Just finished MGW shifter installation

[boogs]

Went very smooth. George's instructional video really covered the install from every angle. Used a forklift to lift the car onto large pieces of I beam - install took me about 3 hours. No adjustment needed either!

Very well engineered piece and feels so much more precise compared to the stock unit.

Thanks MGW!

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[Clink]

A forklift? Do you have jacking rails or anything?

 

[Varekai]

I must say, I have never heard of someone using a forklift to raise their car.

 

[cop on my back]

Congrats on the shifter and not having that car land on you. That does not look safe.

 

[Jeff's FRC]

Most interesting way to lift a car that I've ever seen!

 

[CB]

That's what I've been writing about all over this site is how to support, and jack the car with 2x4. Right now I have to use a floor jack. I can't get my fork lift around to both sides at the moment but I'm thinking how to arrange the shop to do just that.

 

[Todd15Fastback]

Holy shit....You could not pay me any amount of money to crawl under that setup for 3hrs or so. Much less 1 min.

 

[Side_Pce]

Haha whatever works! sprung for a $500 shifter but couldn't buy $50 jack stands?

 

[cop on my back]

I think I see Darwin lurking.....

 

[CB]

I would have used something wider such as a couple of jack stands or concrete blocks. But the places that he has his car supported is very stable.

 

[scott_0]

couple of things, I have an old 91 Civic with 200k+ miles, lol I wouldnt use a forklift to raise, let alone my $40k car smh, and sorry, but those I beams dont have a large enough foot print to support that car if you get to torquing on a bolt and shaking the car, glad you made it out alive and like the shifter, MGW makes a top notch piece, Id have one on this car if I didnt go A6, had a Race Spec in my 2011 and loved it

 

[Oko3612]

I heard living life on the edge while installing the shifter makes you enjoy it that much more

 

[dev1360]

Holy. Fucking. Unsafe.

 

[z06psi]

W......T........F?

 

[Ingot2015]

Dont worry. Its safe in canada to do that.:doh:

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