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Old 12-04-2006, 10:07 AM   #1
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Post TWM short shifter installed

I bought a TWM SS in the OMC group buy about a month ago and i thought you guys might like to see some pics of how it turned out.

It wasn't too hard to install, ~2 hours. Probably even less if your used to being under the car. I wasn't, felt pretty claustrophobic under there, my car is a lot lower than i realised

I took some before and after photos from the same angles using the stock gear knob

Before photo from behind


After photo from behind, you can see its about 50% shorter


Before profile shot


After profile shot


And heres a length comparison of the stock shifter next to the TWM short shifter. I lined them up at the pivot point. The TWM is the top one


you can view the rest of the photos i took on the day here http://s67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...0installation/
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:42 AM   #2
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So how are u loving it??

hmmm that twm looks different to the ones we got in the agt group buy...
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Old 12-04-2006, 11:29 AM   #3
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I am glad the install went fairly easy...I have one to install in my car as well...just have not taken time to make it happen....yet...prob will this upcoming weekend
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Old 12-04-2006, 11:39 AM   #4
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yeah it looks like they have added a weight to the top of the shifter ... guess they are always upgrading hey
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Old 12-04-2006, 11:44 AM   #5
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So how are u loving it??

hmmm that twm looks different to the ones we got in the agt group buy...
Well can't say I love it, but it definitely has made my throws shorter. I especially notice it in the 2nd to 3rd shift or the 4th to 2nd, these throws are markedly shorter.

It takes a lot more force than I expected to change gears now especially 1st to second. So i can't really slam through the gears like I was expecting. It took a lot of getting used to and I didnt really like it at first but I am enjoying driving a lot more now with it in.

The bushings also give it a nice solid feel and I'm glad i bought those

I guess the part that kind of sours the deal for me is the leather boot and shift knob i bought as a package. The boot is very plain and not really the high quality product I expected. It might just be me but it looks and feels kind of plasticy. As for the gear knob, yeh its heavy but it doesn't fit comfortably in the hand. I'm not convinced that the extra wieght helps make the shifting easier. It looks ok, but there are better knobs out there for the same price or less.

Even with the 10% discount that i got from the group buy i don't think the knob and leather boot were worth it

so for the SS alond i'd give it an overall satisfaction rating of 7.5/10

The boot and knob would get 3/10
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Old 12-04-2006, 12:36 PM   #6
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It takes a lot more force than I expected to change gears now especially 1st to second.
most of us have the same problem.
Some ppl have changed tranny oil (redline mt90) to help make shifting a lot smoothing.
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Old 12-04-2006, 01:28 PM   #7
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So how are u loving it??

hmmm that twm looks different to the ones we got in the agt group buy...
Tell me about it. almost totally different! Is it deffinately TWM? They normally have their brand on the shifter I thought....
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Old 12-04-2006, 01:51 PM   #8
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Heres what mine look like :

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Old 12-04-2006, 04:48 PM   #9
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Tell me about it. almost totally different! Is it deffinately TWM? They normally have their brand on the shifter I thought....
I have a simple explanation for that. If you look at the orientation of the shifter in arden's picture and the orientation in my picture you'll see that they are lieing on opposite sides

My one does have the TWM logo on it but i didn't realise at the time that it was facing downwards

How long ago was the AGT group buy? It's quite possible they changed their design. About 15 other people bought TWM SS's in the group buy with me, mostly for mazda 3's, and the organiser got a free t-shirt :P. No complaints so far.
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Old 12-04-2006, 05:11 PM   #10
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Last lot i saw ordered from them had changed, I thought they had metal bushings in them now, unless they went back to the old sort.
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there have been a couple of gb's the last one was around 12 months ago
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the one I received for mine looks like Arden's...except not in blue
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Old 13-04-2006, 12:53 PM   #13
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How long ago was the AGT group buy? It's quite possible they changed their design. About 15 other people bought TWM SS's in the group buy with me, mostly for mazda 3's, and the organiser got a free t-shirt :P. No complaints so far.
Yeh, good point. I think ours would be around 2 years old now
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Old 14-04-2006, 10:16 AM   #14
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Argh, I'd go Kartboy over TWM again if I had to. The Kartboy is the lowest, but it doesn't have the shortest throw, however it is more sympathetic to your gearbox at the same time...
I'm actually quite happy with my shortened stock shifter, it sits around the same or a bit lower than a TWM, and the throw is somewhat the same as a Kartboy shifter. Twilight drove my car and adapted to the shortened stock shifter quite easily, but he complained about Lordworm's stock shifter. When I drove Twilight's car the only thing I had to deal with was the TIGHT shift gate, but in general it wasn't so much different to mine that I was ever going to wrong-slot a gear change...

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I installed mine today....man what a difference it makes...and yeah the shifts do requirea slight bit more force than before...but I am quickly getting used to that....it's completely amazing to say for sure

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