Motohead279

Did you get your car back from Vengence?

thrilled

I don't understand why GM wouldn't try to manufacture the shortest throw shift lever possible.Leave it to aftermarket to get the car better.

Theta

No, it leaves in a week - very excited! I knew as soon as I wrote that it wasn't the best phrasing, though.

To me, the pedals, wheel, and shifter are your connection to that car, much as the wheels are the connection to the road.

The shifter makes you feel much more 'engaged' with the car, and the driving experience has become much more positive since installing it. I'm sure all here will agree.

Theta

A few reasons:

1) Always leave something on the table for the Z06/ZR1, and
2) They used the same parts (essentially) from the C6 variant.

MGW also makes a really great product, which helps quite a bit in making the change seem like night & day.

TEXHAWK0

One reason is that it is always a compromise between the shortest throw and the effort it takes to get into reverse and the higher gears. A throw of 2-1/2" is getting pretty short.

thrilled

I just got mi C7,and the throw seems ok to me.

Theta

Trust us, it can feel much better. The stock shifter loosens in time, but just keep this mod in mind, as it's the first mod I can say without a doubt that every person here feels (very) positive about.

Elite275

Ok....I've installed a supercharger before but can't get the damn boot off the shift ****. Haha. What am i missing here? I turn it and can't get it drop down even with force. It feels like it should dropm but is catching something and I don't want to force too hard and tear the boot. Any ideas?

xp800

Lift up the chrome ring while twisting.

Elite275

Yeah...i am and can see the ring and boot twist to 30 degrees or so. I'll keep at it and see what happens. Thanks....

xp800

Once you lift and twist to release, pull down. Mine was easy in this regard. Others have said it took some force to pull down once released.

Elite275

Ok thanks. Yeah I took the center panel up to see if anything was catching underneath and it doesn't look like it.

Theta

If you have it where it's fully twisted over (just catching on the way down), there's a chance the plastic runner or guide has a burr or something of the like.

Any luck since the last post?

Elite275

Yes, thanks for asking!

I guess what happened is there is a rubber ring underneath that popped off or wasn't on good. So when I was lifting up on the metal ring it really wasn't turning....the boot was just sliding around. I got to it underneath. It was locked up pretty good but I got it off.

All done tearing everything down. Now I have to wait until the shifter gets delivered tomorrow for reassembly!

Victor Dymond

Just swapped mine out last night, took 1.5 hours. Pictures were spot on and it was easy. Night and day difference, definitely a 'must do' mod!

marianrc

I just got my C7 back from having an MGW shifter installed. Wow, this thing is amazing. It gives the car a totally different feel. Now it feels like a European sports car. It's tight!

Nyvetteguy007

Great stuff!!

Still loving mine

Victor Dymond

Wow, if I did something to my C7 that made it feel European I would rip it out and destroy it.

Q8 c7

Better quality was meant,even though its not always true.i ordered the mgw retro shifter.i dont like my factory shifter from 1st to 2nd..it doesnt feel right

marianrc

That's all I was trying to say. It feels like a shifter from a 150k sports car.