Audi B9/9.5 A4/A5 Billet Shifter Mounting Plate (B9006A0)
PREORDER. EXPECTED TO SHIP MID JUNE.
Take your 1-2 shift to the next level.
Prevents 2nd gear lockout
Drastically reduces slop and flex in shifter
Works with all shifters that retain the OEM shifter mounting plate, including JHM short throw
PREORDER. EXPECTED TO SHIP MID JUNE.
Take your 1-2 shift to the next level.
Prevents 2nd gear lockout
Drastically reduces slop and flex in shifter
Works with all shifters that retain the OEM shifter mounting plate, including JHM short throw
PREORDER. EXPECTED TO SHIP MID JUNE.
Take your 1-2 shift to the next level.
Prevents 2nd gear lockout
Drastically reduces slop and flex in shifter
Works with all shifters that retain the OEM shifter mounting plate, including JHM short throw
The factory mounting plate that holds the shifter to the body of the car is made of flimsy plastic with a layer of sound-deadening foam between it and the vehicle’s center tunnel. The slider bushings between the plate and the shifter housing are made of soft flexible rubber with tons of slop that gets worse with age. During “enthusiastic” 1-2 shifting, it’s easy to put enough side load on the shift lever to compress the bushings and cause the OEM plate to flex, allowing the shift linkage to get hung up in the reverse track in the transmission. This causes that “sticky” spot you feel between first and second that often causes missed shifts and lost races. Shifter housing wear can add to this as well. No other shifter addresses this problem.
Not only does the JXB Billet Shifter Mounting Plate eliminate this issue, it gives an extremely solid feel to your shifter. The edges of the pattern are no longer soft, but make a solid thud, telling you you’ve arrived at the next gear.
The first video shows where the flex in the OEM plate and sliders comes from and how it’s eliminated with the billet plate. The second video shows the effects of the plate on a customer’s B8 S4. He also has a JHM short throw shifter installed. The B8 S4 has a nearly identical shifter setup from the factory.
Before you assume your missed shifts are due to user error, wearing synchros, or other transmission issues, go out to your car and do this experiment:
With the car off, parking brake applied, and foot off the clutch, with little force applied, shift from 1st-2nd a number of times.
Apply additional leftward force towards the reverse gear. Increase the force until the shifter starts getting caught in the middle going 1 —> 2. Try both fast and slow shifts.
If this is the sensation you feel when you miss a shift, then the JXB Billet Shifter Mounting Plate is the solution. You don’t suck at shifting, your shifter does.
Compatible with any OEM or aftermarket shifter that retains the factory base. That includes the JHM short throw.
Compatible with all 6MT B9/9.5 models with a manual transmission.
