Help: Looking for a competent shop for a 6 speed swap. Bay area

[ctxmaginsk]

Hello all. The title says it all. I'd like to get a 6 speed From a 2002-2004 installed into my ep3... And need a shop willing to do it. Honda refuses and several transmission shops have been telling me it's a bad idea, and thentrying to sell me a 5 speed... it's Irritating because I know it can be done and I feel like these shops are being narrow minded and or lazy...
I've recently purchased the bcss to deal with the 6th gear, reverse issue... If I brought a 6 speed to Honda or regular shop and told then it was a five... How would they be able to tell the difference before installing?Can anyone help?

[whatisthis]

if they were to try and bench shift it they may notice. at least if they know what they are doing. try it maybe someone won't notice.

[HondaFreak]

Bay area is pretty general. Where are you at? I can reccomend a few places. Or if you want to save some bucks do it yourself with some help.

Christian

[ctxmaginsk]

Pleasanton area . And if I were to attempt to do it myself ... I would need a lift .. Which I do not have.

[HondaFreak]

You don't need a lift. For reals. Jack it up drop the subframe with the axles, move it out of the way, put a Jack under the motor and your there. My boy 27rocks did it and he just as skinny as I am.

There's Modacar in Pleasanton. I don't know about them though. When I was going there their mechanic was a doof.
There's RedZone in freakmont. I hear their ok.
There's BlackTrax in milpitas, they're really good. Mark and Aki are good.

It's only a days worth of work. I have the tools bit I've been busy or I'd get Rob down here and we could do it.
Good luck.

Christian

[02EP3SI]

if you honda dealer wont do it.. I would not trust them to do an oil change. They must not know shit about their own products out there. What hondafreak said is pretty easy. I can have my trans dropped in about an hour. But i have done it quite a few times lol