www.audiforums.com/m_451595/tm.htm

 

Ebay short shifters are generally nicely reviewed here. I have one and I'm pleased with it.

 

Would a 1996 short shifter fit in a 2002 also?