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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 10:54 PM
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Looking for best aftermarket shifter. I have a hurst with line lock button on top. But its really tall and would like to shorten it alot. Also wanna keep the line lock. Any suggestions??
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 11:16 PM
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MGW or go home. Also, get a tick master if you can, best two mods I've done.
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MGW hands down
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 05:29 PM
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Am I able to install a line lock button on there? If so where at. I havnt bought a short throw. I have a hurst pistol grip
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 05:33 PM
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Also do I need the 12 mm or 16mm? Idk which 1 to get out of the 2
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Old Oct 25, 2013 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ws6guy27
Also do I need the 12 mm or 16mm? Idk which 1 to get out of the 2
Your factory shifter thread size is m16x1.5

BTW... I like my pro 5.0!
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 12:31 AM
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Well I still want the short throw. . Idk which one to order
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 12:35 AM
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Why is ir offering thw 12mm then I dont understand
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Stock size is 16mm. When you order the shifter you should have the option to get the stick in either 12mm or 16mm (at least thats how it was with mgw). If you get the 16mm then you can only run a **** that is 16mm as well even though a lot of ***** come with little adapters to run them on a smaller stick. It has nothing to do with the actual length of the shifter.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 12:53 PM
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So is everyone getting the 16mm short throw?
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 01:00 PM
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So is everyone getting the 16mm short throw?
MGW period. They offer the 12mm Corvette thread b/c there's a lot more aftermarket shift **** choices in that particular thread pitch than our stock thread of 16.

When I got mine, I opted for the 12mm. Worked great with my GTO ****.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 03:03 PM
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Okay cool. So I just wanna order it and get it in but I want to get the right one. Does it really matter which one I get?
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 04:00 PM
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Every site I looked at offered ***** in both sizes. They just change the master insert to whatever you have. I opted for the 16mm so I could use my stock **** if I wanted to.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 04:36 PM
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Well I dont even have stock ****. I bought car off a guy and he already had hurst pistol grip. So just trying get right parr and not f up lol
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i have for both my ls cars and my sisters ws6 stores short handle with OE hurst... beautiful feel!
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If you get the 12mm C5 thread, you can get a trick C6Z06 **** that's made to fit. If you e never drove a C6Z06, you wouldn't understand, but it's seriously the most comfortable shifter **** I've ever rowed with.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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It's totally up to you. There are plenty of nice ***** out there in both 12mm and 16mm. It doesn't really matter.
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Old Oct 27, 2013 | 12:33 AM
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Well does it matter bc I still wanna have my line lock button? Its becoming easier to choose but I dont wanna have buy 2 lol
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Old Oct 27, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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Well I've never used line lock, but if it needed a specific shifter size to work I think that would be specified no? If not, research it to double check. But the 12mm or 16mm size is just for the ****. What size **** are you running now? I'm assuming 16mm since thats stock size so just get the 16mm. The thread size is just for different shift **** sizes. I think you're way overthinking this.
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Personally, I wouldn't want the line lock on the shift **** anyway...
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