With the plate Brapple is talking about, you'll have to have an earlier model 98+ Contour. I don't know when the shifter tower was revised, but the later models need a completely different riser plate. This requires the removal of the exhaust heat shield, which allows access to 4 wing-nuts(if I remember correctly). This allows you to remove the entire shifter tower, once all of the cables are undone. You can use anything from plexiglass(like I did) to a CNC'd piece of aluminum. Trace the bottom of the shifter tower onto the plexiglass, including the 4 holes that the mounting brackets go through. Cut the plexiglass out, drilling the 4 holes out as well. Remove the insulation from the shifter tower, directly below the front-to-back shift cable, to allow a little more clearance. Put the shifter tower on your freshly cut plexiglass, and reinstall it back into the car, with the Steeda in place of your stock shifter. Voila!
Mark
