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You should feel a pretty significant difference with it installed.
Worried now that it might affect off-road driving negatively but I really don't know.

Is it easy enough to swap back in the OEM shifter if I don't end up liking it?
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Just wish there were more design options for the shift knob and I'd totally get one. Like what's the point of doing all that R&D and coming out with a product that is only available in one color and one design? Especially when you could corner the market so easily, seeing as how no one else currently has a shift knob available yet.
 
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Just wish there were more design options for the shift knob and I'd totally get one. Like what's the point of doing all that R&D and coming out with a product that is only available in one color and one design? Especially when you could corner the market so easily, seeing as how no one else currently has a shift knob available yet.
We appreciate the feedback and will definitely take that into consideration!
 

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We appreciate the feedback and will definitely take that into consideration!
I second what they said. Even just offering in colors like red, white, blue, ect could be a huge advantage for you guys to sell now. If not those that want a colored shift knob will end up getting some crappy one from China off amazon
 

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We appreciate the feedback and will definitely take that into consideration!
I'll give you more money if you can have custom center caps made! I'd love to swap mine out for an 8 ball cap please.
 

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Is 6th gear supposed to be crawler now with this thing?

Only joking, the install went alright. Took me about 2 hours. Got stuck on two parts that took a while to figure out:
  1. Pulling out the push pin after dremeling was a bit of a pain (dremeling creates a mess of plastic shavings as well). I ended up using the end of an Allen wrench to pry it up, then used needle nose pliers to pull it out.
  2. I ended up accidentally engaging the push spring when reinstalling the side shift pivot pin which made getting it into the bushing a bit more difficult. I used the small block of wood I made while tapping it with a hammer to engage the pin into the bushing. (Pic below). Basically the reverse of what the instructions suggested.

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Please let us know what are your initial thoughts thank you!
Shifting feels slightly stiffer and rigid, the pull ring also feels stiffer but I only notice slightly shorter throws, but the weighted knob is nice!

Edit: attaching some before and after pics that show the shifters are really comparable in size and measuring the assembly height before and after from the base (in neutral) you can see they are nearly identical.

I'd like to know where the 17% reduction comes from.

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We will definitely get the answer for you on where the reduction is coming from.
Thank you!

I am enjoying the shifter more and more but still am not sure if there is much of a difference in shorter throws. Almost need to drive an OEM manual now to compare.

The unit looks awesome in the Bronco though!

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I like watching several install videos before starting on a project like this and didn't see one out there aside from the Boomba video (which is great), but just in case anyone else wants to see the install from a customer perspective, feel free to watch (5 min vid w/no talking).

 

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Getting mine installed as we speak, feedback on it soon
 

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definitely make a difference, definitely enjoying it although I only got 10 mins of driving so far

notchier and feels more precise, dont think Ill accidentally outshift the shifter from this point on
 

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