SSK Reviews

[Toby22]

I have Autosolutions 30%.

SSK feels notchy and hard to get into 1st. Feels more mechanical and shorter throws are nice. I can see the appeal.

I prefer stock with zhp knob. Stock felt rubbery with long truck-like throws. But at least it was effortless.

[kenster]

Thank you all!!

[usdmej]

Where does one look into purchasing a autosolutions SSK? Do you have to email them directly? Or is there a retailer.

he appears to be a one man operation and runs his business pretty well (even does an occasional group buy), i've never had an issue getting in contact with him.
over the years i've ordered 2 kits from him, first a normal 20% kit, and then a custom 20% kit with a 1" taller shift lever. he did all the math to make sure it'd work before charging me
a pricey mod no doubt, but couldn't be happier with it

[keljos]

Where does one look into purchasing a autosolutions SSK? Do you have to email them directly? Or is there a retailer.

Email Ronald directly, he’s incredibly helpful and easy to work with. He’ll help you determine the right direction based on what you’re looking for.

[kenster]

Where does one look into purchasing a autosolutions SSK? Do you have to email them directly? Or is there a retailer.

[lapoune]

Here are a few pics of the AS AutoX shifter assembly I just received from Ronald. Don’t have anything to say about the installation or what it feels like, having only just unboxed it.

Thanks a lot, weird that all the pictures I'd found were missing the bearing in them.

[keljos]

Bumping this as I'm confused between all the autosolution versions, some use the plastic cup, some seem to have some kind of bearing instead of the ball (ultra?), and most confusing of all the autocross version is just metal on metal ball sitting in the carrier? Anyone with good pics of their version, or which is generally regarded as smoothest?

Here's a picture of the autocross version, from the posts in this thread what I understand is this shouldn't use the nylon cup, but I don't see how that's possible (though its missing in the picture):

https://e46m3.bimmerpost.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2327171&stc=1&d=1591049043

Here are a few pics of the AS AutoX shifter assembly I just received from Ronald. Don’t have anything to say about the installation or what it feels like, having only just unboxed it.

[old///MFanatic]

Sorry but my photos are of my kit pre-installed (10 years ago). The engineering/design may have changed by then so don’t want to post mine adding confusion.

[lapoune]

Bumping this as I'm confused between all the autosolution versions, some use the plastic cup, some seem to have some kind of bearing instead of the ball (ultra?), and most confusing of all the autocross version is just metal on metal ball sitting in the carrier? Anyone with good pics of their version, or which is generally regarded as smoothest?

Here's a picture of the autocross version, from the posts in this thread what I understand is this shouldn't use the nylon cup, but I don't see how that's possible (though its missing in the picture):

https://e46m3.bimmerpost.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2327171&stc=1&d=1591049043

[BigRussia]

The previous few posts are talking about the AS AutoX kit which doesn't actually use the bushing at all, it is a custom design that Ronald has come up with. Instead of having the nylon bushing that the shifter ball sits in the AutoX just has a teflon lined ball.

As far as refreshing the parts on an ultra kit (someone please correct if I'm wrong, don't want to be spreading misinfo), I believe the bushings he uses aren't the OEM ones which is why he sells it as a kit, so I don't know if you can just refresh them using parts from FCP. Looks like he's improved his website over the last year, you can read a bit about the different kits here. He's also super helpful if you reach out, A1 customer service.

http://www.autosolutions.info/applications/

Doh! That's what I get for skimming through and not reading properly, totally missed the 'AutoX' lol. I wasn't even aware that new version existed, still thought it was just the Ultra's with a % difference. So I looked through the receipts given by the previous owner and turns out I have the Ultra 30% Kit, that he had bought new from AS in 2015.

Thanks for the link, hadn't been on there in a couple years actually. Yeah I should probably contact him about my woes with my shifter to see if he can recommend anything to help. Never crossed my mind but in hindsight I should've reached out to him long ago!

[mrgizmo04]

You're welcome to try mine once the order is lifted.

👍🤘

[heinzboehmer]

Once shelter in place is lifted I'd like to try one of your guys' AS shifters in NorCal. Changing levers and even with everything refreshed, compared to my S2K, M3 shifting is dog 💩. I know I'll never meet the S2K standard partially because of quirkiness of 420G, but I'd like to see what AS feels like.

You're welcome to try mine once the order is lifted.

[mrgizmo04]

Once shelter in place is lifted I'd like to try one of your guys' AS shifters in NorCal. Changing levers and even with everything refreshed, compared to my S2K, M3 shifting is dog 💩. I know I'll never meet the S2K standard partially because of quirkiness of 420G, but I'd like to see what AS feels like.

[ViN]

This is slightly off topic and may sound stupid but once a short shifter such as a Dinan is installed, is there any benefit to a shifter refresh kit that places like ECS tuning sells? The one thing I don't like about the Dinan shifter is that I felt as though it made shifting a bit more notchy. Whether real or perceived. I actually preferred the slightly rubbery feel of the stock shifter.

[old///MFanatic]

It does, however, use the rear rubber bushing that attached the carrier to the car body. This bushing might be something worth refreshing (and it's pretty easy to do).

In the same vein, I'm surprised that no one has come up with a solution to replace this rubber bushing with a spherical bearing or something (maybe this isn't trivial because the carrier needs the extra play). I feel like that would eliminate nearly all residual slop.

Well that is somewhat addressed as a clearance by AS in this diagram. It's always a good time to replace any of the bushing left when doing the install. I can't say I noticed any slop when doing mine years ago and don't notice any now.
For what it's worth, I do believe a few places sell this back bushing in polyurethane. I don't like PU for some places, and not sure I would use it here.
http://www.autosolutions.info/files/...clearances.gif

polurethane bushing

https://www.turnermotorsport.com/p-395189-turner-polyurethane-shifter-arm-bushing/