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lmao come on, is it just me or does that sound like an outrageous ask?
they want return shipping cost + 20% restocking now... ridiculous
It sounds like complete BS to me. Their website doesn't mention anything about having to modify anything. There is even a line in the ad that made me lol, "Visually this thing leaves nothing to be desired. The machining is top notch". I'm sorry but "Top notch" machining doesn't require any filing.
I've done business with Black Forest for over a decade for BBS wheel parts but this is seriously making me reconsider.
I called BFI and they say that's normal... file down your shift lever til it fits
lmao come on, is it just me or does that sound like an outrageous ask?
they want return shipping cost + 20% restocking now... ridiculous
That shift **** looks pretty sweet, how close is the inner diameter of the **** opening and the outer diameter of the shifter lever? Would taking a good ol Dremel to the inside of the shift **** be something that might work? Just think filing the shifter lever seems like a lot of work especially since it might be easier to put the **** in a vise and patiently remove inner material.
Mine was the same. I filed out the inside of the BFI piece but not all the way up to not allow it to slide all the way down on the shaft (thats what she said), then drilled a through hole towards the bottom and through the factory shaft to raise the **** higher. pain in the *** but it gave me an excuse to get the shifter exactly where i wanted.
Mine was the same. I filed out the inside of the BFI piece but not all the way up to not allow it to slide all the way down on the shaft (thats what she said), then drilled a through hole towards the bottom and through the factory shaft to raise the **** higher. pain in the *** but it gave me an excuse to get the shifter exactly where i wanted.
That's odd... I manufacture shift ***** for Porsches and I have a spare 996 lever in my workshop that I use to test-fit each one before I ship it. They've all been made with the same hole diameter and have all fit without custom complaints. You shouldn't have to modify the car if the bore diameter is accurate.
The issue is not the design itself. We can not make the inside portion of the adapter any bigger as it will then be too large for 996s that do not suffer from the extra flashing that Phillip has, or all of the 997 model line. If the adapter was machined to be bigger, it will then be loose and cause excess front and rear play. Unfortunately, for Phillip and d some others, this does happen from time-to-time, and it's not every single 996 that suffers from the extra material from the factory forging. We used our own 996 to design and test fit the ****, and did not have this issue; same with the 997 we used as a test vehicle. It would be unreasonable to test fit every single 996 to know this was going to happen. Generally, with large scale manufacturers like Porsche, there wouldn't be any differences in parts like this, but there are.
The process to make this work, is rather simple. Filing down of the shifter only takes approximately 5-10 mins, and it doesn't take away from the integrity of the lever; and if you want to go back to a stock shift kn-b in the future, you are able to do so. This was all explained to Phillip and I included pictures of what needed to be done. As with aftermarket parts, not everything is a straight bolt-on. Sometimes, you have to massage items to get it to fit perfectly. I have attached the picture so you can see. You don't have to file it all the way straight, but these are the two parts of the extra flashing that need a little filing down. Once again, real simple to do.
Filing down shift lever?!??!
