I seem late to the game and haven't read each post thoroughly, but one SSK option for 6 speeds is the UUC Evo3. It's not cheap, but I quite like mine. It sits only a little bit lower than stock (although you can adjust it to be lower).
I have heard the Xi's were different yes. I mean I'm buying a parts car so I'll basically have everything I need, but I'll be refreshing wear and tear items. If you mean "take it off your hands" as in give it, then sure! Otherwise I'd rather not put any money into it until I have a donor car. Full disclosure I'm just saving up for a car and waiting for the right one to come around. I think I'll be biting on sub 120k mile manuals within 300 miles of SF. My buddy and I agreed we'd pick it up ourselves so it has to be somewhat local. The plan is buy the car, part out the car until my loss is at roughly $500, then buy parts, and then start the swap. If you're REALLY interested, this document basically lays out everything I plan on buying and using. You can kind of see my thought process. Original sheet is from another person who swap, modified by me. Prices by bmwmercedes parts have not been updated. The shifter is the last thing I'm undecided about.
I looked at it, but I think it's a bit more than I'm willing to spend, especially if AS is custom
Got my hand on a six speed. I got pedals, hydraulics (most), sensors and driveshaft. The pedals, trans, and hydraulics are from a Z4M with 89k miles - really lucky deal from a reputable member. The driveshaft has 126k but still not bad in my opinion. I'm not even $1k in so I'm pretty happy. Now I'm shopping for clutch and flywheel, transmission mounting, and shifter arm. I'm already in talks with AS
Nice!
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Randeaux/Rando/John/jr - '06 Cic ZHP; Southern California
"ZHP or not, I still like you"
ZHP Performance Package, Cold Weather Package, Leather, Jet Black/Black/BlackCube, NAV, Anthracite Black "my individual" interior trim
ESS Stage 1 Twin Screw Supercharger, Sprint Booster, BMW Perf Intake, Magnaflow Exhaust, Dinan TB & STEP S/W, UCC Sway Bars, Apex EC-7 18x8.5 ET38
Suspension: AST 44100 dampers, Bimmerworld front adjustable end links, Swift springs (8K front, 10K rear), Vorshlag camber plates
Dynavin D99+, Hardwire V1 (w/V1 Connection), BSW Stage 1 Speakers, Kicker Amp/Subwoofer
BMW Performance Strut Brace, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, No-holes License Plate, SMG Paddle Shift Mod, Besian VANOS, Gold DISA, Fan Delete, M3 Side Mirrors
Note: Actual car no longer resembles signature picture
Felt it was appropriate to post an update. The dude with the transmission attempted to scam me. I had a long fight with PayPal. It indeed got my money back. You want to believe the best in people, but we have to look out for ourselves too. The seller was constantly promising to ship it, excuse after excise. We exchanged some normal banter too but it soon became clear that this transmission was never going to arrive. He even stopped responding altogether.
So for a while, it seemed my dreams of shifting were going to be put on hold. On the flip side, I realized I had a good value of manual parts that were never going to be used. Then, in my random browsing, I found the tranmission for me. It was out of a 2005 ZHP with only 77k miles. Very clean unit. So far I have all the hydraulics, SMF conversion with Valeo, 95% of the mounting hardware, and about 90% of the shifter. Someone sold me their short shifter and I believe it’s missing a part here and there. I am missing a shifter boot, shifter insulation, and the pedal assembly. I can grab all of these from a 5spd, so I’m just waiting for one to hit the junk yard. I’m in no rush to install. But quite excited!!!
Sorry to hear that, few things are worse than an internet scammer
2004 Titansilber Metallic BMW 330i ZHP
Thanks for the support guys. This was back in the winter, I'm well over it now. I'm just looking forward to the swap this summer. Only looking forward everyone
Bummer. Glad you got your money back. GL on the upcoming work.
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Randeaux/Rando/John/jr - '06 Cic ZHP; Southern California
"ZHP or not, I still like you"
ZHP Performance Package, Cold Weather Package, Leather, Jet Black/Black/BlackCube, NAV, Anthracite Black "my individual" interior trim
ESS Stage 1 Twin Screw Supercharger, Sprint Booster, BMW Perf Intake, Magnaflow Exhaust, Dinan TB & STEP S/W, UCC Sway Bars, Apex EC-7 18x8.5 ET38
Suspension: AST 44100 dampers, Bimmerworld front adjustable end links, Swift springs (8K front, 10K rear), Vorshlag camber plates
Dynavin D99+, Hardwire V1 (w/V1 Connection), BSW Stage 1 Speakers, Kicker Amp/Subwoofer
BMW Performance Strut Brace, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, No-holes License Plate, SMG Paddle Shift Mod, Besian VANOS, Gold DISA, Fan Delete, M3 Side Mirrors
Note: Actual car no longer resembles signature picture