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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigblue11
My shifter showed up...after i just came from doing my oil change (on a lift). I have to find some time next week to install.
Nice man!!! When I got mine, they didn't have the white MGW ball available. Do you guys think I should order the white one?!?!?!

I still love the black one...more subdued look. But the white is kindda cool too. Worth the 30 bucks or so you think?

this is mine now:

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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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I would stick with the black. I think the white would show up WAY too much in a black interior.
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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 02:37 PM
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I showed the wife the preview video of the MGW shifter. She's not a mechanical person and even she seemed impressed by it.
Dam, my girl would be like "wtf is this nonsense" and would even watch it or have a care in the world lol
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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Ok guys I have some bad news. I have to cancel my order tomorrow. My parents who are in their late 70's are in need of some help and I stepped in to help them. So all unneccessary expenses are on hold until their situation is taken care of. This is my turn to help them out considering all the times they helped me out when I was younger. Until their situation is secured, I bought the AM shifter with some left over birthday money. So for now....AM FTW lol!! Sorry....trying to find some humor in this situation.
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 12:31 AM
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I hear ya John. Going thru the same thing lately here with my grandparents. My grandmother fell on saturday and broke her collar bone and 6 ribs. We are taking care of her here. It's a lot of work. Good luck and hope your parents health is well.
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Hytek
Ok guys I have some bad news. I have to cancel my order tomorrow. My parents who are in their late 70's are in need of some help and I stepped in to help them. So all unneccessary expenses are on hold until their situation is taken care of. This is my turn to help them out considering all the times they helped me out when I was younger. Until their situation is secured, I bought the AM shifter with some left over birthday money. So for now....AM FTW lol!! Sorry....trying to find some humor in this situation.
props for manning up to help out your folks. Curious what the AM shifter is though? They don't have an AM branded shifter rather they sell hurst, barton, SR performance, etc
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 2012GTCS
I hear ya John. Going thru the same thing lately here with my grandparents. My grandmother fell on saturday and broke her collar bone and 6 ribs. We are taking care of her here. It's a lot of work. Good luck and hope your parents health is well.
Sorry to hear that man, I hope she gets better soon. Besides the issue at hand with my p's, my dad is scheduled to have a knee replacement soon. I swear if it ain't one thing its another..

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props for manning up to help out your folks. Curious what the AM shifter is though? They don't have an AM branded shifter rather they sell hurst, barton, SR performance, etc
Thanks man. I just noticed the AM shifter isn't branded with their name anymore, it's shown as the SR Performance short shifter. It has good reviews so far and a few guys on here have it and like it. I would say it's comparable to the Steeda in design and specs, just for $100 less. I really want the MGW, but for now it'll do.
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Hytek
I swear if it ain't one thing its another..
ain't that the dam truth. That been my motto the last few months. It's been non stop lately.
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 02:46 PM
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wow guys, so sorry to hear all this. Makes us remember life is not all about cars.

I hope you and your folks get to a better state soon John.... good move on the help. Nothing like family.
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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by FromZto5
wow guys, so sorry to hear all this. Makes us remember life is not all about cars.

I hope you and your folks get to a better state soon John.... good move on the help. Nothing like family.
Thanks man.
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 03:43 PM
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Well i was able to install on base today. Took about 2.5 hours (i was joking around with a fellow Chief for a bit) maybe less. The hardest thing about this was the rubber boot that goes over the shift for sound deadening. A few places i found were another person would have been helpful, but otherwise one is fine (with a lift). I also purchased a heat shield. The gait on this is prefect. No more missing gears due to poor quality parts. And that factory rubber bushing was a joke. Overall great quality!
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 04:29 PM
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Nice! Looks great. The dynamat part was the only part I had time to snap some pics as well. Nice and relaxed piecing it to be exact lol
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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At that point i was sighing in relief. I got a "just in case" quote from a shop. They wanted $250 to install...nope not i!
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigblue11
Well i was able to install on base today. Took about 2.5 hours (i was joking around with a fellow Chief for a bit) maybe less. The hardest thing about this was the rubber boot that goes over the shift for sound deadening. A few places i found were another person would have been helpful, but otherwise one is fine (with a lift). I also purchased a heat shield. The gait on this is prefect. No more missing gears due to poor quality parts. And that factory rubber bushing was a joke. Overall great quality!
I want!!! Nice pics. Hows it compare?
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 05:50 PM
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I want!!! Nice pics. Hows it compare?
Night and day! Stock...was just flimsy. I truly believe this is the culprit with the perceived "transmission" problem. You can find every gear and it just snaps back to neutral.
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigblue11

Night and day! Stock...was just flimsy. I truly believe this is the culprit with the perceived "transmission" problem. You can find every gear and it just snaps back to neutral.
Nice!!! Another believer welcome to the mgw family
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 10:50 PM
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is it still 3 weeks wait for mgw?
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 11:33 PM
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I knew when I ordered their 3 week claim was going to be extended severely. I think its well over a month. Seems the Avg is about 2 months.
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Old Mar 29, 2012 | 02:57 AM
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It was just a little over a month for mine.
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Old Mar 29, 2012 | 08:57 AM
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I'm going on 3 weeks with about 2-3 more to go.

Still haven't canceled it yet. I'm holding out until the last minute just in case something changes.
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