SMG to Manual Swap

[adr_M3]

I'm curious as well. I am looking to get the conversion done in the near future but unsure which shop in LA/SoCal is best suited to do the work competently, though I've read good things about Lang Racing and EAS in Anaheim.

[ATB88]

Curious, which shop in LA is this?

[///Marecki]

maaaan this is my worst nightmare, I often consider doing my swap but I'm terrified someones gonna butcher it.

[efrtysx]

Hello everyone hope y’all are having a good evening. I just had a shop convert my SMG to 6 speed manual. I was super excited until I picked it up. 1st and 2nd gear gets stuck as soon as I try to shift. I need to shift at an angle to make sure it goes straight into 2nd gear. I hate customers that are super picky and critical about everything, and I hate even bringing it up. But I can’t live with it. It’s super bad. I wouldn’t care if it was 5th or 6th gear, but it’s incredibly ridiculous to even drive the car. They’re telling me it’s an internal issue and not related to the actual bellhousing machining/installation. How could a 420g SMG transmission possibly have bad syncros, or internal wear? They are pretty much bulletproof. The hydraulic pump is what fails 90% of the time. I will be taking it back on Friday. Any advice on what it could be ? Don’t want to throw the shop under the bus because they do good work, and they are currently checking it out. It just surprises me that they were super quick to tell me it was an internal issue.