Hey guys I just installed my gearswitcher today and of course I love it :-). His instructions were great, but there's a couple things that I wanted to share that will make it easier for future installers, so here ya go:

1. His directions do not include removal of the shifter cage, the following link explains fairly well how to do it if you are confused at all: http://trdsparks.com/install/00602-30301-140inst.pdf

2. yes the crosspin washer sucks. Save time and plan on using a dremmel like he directed, I have no clue how anyone has suceeded in an instal sans dremmel.

3. In regards to step 17: http://doctorisotope.com/images/step17.jpg
Don't do that; its way more work than necessary. Make your life easier and put some water in a pot and heat it up on a stove. Dip the end of the stock shifter with the plastic piece on it into the water to heat it up, This will make the plastic softer and you can literally pop it off with your thumb. This also makes putting the pastic end on your new shifter as you can again just pop it on.


Anyway good lock futre Gearswitcher owners! I hope my tips are of use :-)


P.S. since i got a 2" drop I obviously had to mod the boot, what do you guys think?:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb33/acamden/photo-67.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb33/acamden/photo-66.jpg

Do you guys think I should work on it a bit more to remove more of the bunching? i think it looks good but maybe it could be better....

i went with a 2 in drop too =)
but instead of messing with the boot a lot i just covered it with a white scion wrist band hah

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w275/JcDiddy87/tC/IMG_6409.jpg
not the prettiest but oh well at least it matches =)

i went with a 2 in drop too =)
but instead of messing with the boot a lot i just covered it with a white scion wrist band hah

http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w275/JcDiddy87/?action=view&current=IMG_6350.jpg

not the prettiest but oh well at least it matches =)

lol what are you talkin about the wrist band is mad sexy.
The boot isnt actually too big of a deal, whole ordeal took about 45min of trial and error.

haha never heard of a wrist band being called mad sexy lol
ya dude this was my first time doing anythign like this and it was a lil pain mainly just getting the shifter out that took most of the time after it was out smooth sailing =)
now you just gotta get a diff knob

Thought about other knobs, looked at everything the Doc offers, looked at knobs from OBX, greddy, spearco, etc. And decided no other knob looks like it will feel ad good to me :-/

It might get the leather wrapped TRD one just so its not stock but idk

check out the 'Waisted' shift knob by doc i's, feels nice. i left my boot alone, i have a 2" drop as well. looks cool scrunched up like that.

hmm, yeah I think the 'waisted' isn't really for me, just not my taste :-). Also idk if you guys can tell from the pics but i worked the chrome wring so that it still fits and idk if any of his knobs would look good with it...

doc i sells a ring like that for his shift knob. its made out of the same material as his knobs so it matches perfectly =)
i have a greddy counterweight knob and it looks ok with the ring =)

yeah I saw that he did and considered that aswell, but I really just like that little touch of chrome :-). Most people ditch it but I like it lol

you can paint it with the duplicolor chome paint? haha jp

haha thats exactly what my sister said as I was struggling to make the stock ring work, I had to like cut and drill it and stuff, it sucked :P

Doc I's products FTW! I've got the 2" drop with pineapple knob. Def. one of my favorite mods, combined with the bushings the shifts are very solid!