This is probably a really stupid question, but is an S4 shifter supposed to be bent like this?

 

No, no it's not.

 

in that direction? no. the s4 is completely straight. i did pick up a shifter from an fb at a junkyard and its bent backwards.

 

s4 shifters suck, get short throw or a s5 on mazdatrix.

 

someone must have been having a bad day..

 

or a girl was having a reaaaallly good time in the car....wink wink

 

ah haha!

 

How the hell?

 

(speechless)

 

Ive banged gears hard as hell before, to the point I've broken shift linkages... But WTF?!?!

 

hahha yeah I have seen one bent like that before.... but thats only cuz I got t-boned by a 3-4 tonne pickup while my hand was still on it.. Buddy who bent that one must have been pissed off like no other. That was the car btw and even still the shifter wasnt bent that bad.... not like the frame anyways ahaha