T5 - Shifter Install (pics)

Grabbin' Asphalt

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Installed the my new MGW T5 shifter, here are the pics of the orange handle. My polished silver one will be ready soon and I'll throw that one on tomorrow when I get. I think I will redo a smaller boot cover soon, we'll see. Love the tightness of the stick now, 3rd gear is hot now, super gearbanging time!!!

 

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oh left off a couple in between pics...

 

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What's the diameter of that shifter ball? Looks good btw.

 

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Thnx man, ....Its the Hurst "Large" ball, its 2.25 inches, I feel its too big. The Hurst small one is 1.90, but the ford logo balls and others are 2 1/8 and 2 inches which would feel perfect I think. Gotta place an order for a smaller ball soon. Gonna look into a white or black one to go with that polished one, we'll see what looks better.

 

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I've got a white "cue" ball on mine. I think the black looks better. Especially on a polished silver shifter. Looks good!

 

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Nice! looks very familiar because I had shifter out last week. I needed to add fluid to my tranny and unfortunately the little filler hole plug is stripped out on the side of the tranny. (Can't remove it)

So? Pour it down the shifter hole.LOL

 

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A5literMan said:

I've got a white "cue" ball on mine. I think the black looks better. Especially on a polished silver shifter. Looks good!

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Thnx, I just got word the polished one is done pretty excited to see it commanding attention when someone looks inside my ride!!!

 

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Another look at what we got now....

 

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Looks good! Don't go grabbin those gears too hard now.... you might wind up driving over the T5 once it falls out, lol.

 

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That does look pretty slick having the handle visible.

 

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So I got the polished one back and installed now, looks all chrome like, pretty sick!! Dropped the orange one off and I'm having it powder coated a metallic blue. Pic of the polished one coming soon

 

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Ok so here's the new smooth bling

 

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Damn. I might need to get a handle now and do the same. Prob contact redlineboots and have them make me a shorty leather boot

 

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I must say after banging the gears the last couple days with a larger ball, it really is growing on me. I feel I can wrap my pinkie underneath and it sits nicely in the rest of my palm.

 

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Where did the boot come from? Did you make it? Or did it come with the shifter?

 

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very nice!

 

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Spaz said:

Where did the boot come from? Did you make it? Or did it come with the shifter?

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The shifter boot can be found cheap in the auto store, Hurst has the expensive ones but the cheap ones look great as well. Normally only 1 is sitting on the shelf at the stores, sometimes they have both the small one and bigger one, this one is the big one. I may just trim the front part near the radio so it can lay down a little better. I feel the flat top square boot helps promote the cool angle of the shifter lever unlike just a floppy boot material sagging. Hopefully starting a cool shifter trend hahaha!!

 

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