This is a question we've gotten a few times. I think there's some confusion. The purpose of the stage 1 and 2 kits is to offer something less extreme and less expensive than a full shifter. Our full shifters are highly adjustable and can achieve throws and gate spacings shorter/narrower than can be achieved by putting mods on an OEM shifter. The design may look similar, but upon close inspection, you will see it is very different from the OEM shifter. Because of this, none of the parts we sell for the OEM shifter are compatible with the full shifter. On the flip side, the stage 2 kit was very carefully engineered and is a great alternative if the full shifter is out of your price range. I would have loved to be able to accommodate this, but to do so would require us to compromise the design of the full shifter, and it was important to us to make as few compromises on that design as possible.@ACUITY Team: A request...for all of us who have already purchased pretty much every possible Acuity shifter part already - Could you maybe sell a 'stripped down' version of the shifter that doesn't come with any of the existing Acuity shifter parts (Obviously, any that are compatible with this new shifter) ? I'd seriously love to have this...but it'd kill me to have to think that I've basically wasted all that money on the other shifter parts.
...but, if none of the parts are interchangeable, then...well, never mind.
Knob height can be adjusted higher or lower than stock. I can't recall the exact specs, but it's around 10mm lower than stock to 20mm higher. You'll see a lot of our videos running it higher as we like the knob close to the steering wheel. Also, our ESCO knobs are taller than stock knobs, so that exaggerates things. If you run a stock knob, you can run it lower than it would be on a stock shifter if you desire.
We may know pricing as soon as next week. Mid 400's is the current best estimate, likely north of $450. The final units are even more impressive than the prototypes that have been circulating in pictures and videos recently. Unfortunately, as a matter of policy, we don't offer preorders on products. We don't have any sales planned in the near future, but we will definitely run another Black Friday special later this year if you can hold out. If it's out of the budget, the stage 2 kit is still a really really good option that offers a substantial improvement over stock. The full shifter (which will be part of a stage 3 kit) certainly offers improvements beyond the stage 2 kit, but that doesn't diminish the stage 2 kit's benefits.
This has been our secret plot since the beginning. We could have sold you a shifter then, but now you can a shifter and 4x shifters worth of cash. Thank us later. Parts our pouring in. Looking very good for a release by the end of the month.Been waiting so long for this shifter, I now have enough money to buy 5 shifters
We are only a couple of weeks out now, barring unforeseen delays. Assembly is currently in-progress.
