Indeed ... hole looked like it was cut with a hatchet .... oddly, on mine the gear-lever wouldn't have gone through the same hole by a couple of inches and its mounting sits well above the old tunnel profile, hence the butchery ... over winter I'll sort some gaiters and tidy/spray the box and all will be well ... does the job. Racers can he a bit brutal when it's not something critical.

How do you find the shorter gear stick? .... I want to shorten my shift as, at present, there's not much room between my hand and the bottom of the dash .... is it a normal gearstick but shortened or a purpose made 'quickshifter' mod?

K