** TWM Feedback Thread **

[Izzy]

Purchased mine within two months of buying my car. Shipping was excessively fast, and they're extremely good at customer service. I had to order a new plastic thread since I stripped mine down, and I had it within 5 days.

Shifting has never felt more crisp, and the short shifter and base bushings just add to it. While I may be going to a lighter knob (for now) from my Type R, the first words out of my mouth whenever somebody wants a shifter of quality is always, "TWM".

[TWM Performance]

Hey man,

Thanks for the good feedback, i really appreciate it!

What kind of knob you are aiming at now? Anyway, thanks for talking about us when 'short shifter' comes up in a conversation! ;]

Simon
TWM Performance

Originally Posted by Izzy

Purchased mine within two months of buying my car. Shipping was excessively fast, and they're extremely good at customer service. I had to order a new plastic thread since I stripped mine down, and I had it within 5 days.

Shifting has never felt more crisp, and the short shifter and base bushings just add to it. While I may be going to a lighter knob (for now) from my Type R, the first words out of my mouth whenever somebody wants a shifter of quality is always, "TWM".

[Izzy]

Not just short shifter, but everybody likes the shifter when they try my car out. In fact, my friend ended up buying an M1 for his S2k because he liked mine so much. You guys are great, and it was easy to deal with you guys since your obviously "customer centric" (to coin a Best Buy Best Practices term). In truth, the instructions were also easy to read and it was a fairly straight-forward process. The only thing I need to buy now is the cable bushings.

I'm currently using a gun blue Type R, and I was thinking to change to the Alex Eggo or the PasswordJDM Titanium one. While I love the weighted feel, I just want to see how the lighter side of the scale works. Now that I have a 440+ shift knob, I want to see how something that's like....80g feels.

[TWM Performance]

Yeah that's it, i would like to try a lighter shift knob too..! But since i work for TWM, i always had a weighted one.. But still, can't complain eh! ;]

Feel free to give us updates on all of that lighter knob and how does it feel with our shifter..!

Thanks for your time!

Simon
TWM Performance

Originally Posted by Izzy

Not just short shifter, but everybody likes the shifter when they try my car out. In fact, my friend ended up buying an M1 for his S2k because he liked mine so much. You guys are great, and it was easy to deal with you guys since your obviously "customer centric" (to coin a Best Buy Best Practices term). In truth, the instructions were also easy to read and it was a fairly straight-forward process. The only thing I need to buy now is the cable bushings.

I'm currently using a gun blue Type R, and I was thinking to change to the Alex Eggo or the PasswordJDM Titanium one. While I love the weighted feel, I just want to see how the lighter side of the scale works. Now that I have a 440+ shift knob, I want to see how something that's like....80g feels.

[Quantum]

I got my short shifter + bushings kit yesterday, but it was soaking wet because the UPS guy left it on my door step in a thunderstorm!

I went out and bought the tools I need today so I will hopefully have everything but the cable bushings done tonight. I'll have to leave the cable bushings for a sunnier day so I can see what I'm doing better.

This afternoon, just to take a loot inside at what I would be messing with, I popped off the shifter boot piece. When I did, I heard what sounded like a small metal object falling down inside! What could that have been?

[black07coupe]

Originally Posted by Quantum

I got my short shifter + bushings kit yesterday, but it was soaking wet because the UPS guy left it on my door step in a thunderstorm!

I went out and bought the tools I need today so I will hopefully have everything but the cable bushings done tonight. I'll have to leave the cable bushings for a sunnier day so I can see what I'm doing better.

This afternoon, just to take a loot inside at what I would be messing with, I popped off the shifter boot piece. When I did, I heard what sounded like a small metal object falling down inside! What could that have been?

Really no tools required to do the SS. The only thing I used besides the tool provided was a rubber mallet to pop the blue thing on the SS.

That small metal object must have been something in your hand... cause theres nothing that could possibly fall from just taking the silver plastic trim off, and really nothing that could fall from taking the center console thing off too.

[black07coupe]

Originally Posted by Izzy

Not just short shifter, but everybody likes the shifter when they try my car out. In fact, my friend ended up buying an M1 for his S2k because he liked mine so much. You guys are great, and it was easy to deal with you guys since your obviously "customer centric" (to coin a Best Buy Best Practices term). In truth, the instructions were also easy to read and it was a fairly straight-forward process. The only thing I need to buy now is the cable bushings.

I'm currently using a gun blue Type R, and I was thinking to change to the Alex Eggo or the PasswordJDM Titanium one. While I love the weighted feel, I just want to see how the lighter side of the scale works. Now that I have a 440+ shift knob, I want to see how something that's like....80g feels.

I've had a lighter one on before, the clicks feel much more there. It takes more effort to get it into each gear, and shifting wont be as fast, but the lighter knob makes the whole thing feel REAL percise, as if the shift lever is moving through one of those metal pieces with the tree cut out.

[Quantum]

Whew, just finished installing the short shifter and base bushings. That was a total pain in the ass, took me an hour and a half. Right off the bat I knocked the blue cap into the console and had to take it down, took me 30 minutes to find it tucked in a corner.

I used a teeny bit of sticky tac to hold the bushings in place as I put the bolts in. I hope I did it right, I couldn't tell if the bushing was in correctly as I was tightening them all down. Was I suppose to use the original washers with the bolts as well?

Also I'm not sure if I tightened the short shifter adapter right. The adapter just slipped over the steel nub, no click or anything to show that it was on correctly. I put the loc-tite on which was scary because it is the red permanent kind and started to put the allen bolt in. I tightened it as hard as I could until I thought I might strip the threads. I screwed it in so that a small bit was threaded all the way through out the other end, a few threads worth maybe. I hope I did that right!

I noticed after putting the cable back on the blue cap that when I shifted the shifter to the lower gears, it seemed like the cable was just about to touch the bottom of the shift assembly. I'm not sure if it actually is touching or not, there doesn't seem to be any resistance when shifting but I'm worried it might rub or something since I can't tell if it is actually contacting the bottom or not. I did make sure I pushed the adapter all the way forward before tightening it but I'm still a bit nervous about it.

Lastly as I was putting the console back together, I dropped my damn screwdriver bit inside! I sweared so loud I probably upset the neighbors! After taking the console back apart and digging my hands down looking for the bit, I found the small metal part I heard earlier this afternoon! There are two small little metal spring clip things, I don't know where they go. I'll take a picture of them later.

Bah!

[jpjr0322]

Originally Posted by Quantum

Whew, just finished installing the short shifter and base bushings. That was a total pain in the ass, took me an hour and a half. Right off the bat I knocked the blue cap into the console and had to take it down, took me 30 minutes to find it tucked in a corner.

I used a teeny bit of sticky tac to hold the bushings in place as I put the bolts in. I hope I did it right, I couldn't tell if the bushing was in correctly as I was tightening them all down. Was I suppose to use the original washers with the bolts as well?

Also I'm not sure if I tightened the short shifter adapter right. The adapter just slipped over the steel nub, no click or anything to show that it was on correctly. I put the loc-tite on which was scary because it is the red permanent kind and started to put the allen bolt in. I tightened it as hard as I could until I thought I might strip the threads. I screwed it in so that a small bit was threaded all the way through out the other end, a few threads worth maybe. I hope I did that right!

I noticed after putting the cable back on the blue cap that when I shifted the shifter to the lower gears, it seemed like the cable was just about to touch the bottom of the shift assembly. I'm not sure if it actually is touching or not, there doesn't seem to be any resistance when shifting but I'm worried it might rub or something since I can't tell if it is actually contacting the bottom or not. I did make sure I pushed the adapter all the way forward before tightening it but I'm still a bit nervous about it.

Lastly as I was putting the console back together, I dropped my damn screwdriver bit inside! I sweared so loud I probably upset the neighbors! After taking the console back apart and digging my hands down looking for the bit, I found the small metal part I heard earlier this afternoon! There are two small little metal spring clip things, I don't know where they go. I'll take a picture of them later.

Bah!

the are from the plastic part that is on the shift boot i lost one as well

[TWM Performance]

Originally Posted by jpjr0322

the are from the plastic part that is on the shift boot i lost one as well

Yeah, the little metal clips go on the under side of the square piece you pop off to get to the shift assembly. It's been a little while so I don't remember exactly where it goes, but if you only dropped one the other should still be on the under side of the square piece to show you where to put the one that popped off.

As for the pictures in the install manuals not being too clear, we have all the manuals on our site as well in color which should definitely help. The manuals for the short shifter, base bushings, and cable bushings can be downloaded at the bottom of this page: TWM 2006 Civic Short Shifter

Thanks for the great feedback guys, we apreciate your comments.

Kevin
TWM

[7AndrewPD]

It's a great ss kit, my only complaint is i wish that you didn't have to use the nylon bushing for the nob because mine comes loose quit often.

[jpjr0322]

Originally Posted by TWM Performance

Yeah, the little metal clips go on the under side of the square piece you pop off to get to the shift assembly. It's been a little while so I don't remember exactly where it goes, but if you only dropped one the other should still be on the under side of the square piece to show you where to put the one that popped off.

As for the pictures in the install manuals not being too clear, we have all the manuals on our site as well in color which should definitely help. The manuals for the short shifter, base bushings, and cable bushings can be downloaded at the bottom of this page: TWM 2006 Civic Short Shifter

Thanks for the great feedback guys, we apreciate your comments.

Kevin
TWM

All in all a great kit, i installed the cable bushings a day before the SS and base bushings to get a feel for them. everything works great.

[TWM Performance]

Thanks for the good feedback my friend! =]

Simon
TWM Performance

Originally Posted by jpjr0322

All in all a great kit, i installed the cable bushings a day before the SS and base bushings to get a feel for them. everything works great.

[vicfalc09]

Installed the base and cable bushings and the ss, I am loving it!!! Much nicer shifts, everything was packaged perfectly and I put the decal underneath the hood. Thanks TWM!!

[obylium]

The product itself was smaller then I realized!! j/k

Ordered SS + both sets of bushings and they work wonders! Nice descriptive instructions as well. Thx TWM!!!

[TWM Performance]

Originally Posted by obylium

The product itself was smaller then I realized!! j/k

Ordered SS + both sets of bushings and they work wonders! Nice descriptive instructions as well. Thx TWM!!!

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Kevin
TWM

[kosi]

just ordered ss+bushings....first mod! promised my dad i wouldn't touch the car for a year...that years over...puahaha

[Quantum]

I just got my skunk2 knob and it made the shifting 1000x better. You really do need a weighted shift knob to make the short shifter worth while. I still haven't gotten around to installing the cable bushings, hopefully this weekend I'll have a chance to do it.

[NewYorkJon]

I was thinking of buying the SS kit, but now I don't see the point. The stock shifter is pretty short already, and if you are not lazy & know how to shift, you should not need this product. Plus there are not to many honest reviews on this product. The real reviews I read on this says that is "clunky, shorter but is harder to put in gear?"

[Quantum]

Finally got around to installing my cable bushings. The install went smoothly, the hardest part was getting the intake hose off the air box. I used the trick of putting the bushings in the freezer to shrink them, and they both went on smooth as butter with no trouble at all. Unfortunately, I dropped the old washer in the engine bay! I couldn't figure out any way to reach it, it is on a metal pan underneath a large horizontal hose way back in there. Will it just fall out while I am driving, or could it possibly damage something?