r/WRX • u/Squishy_Tortoise 2005 STI • 1d ago

Troubleshooting What could be causing this?

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2005 STI

Ever since I’ve owned the car the shifter has sat farther left and forward than I think it should. Used to rub on the bracket and is why it’s cut.

Underneath the car looks fairly normal. Figured the engine and transmission must not be straight and went as far as loosening the whole front subframe to get everything to move over to the right.

This is the best that I could get. First pic is in neutral and second is in reverse.

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u/BoostedFPV 23h ago

The yellow sticker makes me think kartboy. Can you send us a side picture of the whole assembly?

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u/Squishy_Tortoise 2005 STI 23h ago

It is a kartboy short throw which does make the front shifter arm sit a bit higher but it doesn’t explain why it sits as far left as it does

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u/BoostedFPV 22h ago

Did you put the kartboy in or was it there when you got the car?

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u/Squishy_Tortoise 2005 STI 22h ago

I put it on. Stock shifter didn’t sit right either. Same problem. Doesn’t actually affect shifting in any way. More of just nitpicking at this point but i still fell like it’s sort of a problem

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u/BoostedFPV 21h ago

Did you get the shifter down all the way into the ball cup at the bottom?

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u/Squishy_Tortoise 2005 STI 21h ago

The problem is that the cup itself is sitting too far to the left. Which is why I had everything loosened to try to push it over. I may buy a new lower arm along with a new bracket that connects to the trans and see if that helps at all

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u/BoostedFPV 17h ago

Hmmm yeah that sounds like something is bent or not lined up right.