TWM Short Shifter + Piston Knob
 

Sup guys! Finally installed the short shifter + Piston knob after starting the group buy over a month and a half ago.

Installation was pretty straight forward. Removing the shifter itself was easy. I think the only hard part to the job for me was removing and putting back together the center console. But even then, it really wasn't that hard. I just took my time with it and made sure I didn't force anything to mess something up. Also, I made sure that the shifter feel was to my liking before I went and tightened up all the nuts and bolts.

When I took her out for a spin, I listened closely to make sure there weren't any clunking or noises happening, and there wasn't. With this shifter, it greatly reduced the vibration compared stock. I love the shifter throw and feel! It does take a little more effort to shift compared to stock. But it's not bad at all where you would really complain about it. Shifting is definitely crisp and more precise. Throws are probably 30-40% shorter. Very noticeable difference. The Piston knob is sweet! Nice and heavy weighing in at 520 grams.

Very happy with the products and the performance of the shifter. Hopes this helps anyone wanting a short shifter in the future. Here are some pics:

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That's looking good. I'm still waiting to get mines. how hard is it to get that shifter cup out of the old shifter and placed in the new one?

Nice dude! I swapped mine out for the Stillen short-throw and noticed the required, additional, effort to shift as well. Once I get my custom short-throw boot, I'll install the boot and I think I'm going to add a little grease to the lower "ball" of the shifter, which is housed in the white plastic coupler, to see if that helps out at al

I had to hammer the stock shifter from the bottom end to get the ball out of the cup. Did you get a hold of TWM to find out the deal is with your order?

I emailed them thursday, but still no response. If they still dont respond by early this week, I'm going to give them a call.

For the guys who purchased shift knobs, post up some pics and let's see'em!!

JJsBusa, nice install men. I may have to meet up with you to get a feel for this. it looks great. if am to do one, I would like to retain the stock knob was I like the look. am sure it will fit but have you tried to get a feel of what its like with stock?

Let me know men, we can also meet at our next meet up, whenever that would be :).

No problem bro. Let me know when you want to meet up. BTW, there's a meet on the 24th at Kuni Infiniti that I'm planning on going to. It's posted on our FB site. I'll bring my stock knob so you can have a feel for both.

Nice, if nothing urgent pops up, i will definitely check it out. cant wait to see this in person men. pictures look great already.

Mine finally shipped out today. Getting it sometime next week. Finally! but they dunt have the A6 knob, so I just got the gunmetal big type r. Ill post some pics after.the install.

Really? Why did yours take so long to ship?

They didn't have the shift knob I wanted A6 in gunmetal. I emailed them, took them a while to answer. Finally I called and told them just to replace the shift knob with big type r. I wanted a heavy shift knob so thought that was good choice. Now just waiting.

Any updates on the feel of the shifter after getting some wheel time? Mine finally shipped today so i will be installing it soon.

^^Shifts are still crisp and precise. Vibration greatly reduced. I don't know if it's the shifter or the knob that is reducing the vibrations. My knob weighs 520 grams. Anyway, I like the shifter and knob combo a lot!

How long did it take you to install?