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I know, this has been talked about a few times before but had to throw in my experience. After reading the other threads and viewing the pictures, I decided to spend the money and order the JPM Performance Shifter for the '06 Solstice. I ordered the shifter by mail with a personal check. Within a few days, JPM called me at home and told me they had recieved the check and they would have their machinist begin construction. A couple of weeks went by and the product arrived via UPS. In the meantime, I tried to remove the stock shifter. Broke two allen wrenches! Afraid to use a "smoke wrench" because of the rubber around the shifter. Finally tried nail polish remover/acetone. Still no luck. Tried PB Blaster...no luck. Soaked it down with PB Blaster again and walked away for the night. Next day, I gave it a shot of fresh PBB and tried again. As I was using a box end wrench to give me more "oomph" with the allen wrench, I heard a loud crack. (For safety reasons, I had covered what I was doing with a small towel to prevent me from getting hit by broken pieces of allen wrench this time). I thought maybe I had broken another allen wrench, thought maybe some shrapnel had been flying by, so check hands, fingers, face in mirror...no cuts, no blood, nothing. Went back to trying to remove the allen screw and it was now moving! The loud crack must have been the loctite breaking loose. Took it all apart to see how it worked. Put it back together with no loctite and waited now for new part to arrive.
JPM had sent me a UPS tracking number so I knew the day of arrival and approximate delivery time for my neighborhood. Late in the day, I look out the front door and there is a box on the door step...I guess UPS does not knock on door anymore. Open package and view contents. Very nice workmanship! New shifter boot, black with tan threads, easily goes on plastic ring. Take it out to garage and install shifter shaft with fresh blue loctite supplied by JPM. Two allen screws this time. Leave shoulder piece as is so that a bit of the shaft is exposed rather than have the ball sitting directly on the boot. Install boot and chrome trim ring. Sure does look nice! Feels really nice, also. Very, very happy with this upgrade!
JPM had sent me a UPS tracking number so I knew the day of arrival and approximate delivery time for my neighborhood. Late in the day, I look out the front door and there is a box on the door step...I guess UPS does not knock on door anymore. Open package and view contents. Very nice workmanship! New shifter boot, black with tan threads, easily goes on plastic ring. Take it out to garage and install shifter shaft with fresh blue loctite supplied by JPM. Two allen screws this time. Leave shoulder piece as is so that a bit of the shaft is exposed rather than have the ball sitting directly on the boot. Install boot and chrome trim ring. Sure does look nice! Feels really nice, also. Very, very happy with this upgrade!
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