preludepower

This probably isn't relevant to most civic owners, since only a few of us are rowing with cable shifters, but hopefully this is helpful to you. I also didn't find any good PSPEC review threads either.
When I started out, I used the 90-93 accord unit to shift with. It felt crappy and vague, but I didn't really have a choice at the time. It did its job.

A little bit later, I bought a 92-96 prelude base plate and shifter, so I could try something different. It still didn't feel good, but the throws were a tad bit shorter, and not quite as vague.

So I decided to order a 90-93 accord shifter from Pete at PSPECtuning.com

So here's my short review:

The Product

Likes:
-a fine piece in my opinion...made from stainless steel and black powdercoated steel
-definitely did what it claimed to do; Pete did his homework...shifts are much shorter, and more crisp; probably about 35% reduction IMO
-**** sits perfectly straight up, not at a slant like stock
-rather than 'pushing' 2,4, and R down towards the console, I'm 'pulling' them back towards me
-comes with extra grease and an allen wrench to install the roller bushing
-special bend in shifter to allow the **** to sit in the middle when it's in neutral
-**** sits about 1.5" lower than stock
-did I mention it looks really good?

Dislikes:
-I think it could be made a little bit heavier...I'll be adding some lead tape soon
-I would prefer the **** to sit just a little bit lower, but that's a personal preference

The Service

Now, I really would like to give Pete the benefit of my doubt, because he does seem like a nice guy, but I was not impressed AT ALL with his communication with me. His email response time just plain stinks, if he responds at all that is. I still haven't gotten a paypal receipt from him, and I never got a tracking # from him.
All he had to do was send me a one sentence email saying, "Hey...I'm really busy, I'll get the shifter out as soon as I can..."
I really just don't like being kept in the dark.

I sent him the payment on the Wednesday Nov. 23rd. I spoke with Pete through AIM on the 25th, and he said he would ship on Monday the 28th. His site says that he uses 2-Day Fedex Air.

I did not receive the shifter until yesterday evening (Dec. 8th).

Definitely lacking in the communication department, but product was excellent in my opinion.

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NAiL05

It looks pretty good i was thinking about gettin one for my 4th gen.

preludepower

And for the record, I also bought one from Jeremy at Forbidden motorsports. I'll install it in the prelude base plate soon.

His communication is very good.

95ACM

Yeah, Jeremy is awesome. He responded to my emails in about a half hour or less. I've had a Forbidden in my Accord for over a year with no probs, and it's awesome.

Whytey

funny.. this thread came up... I just got my short shifter in today, I got it from Forbidden.. but even before that I wanted to get the PSPEC one. But so much good word from forbidden got me to buy Jermeys. Real fast shippin.. took like what it felt like over night, but really it was 2. to Forbidden and not to bash on PSPEC they have a good product also

jli18

does it fit 5th gen accords?!?

propwdialogue

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sure does

http://www.pspectuning.com for details

fw190bvi

ive got one of the older models...cant say i have any complaints....

i had to tear apart the dash once because a bolt came loose and the cables went slack...but that was just from tightening down not hard enough on the install

jli18

damn i want it, how much and where can i get them?? and is it easy installation?

preludepower

go to pspectuning.com, and you can order one from there...plan on waiting awhile for any email response though

I've installed/uninstalled my shifter base plate a bunch of times, so the install was nothing new for me. I thought it was easy; took me about 30 minutes.