When I first got it and put it on it made me laugh every time I got in the car because it just looked so funny. I felt like a trucker with those huge shifters. But when I started to drive… my transmission has had problems (Scion FR-S, first gen BRZ problems), but I felt like a little more leverage helped just to get the damn thing into gear better. It was really enjoyable to drive with the stock shifter. It just felt good. I don’t really know how to describe it. Not sure how the 4 inch feels like, but to me the 2 inch has the correct height. (But if I had a friend with the 4 inch, I would try it immediately for the laughs.) The car is always fun to drive, but it freshened her up a bit. I wish I would have bought this sooner. But now I have on the Billetworkz short throw shifter… but you’ll have to wait for that review.
Overall: It looks great, makes the shifts feel good (maybe objectively, maybe subjectively), and it still makes me giggle when I “wake up” and go “oh yeah, this thing looks ridiculous and it’s fantastic”. Definitely worth the buy. It earns 5 stars with ease.
(Note: the picture is with the stock shifter. In my short shifter review, whenever that will be, I’ll post the picture with the red lockout on. Spoiler alert: it’s pretty damn sexy)