S3 Gearbox

[markizok]

Hi everyone - my mates looking at a 2014 s3 and wanted to know if it’s possible to retrofit the visible linkages from the later model at a reasonable price?
Thanks!

[LostCockney]

Lotus will tell you this cannot be done , but I believe that someone has made this change to their car. Not sure how easy it is to do and I imagine it would be quite expensive.

[PlywoodPascal]

Possible, yes, advisable?
One of those things where its probably better and cheaper to buy a car with what you want in the first place…
(i.e. don’t buy a red car and paint it green, buy a green one).
I have fallen into this trap many times.
Sometimes the desire to make the change goes away once you have the car, you realise it’d be incidental

[markizok]

Wise words and replicate mine. Thanks both

[PlywoodPascal]

The words slightly betray that I think you should do it!
I would

[markizok]

Haha!!!

[Arun_D]

Exige?

A few people have made the change via Datum motorsport, I believe.

[_Neal_]

Maybe worth a look at the Dolomiti shifter as well (no idea if they are any good but I think they look great).

[simonpieman]

Dan at HPE Automotive has designed and sells an exposed shifter for the early S3 Exige. It is extremely good.

[danwebster]

Yes it can be done, I retro fitted the first later style shifter to GF Williams V6 and have done many since, then I designed and manufactured my own billet replacement version.

https://www.hpeauto.co.uk/shop/toyotabilletshifter