Congrats, i was gona get the twm stage 2 but now im waiting for this *mysterious* short shifter thats suppose to be coming out.
No one said it wouldnt be easy
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ok i bought my new TRD exhaust from a fellow member (Geneo, great guy) and it was used but in better than great condition and the next day i put it on. it took all of 5 minutes to do the total install. removal of stock exhaust and installation of the TRD. everything was that quick and easy. the hardest part was getting my car lined up on the lift when i pulled in, if u can call that hard. sounds wonderful. not super loud but not too quiet. nice growl for the Tom Cat. the B&M shifter was more time consuming but mainly cuz i didnt want to use the cut off tool like they say in the manual. eventually i gave up and used it since i didnt want to melt away the plastic on the cage using the grinder, which was starting to happen. my boy stabbed himself in the hand pretty deep tring to get that little ring off. the one the cut-off tool is needed for. WHAT THE HELL IS IT MADE OUT OF!? Black Box material? why did it need to be THAT strong of a metal? outragious. things like this must be why Japanese cars hold up so long. anyway the B&M feels WWWWWOnderful. the way the car SHOULD have felt from the dealer. no longer do i have a sloppy misguiding shift pattern. the throws are much shorter, especially all the back throws, 2nd,4th, reverse. my boy was laughing at me cuz i freaking lubed that shifter till it was covered in the white Lubricant and was making inappropriate jokes accordingly.
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but i tell u what. its smooth as hell in motion
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oh and one more thing. you DONT have to take aloose all the shifter cables. twisting this and loosening that. just take off the cable on the far left of that T joint and the one at the very bottom inside the cage.
Now to get a less gay Shift knob. i hate that stocker. its sooo.......cheap and dumb looking.
oh and one more thing. you DONT have to take aloose all the shifter cables. twisting this and loosening that. just take off the cable on the far left of that T joint and the one at the very bottom inside the cage.
Now to get a less gay Shift knob. i hate that stocker. its sooo.......cheap and dumb looking.
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the one lo bux mentioned?
acrimoniousbear, whatever you do, don't get a metal shift knob. it looks like you have a pretty dark car anyway (FM)
i've had bad experiences with metal shift knobs
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for my black 240, during the blazing hot summer down here, i got into the car after school (i couldn't even breathe in it for one) and as soon as i started the car and touched the shifter, i burned my hand on it #@[email protected] and it wasn't even the entire shift knob that was metal either :/
acrimoniousbear, whatever you do, don't get a metal shift knob. it looks like you have a pretty dark car anyway (FM)
i've had bad experiences with metal shift knobs
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" he'll heal.
Lo Bux, ur making me feel bad cuz i just got this shifter and now this magical mystery shifter is coming out. how could u do this to me? im hurt.
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guess it sucks to be me. ...........even tho i love my shifter now.
Yeah Donna i was already thinking that. we have hellish summers here. the humidity makes it so much worse than it needs to be. but i have experienced heat with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns when i open the door to my car. and for that reason i was trying to avoid metal. i like the way those MOMO tomahawks look tho. HEY anybody have any suggestions on a nice shifter with minimal or no metal. MOMO shifters almost cost the price of your first born son, even tho they look great. i want sum blue in my shifter too tho. im stuck.
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your VERY right it shouldnt have happend. i agree totally. i told my friend "hey ur spose to use a cut off tool." he says, "Oh we dont have too, they're just saying that." i hounded him about it for the entire 10 minutes he struggled with it. untill he got pissed 5 minutes into it cuz he stabbed the hell outta himself. then he got quiet and continued. so i said "hey whenever ur ready we can use the cut off tool.
Lo Bux, ur making me feel bad cuz i just got this shifter and now this magical mystery shifter is coming out. how could u do this to me? im hurt.
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