Dieselgeek VW Mk4 Sigma 5 & 6 Speed Short Shift Kit - 3rd Generation Design
Sigma 5 & 6 Speed Short Shifter for VW Mk4 vehicles equipped with a manual transmission
Featuring an all new 3rd generation re-design for 2024!
There is nothing as important to the feel of your car as what you actually touch. This includes the seats, the steering wheel, and of course, the shifter. Many people have mentioned that installing a Dieselgeek Sigma 5 Shifter should be the first mod added to a new car. In the pursuit to make their own cars the best they can be, Dieselgeek have created the finest short shifter with the best materials, engineering, and craftsmanship to transform the way your car feels and in turn how you feel about it.
Each and every Dieselgeek Sigma 5 Shifter is made in the USA to Dieselgeek's exacting specifications and tolerances by a collection of passionate machinists. As always, the Dieselgeek Sigma 5 Shifter is guaranteed as long as you own your car.
Dieselgeek are excited to offer you the best shifter they could possibly make: the Sigma 5 Shifter. The Dieselgeek Sigma 5 Short Shift Kit utilizes an all-aluminum front-to-back cable end with a race-proven steel spherical pivot bearing. Lesser shifters use a stock Audi/VW rubber insulated cable end which is optimized for economically assembling the car at the factory.
The side-to-side cable end is fortified with Dieselgeek's Perfect Pivot bushings. The factory glass reinforced composite cable end body is ideal for the lightly loaded side-to-side cable. By using a performance modified stock cable end, the super slick adjustment function is retained. This makes adjustment, or readjustment, a breeze! The Delrin Perfect Pivot inserts do not have any free play which means they only rotate on our precision cable end pin. They do not flex side to side and will transfer motion without any losses.
Since the OEM cable ends have rubber damping parts and large tolerances, the shifter feel of all other shifters is nowhere near as solid or precise as Dieselgeek's finest work, the Sigma 5 Shifter. With the addition of our Sigma 5 Shifter your car's shift mechanism will no longer feel like a cable-operated shifter, but more like a solid lever shifter from a high-performance rear wheel drive car. Dieselgeek designed the Sigma 5 Shifter cable ends in the pursuit of shifting excellence and they succeeded! Getting the rubber out of the linkage has an unexpected and profound effect on shifter feel. The action becomes light yet very positive, giving your vehicle a precision feel that no other shifter can match.
The other difference between the Dieselgeek Sigma 5 shifter and the competition is that this shifter is equipped with the Dieselgeek Slider. The Dieselgeek Slider mates the front to back assembly with the side to side bell crank and controls left to right gate selection. Since Dieselgeek have redesigned the side to side lever to reduce throws even more, the black sliding piece was also redesigned at the same time. Dieselgeek have selected a very precise, long-lasting, self-lubricating structural plastic material guaranteed to last as long as your car. The cheaper factory white sliding piece found on all other short shift kits have large tolerances built in and is made of a plastic that will deteriorate rapidly with heavy use. This makes all other shifters less and less precise as time progresses. Dieselgeek has eliminated shifter degradation permanently with the Dieselgeek Slider. The performance difference of our Dieselgeek Slider can be felt on the very first 2-3 gear shift you make. You will love it!
Installation is most certainly a do-it-yourself mod for those of you who do not mind getting a little dirty. Every shifter can be installed easily within one hour. All parts are installed top-side in the engine bay. Call it an automotive bonding experience!
Each quick shifter gives an approximate 30% reduction in throws for both directions. Do not be misled by other tuners claims of offering more reduction. This is the maximum reduction the shift cables will allow before they get overextended.
- Side to side shift throw reduction is included with every shifter. No expensive add-on!
- 45 minute install! You can do it yourself!
- Five speed Sigma Shifters fit all VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat 5 speed with chrome or silver shift weights.
Fitment/Applications:
- 2000-2006 VW Mk4 Golf, GTI with 5-speed 02J or 02M 6-speed transmission
- 2000-2005 VW Mk4 Jetta, GLI with 5-speed 02J or 02M 6-speed transmission transmission
- 2000-2010 New Beetle models with 5-speed 02J or 02M 6-speed transmission transmission
Early MK4: Your car has a Black shift weight on top of the transmission. This includes all 1998 and 1999 New Beetles and all late 1999 GTI, Golf and Jetta. Dieselgeek no longer makes shifters for these early Mk4 vehicles.
Late MK4: Your car has a Chrome shift weight on top of the transmission. In general, all cars of year model 2000 and later are Late cars. This includes all 2000 and later GTI, Golf, Jetta, and New Beetle as well as Golf and Jetta City / Classico models from the Canada and Mexico market with 02J transmission. If you have a 2000-2001 car with round cable ends you will need to buy a single OE VAG cable end from the 2002 and newer cars (available as an option above).
If you need help identifying whether this shifter fits your vehicle, please feel free to contact us.
Installation Video:
Not part of the installation process, but recommended for optimum shifting: