Finally got the new Hurst shifter in my truck.
It is amazing how much difference there actually is. I highly recommend it to anyone with the m5od.

The old.

Old and new on the work bench.

I'm in love.

Hurst super boot.

 

Nice huh! Makes you wanta kick yourself for not getting it sooner.

 

Did yours come with a boot to cover the lever where it goes into the shift tower?

 

No it did not, I used the original one that's just some foam crap that doesn't do much of anything.
Should I have something else for it?

 

Notice all the crap on the boot of your stock shifter. Without a boot to cover the tower where the lever comes out will allow all that crap to find its way inside the shift tower and possibly the transmission.
A picture is worth a thousand words.

 

I was actually thinking about that when I put it in. What would you suggest I use to cover it, the piece of foam from the stock shifter probably won't do jack.

 

On of my son's Honda Civics lost its boot. Contact Hurst and ask them for one of theirs. Here is a pic of one on an M5OD shifter.

 

I'm gunna do that tomorrow then, Wonder why mine didn't come with it, did yours?
And your son drives a civic :O

 

Mine did but I tore it somehow so I used my son's.

 

Hmm, wonder why mine didn't.
I know the one for the m5odr1 for the ranger showed the picture you showed me, but the f150 one didn't.

 

the hurst shifter for the tremac I put in my mach I came with one.

 

You guys are makin me feel like I got ripped off or something.
I'll call hurst after the holidays, hopefully I won't have to pay for anything after paing 220 for the shifter.