TWM Short Shifter
so...i FINALLY got around to installing it today. with the help of my fiancee's lil brother we got it handled in about 1-1.5 hours. hardest part was getting that dang stock shift knob off of there. bugger did NOT wanna come off lol! so go figure, i grabbed my camera on my way out of the house so i could be sure to document the process...and it sat on my back seat the whole time...totally forgot to take any pics haha. but if anyone else wants to install one and needs some specific pics, let me know, as i didn't initially order the aluminum mount bushings, so i'll get getting some eventually, and can get some good pics when i open everything back up to do that.
all in all, it was a relatively easy install, aside from removing the stock shift knob, as i said. the final appearance looks awesome, especially with my silver waterfall panel right in front of it. it feels great, the throws are perfect, and once you get the cable adjustments dialed in, it is absolutely wonderful. however, TWM, if you read this, please consider adding in a note somewhere about possible adjustment to the side to side cable, as i've read a few others had to manipulate that, and i did as well. aside from that slight omission of info on the lateral adjustments, the instructions are spot on (aside from console disassembly being written for a Cobalt, just look at the base HHR instructions on their website if you need help there). and now, the only 2 pics i took. https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/5/6/0/6/TWM1.jpg and forgive the little laser light show i got going on in this one...not sur how that happened lol https://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/5/6/0/6/TWM2.jpg |
Looks good :thumb: :thumb: and that's not a laser light show. That's a ghost :p:
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so i found out my camera somehow got itself on the night portrait mode, so it flashes several times, and the shutter actually goes a few times, and the camera combines it for the best picture with the lighting. i apparently moved, and the "ghost" is the reflection of the map lights reflecting off the shift knob.
went for a little drive around town earlier to get dinner and such...still in the "WOW" stage...every time i shifted i thought to myself "i can't believe how much better this feels than the stock one!" and even said aloud several times to my dad who was with me "this shifter is just amazing!" |
Looks good, I just don't know if I want to put the money down right now after my most recent purchase, maybe in a couple months.
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Chevy SS, if you could just drive an SS with this thing for 10 minutes, you'd go straight home and order one, no joke. i thought the stock shifter felt great! of course, all i had to compare it to was my dad's 81 Toyota truck, my sister's 87 Dodge Colt, and my brother's old 2001 Jeep. compared to those the stock one is fantastic. but get one of these bad boys in there...and you realize the stock one isn't as wonderful as you thought. not bad, by any means, just nothing compared to this piece of art
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Hmmmm.... Have mine sitting on a shelf in the garage, I'm planning an extended 3 week road trip in a few days and thought it best to leave the modifications till I got back, You're now making me rethink this conservative (chicken sh*t) strategy.
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DO IT DO IT DO IT!
Yonash, where can I find more pics of your silver waterfall? |
Originally Posted by AaronSS
(Post 343462)
DO IT DO IT DO IT!
Yonash, where can I find more pics of your silver waterfall? |
Originally Posted by Canuck
(Post 343350)
Hmmmm.... Have mine sitting on a shelf in the garage, I'm planning an extended 3 week road trip in a few days and thought it best to leave the modifications till I got back, You're now making me rethink this conservative (chicken sh*t) strategy.
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Did you upgrade the shifter knob or does the the shifter come with engraved 5 speed shift pattern?
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