from Ohio.. will you be going through New York on interstate 90? Rochester is.. along that.

and finally --the pics!
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edit: p.s. no, I'm not a fan of Dells, I just happen to be using one because my thinkpads are upstairs :P

 

You have got to be kidding me. There's not enough room for this many Chris's around these parts, we'll have to battle!

 

that's right homie, the new guy on the block is taking over although I dought I will ever have a protege5 as tight as yours

how much do you want for that shift ****?

 

I would like to say it's priceless (I loved it so dearly) but I have rethreaded my shifter (and greddy ****) so I can't actually go back to the stock **** anymore.

I dunno, like 15 dollars, 20 shipped if we can't meet up to exchange goods (and services )? I have no clue what it is 'worth' really.

 

what kind of services are we talking about here? you were talking about you wished the stock **** was heavier, does the weighted **** make a diffrence in shifting? I don't mind picking that up, if we could find a meeting place? 15 bucks sounds fair.

 

Not to hamper the pending sale, but I switched from the stock P5 **** to the heavier MSP **** and it made shifting noticeably smoother.

It counteracts the increased notchiness of my TWM shifter bushings.

 

msp ****? ricer :P I kid, I kid.. I had MSP floormats before I had my turbo :P

yeah I got my greddy **** because it makes the MSP **** feel like a feather, so of course it has a drastic effect on shifting feel. with the twm shifter (earliest gen) and kartboy bushings it was still fine with the stock **** though, just easier throws now.

 

 

<3 rice

 

MSP? Is that the standard **** from a protege? what does that look like? I just purchased a kartboy short shifter, and bushings. I haven't had a chance to put them on the P5, although I hope that makes shifting a little smoother.

 

no the MSP **** is just a Sparco Techno



later models said "mazdaspeed" on top and had like.. yellow and stuff on the top sticker (with shift pattern)

people have issues with the leather coming loose and spinning around on the ****. Not sure if there's a simple fix or if it affects all of them though

 

Mine:

 

gimme shift boot now! What one is that? I like that it matches the seats so well. I love my shaundarbie 4-seam leather (silver stitching) boot with matching e-brake boot but I despise having dead cows in my car :P fake suede I can deal with haha

 

It's actually fake alcantara, so that makes it fake fake suede. Pretty far from dead cow!

I got it here.

 

thanks for the link

and yes.. being doubly fake is ftw!