you cant use the 98 short shifter. you have to pull your shifter and then cut that. simply take the shift knob, reverse lockout lever, and shift boot off. once you have that off you need to place the car in nuetral and remove the snap ring that holds the shifter into the housing. when you get the snap ring off simply pull up on the lever and it should pop out. once its out of the car then you can cut the cable out. at that point you need to decide how short you want to cut the lever if you havent done so already. i cut mine to just below the slot cut in the lever for the cable end (see picture in the link i posted earlier). hope that helps
