Twm Or Kartboy Short Shifter?
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smithers_0990
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Get Kart Boy.
Well worth the money, ohh, and get the bushings while your at it. Its like $106 shipped. You wont regret it.
Well worth the money, ohh, and get the bushings while your at it. Its like $106 shipped. You wont regret it.
LazerBlueP5
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Not to sound like a newb- but what are bushings?
The bushings "chrisp" up the feel of the shifter by ruducing the ammount of wobble allowed through the stock bushing (which are a pretty squishy rubber). They connect one of the rods connected to the shifter to the side of the transmission, they are kind of a donut thing, kind of like bearings between 2 surfaces.
The bushings are ezee fo sheezy to install.
The short shifter can be a pain, but overall not very hard. Ive never done anything with cars or anything, but i was able to get it done. You just need to get (or make, like i did) some retaining clip pliers, and someone helping you to pry it out helps while you squeeze it.
Im a newb, i got it done. so can you
The bushings are ezee fo sheezy to install.
The short shifter can be a pain, but overall not very hard. Ive never done anything with cars or anything, but i was able to get it done. You just need to get (or make, like i did) some retaining clip pliers, and someone helping you to pry it out helps while you squeeze it.
Im a newb, i got it done. so can you
I have the kartboy s/s + bushings and its great! Quicker throws are a must!!
Protege5 kid
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And i would suggest changing your tranny fluid to Synthic...Short Shifters tend to be stiff, without proper oil
Remember that youre likely seeing the Canadian price for the TWM shifter - so American will price will be cheaper
I have the TWM shifter and its nice and tight and ohhhhhhhhhhhh so short! Id recommend it to anyone - also if you go to their site and see the MP3 at the bottom of the front page - guess whos??? YUP mine
I have the TWM shifter and its nice and tight and ohhhhhhhhhhhh so short! Id recommend it to anyone - also if you go to their site and see the MP3 at the bottom of the front page - guess whos??? YUP mine
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KARTBOY!
well i got the two installed, pretty easy. man the instructions on this site were great. when i took out my console, i saw the reverse side of my shift boot. so i turned it inside out, man it looks pretty cool, it is like carbon fiber, only reverse the colors (more white than black) and maybe it is because this is the first short shifter i have ever had, but man what a difference it made in my (redp5)
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GXL said:
This is the first time I read that the short shift was pretty easy to installed
Every other thread reads the opposite...
The hardest part of the install would be the snap ring...Other than that it is pretty easy.
It looks pretty complicated to me, I don't even know how to remove the center console...
I'm debating wether or not I should by the short shifter based on how easy/difficult the installation is going to be. So if it's too complicated, I'm just going to get the Kartboy bushing.
Is there a place on the web where I can read the instructions b4 buying the shifter?
Thanks in advance.
I'm debating wether or not I should by the short shifter based on how easy/difficult the installation is going to be. So if it's too complicated, I'm just going to get the Kartboy bushing.
Is there a place on the web where I can read the instructions b4 buying the shifter?
Thanks in advance.
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GXL said:
In the "HOW-TO" section...there's one on installing a short shifter
http://forum.protegemp3.com/vbb222/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3726
hope that helps...
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