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PieManMighty · 06-01-2011, 09:05 PM

Installed the Hurst shifter today and I love it. I bought the black anodized Hurst logo ball and I think it looks great on the inside of the car. Not that much of movement like you had mentioned in your first post..... My only complaint is the amount of force it takes to shift into gears, like you had mentioned..... Does that break in and get a little easier over time?

texjsleigh · 01-24-2013, 08:29 PM

Dec 12, 2012 I put in a MGW short throw shifter. I finally decided to get the MGW shifter but wondered if I really would be able to say worth the money. The improvement is unreal and driving truly is much more fun to have a racing shifter. I have to say the quality is amazing and had no idea what a piece of crap the stock shifter is. The stock shifter is completely limp and the lever arm is actually made of three parts: ball is press fit onto a two piece lever arm held together with an elastomer. I no longer have the shifter jump out of first gear when I take off from red light. Each gear is a good firm "click" into gear. Before I could pump the clutch faster then going into gear. Now a flick of the wrist is faster then my leg. Shifting takes more effort but is so quick and precise. I have black and gray interior and got a black rally ball with "pearl gray" strips. Looks amazing and matches my black interior and door panels/interior pearly gray. The install was fun and simple with online installation video .

caverman · 01-24-2013, 09:08 PM

Wait until those springs wear in a little. By design they are a little tight at first. I still LOVE my MGW!

carfansince73 · 01-31-2013, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by texjsleigh

Dec 12, 2012 I put in a MGW short throw shifter. I finally decided to get the MGW shifter but wondered if I really would be able to say worth the money. The improvement is unreal and driving truly is much more fun to have a racing shifter. I have to say the quality is amazing and had no idea what a piece of crap the stock shifter is. The stock shifter is completely limp and the lever arm is actually made of three parts: ball is press fit onto a two piece lever arm held together with an elastomer. I no longer have the shifter jump out of first gear when I take off from red light. Each gear is a good firm "click" into gear. Before I could pump the clutch faster then going into gear. Now a flick of the wrist is faster then my leg. Shifting takes more effort but is so quick and precise. I have black and gray interior and got a black rally ball with "pearl gray" strips. Looks amazing and matches my black interior and door panels/interior pearly gray. The install was fun and simple with online installation video .

Hoping to get one of these one day. I got to row a few gears in my cousin's C6. Nice!!

ZOOK · 02-02-2013, 04:03 PM

I did the MGW a little over a year ago and love it .

This is what it looks like from the bottom.

And from the top

06-01-2011, 09:05 PM	#43
PieManMighty Manual 6 Speed Tran. Drives: 2010 2LT Camaro IOM Join Date: May 2010 Location: Philly Area (Bristol) PA Posts: 239 View My Garage	Installed the Hurst shifter today and I love it. I bought the black anodized Hurst logo ball and I think it looks great on the inside of the car. Not that much of movement like you had mentioned in your first post..... My only complaint is the amount of force it takes to shift into gears, like you had mentioned..... Does that break in and get a little easier over time? Attached Images __________________ EXHAUST , CAI , TINT , CALIPERS , SPOILER & SILLS , GILLS, BOW TIES , LED'S , AFTERBURNERS , COVERS , HID'S & HALOS, MOLDING

01-24-2013, 09:08 PM	#45
caverman Drives: '69 SS Convertible Join Date: May 2009 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 7,111	Wait until those springs wear in a little. By design they are a little tight at first. I still LOVE my MGW! __________________ *-2010 Camaro* 2SS \| M6 \| VR w/White Stripes \| 1 3/4" KOOKS - 3" Magnaflow \| LPE 3.91 gears \| ADM tuned \| Halltech w/ADM Scoop \| Spohn/BMR Trailing Arm/Toe Rod \| BC Coilovers\| Pedders FE4 ZL1 swaybars \| Cradle/Diff/Radius Rod bushings \| VMax TB \| Morimoto Projectors \| MGW shifter \| Red Calipers Build Journal

02-02-2013, 04:03 PM	#47
ZOOK Drives: 2010 2ss 6 speed Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NEW BRUNSWICK CANADA Posts: 328	mgw I did the MGW a little over a year ago and love it . This is what it looks like from the bottom. And from the top

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01-24-2013, 08:29 PM	#44
texjsleigh Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS manual Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Texas Posts: 4	Dec 12, 2012 I put in a MGW short throw shifter. I finally decided to get the MGW shifter but wondered if I really would be able to say worth the money. The improvement is unreal and driving truly is much more fun to have a racing shifter. I have to say the quality is amazing and had no idea what a piece of crap the stock shifter is. The stock shifter is completely limp and the lever arm is actually made of three parts: ball is press fit onto a two piece lever arm held together with an elastomer. I no longer have the shifter jump out of first gear when I take off from red light. Each gear is a good firm "click" into gear. Before I could pump the clutch faster then going into gear. Now a flick of the wrist is faster then my leg. Shifting takes more effort but is so quick and precise. I have black and gray interior and got a black rally ball with "pearl gray" strips. Looks amazing and matches my black interior and door panels/interior pearly gray. The install was fun and simple with online installation video .