what do you guys think about the TWM stage 2 short shifter? I want to get one really bad and i am going to order one here shortly but i want to know if the bushings for the cable and base are worth spending the extra dough....i could get the short shifter, cable and base bushings and a short shift boot all for $209...a lil input on the bushings would be helpful. I searched and couldnt find a whole lot on the bushings.

Everyone that i have talked to said that they looooooove their short shifter from TWM

any complaints or anything? thanks all!

 

creative compacts STS (and it comes with base bushings)- $69 shipped
corsport cable bushings- $30 shipped
redline goods shift + ebrake boots- $57 shipped
greddy weighted shift ****- $30.30 shipped

total- $186.30

you get more for less $$ really. The shift + ebrake boots are made however you want (for instance, i got black leather w/ blue + grey stitching and 1.5" shorter than normal to account for the sts). The only thing you lose with this setup is that the twm gives you a 2" shifter height reduction and 35% throw reduction while the creative compacts only gives you 1.5" height reduction and 30% throw reduction.

the choice is yours

 

TWM is high class stuff... plus its going to look better than mixin matching all that stuff.

 

my setup looks just fine thank you

 

TWM is a good choice, but there are cheaper and not necessarily worst choices.

 

Well if you really must know...My TWM Stage 2 Short Shifter...JUST BROKE!! yea folks that's right..IT BROKE!!! it just spins around like there is no tomorrow..i oficially cannot drive my tC =o( Thank goodness my friend is helping me out and getting fixed up.

 

take off the center console and check to see if the bottom ball or the leftside ball on the shifter came out of their holders.

 

ohhhh man that is hott! I burnt my retinas(SP) juss by lookin!

 

It didnt. We took it apart..the thing actually lifts out of the socket! there is nothing hold it down. It just slides right out. Aparantly the part were they put the shaft to the ball..that came undone. TWM knows about this issue and i am not the first person to have this problem. /sigh

 

wow hey that looks cool... you know, I actually had wanted to try out your short shifter and see the boots so I could see/feel whether I liked it or not

I would say one of these days, but finals are coming up, and then after that its home for the holidays! darn

 

just swing by the apartment on the way home one day. I do live 1/2 mile from school you know

 

i've had my TWM for about a year now and no problems whatsoever! Great product and well worth the money. If you have the cash, then i would recommend getting the cable bushings. the boot on the other hand...i kinda like the way our boot sits after installing the STS

 

wuold you have any pictures of this by any chance?

 

I can take some Hold on.

 

your not so normal picture is an X

 

It's showing up for me here at work.

 

I can see it

 

bah, stoopid school network

 

that looks swEEEET! how did u paint that stuff like that? did u have an auto body shop do it or spray it your self with spray paint? if so what paint and clear did you use and how did u do it? also how well would that **** work with the stock boot and stock shifter? will it leave a gap or anything?

 

i had a shop paint it. they used the same paint + clear that they used on my lip kit (same can and everything).

the **** will work with the stock shifter, but there's a 3/4" gap between the chrome part and the bottom of the ****.