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hate to jump in, but is the thread on the flat stick version different from the stock shifter threads?
Yes, stock threads are M12x1.25 and I'm pretty sure the MGW unit is M10x1.25.

I'm not 100% sure on the size, but I'm looking at my OEM shift knob as well as the shift knob from my flat stick as I type this, and the flat stick is definitely a smaller thread diameter.
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Yes, stock threads are M12x1.25 and I'm pretty sure the MGW unit is M10x1.25.

I'm not 100% sure on the size, but I'm looking at my OEM shift knob as well as the shift knob from my flat stick as I type this, and the flat stick is definitely a smaller thread diameter.

So the flat stick/standard and low profile should all be m10, and the stock is m12?
 

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Yes, stock threads are M12x1.25 and I'm pretty sure the MGW unit is M10x1.25.

I'm not 100% sure on the size, but I'm looking at my OEM shift knob as well as the shift knob from my flat stick as I type this, and the flat stick is definitely a smaller thread diameter.
cool, so a simple adapter should allow me to run my personal shift knob on an MGW
 

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NP, I don’t know what the factory height was but mine right now is 2-3/4” from the top of the boot/bottom of collar to the top of the knob. Hope this helps. If you haven’t seen this video maybe it will help with your options

Much appreciated. Definitely helped.

@ArcsandSparks do you have any pics? I thought I read somewhere the flat stick low profile and standard are the same size?
 

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You won't be disappointed. Test drove a Roush Stage 3 (stock shifter) recently before I made the decision to just buy a supercharger for my current ride. I got in it and moved the shifter to neutral to start the car. After driving with the MGW for a year, I actually said "ewwww!" aloud sitting next to the salesman.
 

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So the flat stick/standard and low profile should all be m10, and the stock is m12?
I just double checked this and the flat stick is 3/8-16 coarse, not m10. OEM is m12x1.25.
 

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I just double checked this and the flat stick is 3/8-16 coarse, not m10. OEM is m12x1.25.
Thank you for that. Wonder why? I think I’ll stay away then.

With that said I may try just going to a GT350 Knob
 

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I hated my MGW shifter, took it out last week and went back to stock , I might add that my ride is RHD. I know a couple of guys that did the same. I had to use quite a lot of palm pressure to get it to go in first then to second, if i didn't it would want to go from first to forth (so I was pushing away from me, to go into first and second) it just never felt smooth.
Friend of mine was about to pull his out but all of a sudden it just smoothed out. Do these work better after time, like a brake in period.
I recently drove my friends car and it did feel a lot smother than mine so I do know that they do what they say, I just couldn't get mine right.
I did everything that the demo vid says to do setting up the reverse lockout. Has anyone else had the same then got over it someway.
 

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I hated my MGW shifter, took it out last week and went back to stock , I might add that my ride is RHD. I know a couple of guys that did the same. I had to use quite a lot of palm pressure to get it to go in first then to second, if i didn't it would want to go from first to forth (so I was pushing away from me, to go into first and second) it just never felt smooth.
Friend of mine was about to pull his out but all of a sudden it just smoothed out. Do these work better after time, like a brake in period.
I recently drove my friends car and it did feel a lot smother than mine so I do know that they do what they say, I just couldn't get mine right.
I did everything that the demo vid says to do setting up the reverse lockout. Has anyone else had the same then got over it someway.
It does smooth out over time. That said, this may be a case where the springs are optimized for LHD and would be ideally switched.
 

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That said, this may be a case where the springs are optimized for LHD
That's interesting can they be swapped around for this purpose or are you just guessing this could be the case.
 

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That's interesting can they be swapped around for this purpose or are you just guessing this could be the case.
They're not intended to be, but I do know that they're not the same left and right. The Barton Hybrid 3 has that as an advantage (side force tunable). How long did you have it in the car?
 

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Not long did about 1500 miles with it.
Did you try that adjustment of the locknut on the handle for the 1st and 2nd gear lockout? It sounds like you could have had that pin just a hair to far out and it required force to get the shifter to that gate. Just a guess.
 

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