ej25_TS Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Where is the best place to order The kart boy sts? Also should I install the front an rear bushing? I heard the rear isn't worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBad Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Here is what I got from TurninConcepts. I installed this kit on my car back at 30k. Car has 107k now. Well worth the price. http://turninconcepts.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_14_364_376_1205&products_id=92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismccull Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I have a Cobb STS and Kartboy front and rear bushings. The vibration bugs me sometimes and I am wondering if switching the Kartboy rear bushing out for an OEM one would help much? Do you think that most of the vibration is coming from the harder front, or rear bushing (perhaps a combination?). I like the shorter throws of the shifter, but, I don't like the higher vibration at > 4k RPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBad Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I have no vibration issues or noise with the kartboy STS on mine. The hardened bushings will by default transmit some additional tranny noise then the OEM bushings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaklandmiLGT Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 please elaborate on this plate that can be flipped to avoid rubbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyT Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 This is what I found when I installed mine. From my post As far as the heavy metal braket, I can't see for the life of me how one can possibley rotate this bracket 180 degress. The braket is not semetrical, so rotating it does not yield the same hole pattern and there is a bracket that screws into the console near the heated seat adjustments. Anyway, I cut the corner piece out with a dremel tool and ground off the ruff edges. Worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaklandmiLGT Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Yeah it seems like a real pain to flip the plate even if it will work. Ill grind at it with a dremel when I get the chance. It doesnt rub badly but I feel like it would move more freely if there was no rub. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingling1337 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Is the rub going into fifth gear? I have that problem as well on my kartboy. Oddly not as much as the old Kb lever I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaklandmiLGT Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I never looked at how it sat in 5th when I had it exposed but it seemed to barely rub in 1st. I greased up the metal/rubber it was rubbing on and installed the front bushing. Now it seems to move easier, definantly more exact feeling with the front bushing. I should have done the rear right now but **** it. Ill do it at school on the lift with their tools. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendozer Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 This is what I found when I installed mine. From my post As far as the heavy metal braket, I can't see for the life of me how one can possibley rotate this bracket 180 degress. The braket is not semetrical, so rotating it does not yield the same hole pattern and there is a bracket that screws into the console near the heated seat adjustments. Anyway, I cut the corner piece out with a dremel tool and ground off the ruff edges. Worked great. I just simply didn't re-install it...and all is splendid here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oODanKNesSOo Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Just my notes from my install- for those who happen across this via the search function. -cut the damn bracket! Not that big of a deal... I simply squared it to mirror the passenger side and never even had to worry about clearance issues. - the rear bushing IS a pita... royally. What I did was start a bolt, then push the middle of the rubber towards the other bolt to get it started. I alternated which way I pushed on the middle of it to avoid the tight/ stripping of threads feeling. Took much to long to figure that out though. - might've been said already... but do it all at once. Bushings and sts. I removed the shifter then the front nut for the bushing, and then the rear bushing bolts- and just removed the whole assembly- MUCH easier to get it ready off the vehicle then in cramped quarters. - remove the damn heat shield people... those saying they left it on just to fight around it... why? It's four 12mm bolts and takes half a second to remove and install. -OP did a FANTASTICAL write up!!! KUDOS THERE, with an incredible step by step chronicle of each move... Great work! *that said... I'd definitely recommend NOT re-using the old worn out grease. Use ball bearing grease or equivalent and call it a day. This mod is by far one of the best you can do that isn't cosmetic and doesn't require a tune... because- RaceCar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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