I left mine on to hold up the boot for now (I think it looks better this way, you doen't have the hole at the bellow the knob showing). You can also ziptie the boot to the shifter shaft (without the RLO) with a small piece of hose below the boot to hold the it up (I will do this when i get a new knob). The spring goes between the kbod and the RLO. The pin and c-clip replace the plastic pin.

The RLO is aluminium.

 

so its aluminum, that cool, just wanted to know cuz i heard it was purple, andi was thinking of painting silver to match the car

 

The one I have came with a Purple RLO. I had an ebay shifter on my 01 Cav. and it looked like pics. on ebay. I would ask before buying.

 

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quality of the cosmo

 

It looks just like ebay shifter and has RLO. Doen't take it the wrong way, I like it. I just think you could have saved $30 and got the same quality.

 

meh it's made for my car so i'll see what happens... if thats the case where i could've spent 30$ less oh well.. i'll say having instructions and something specifically for my car being worth 30$

most of the ebay shifters i found looked like pclears... (not all metal) according to them it doesn't have RLO .. but it looks like it does so *shrugg*

 

The lockout just doesn't work on our cars. as for instuctions for the Ion, you can use the TWM site it has them. I have had 2 ebay Cav. shifters and both were all metal. All that matters is YOU are happy with your shifter. If you want to get rid of the RLO knock the pin out and slide it off. I think the plastic on the Pcear is to make it fit SS/SC IDK. Pics after install?

 

I didnt even knock out a pin (looked for one). I just slid off the pink RLO and took it off and mines all silver metal now. Looks BA.

 

Some come with pin installed some have it in the package.

 

what pin haha...

i would have it installed if i wasn't missing a few tools
lol

 

The pin is in the slot in the RLO. you can see it in the pic of your GF(?) holding the shifter

 

so the RLO doesnt work on the balt?

 

Not on our 2.4 because the tranny/clutch or w/e does not have the RLO option like the SS/SC so you cannot just magically produce one. It would only be for looks and completely useless.

 

i put the spring ontop of the R/L and screwed the shifter onto so that it doesnt rattle..

 

On the Cav. the little metal piece that hang below the RLO hits the pastic shifter frame 'til you lift the RLO and it slides over the flame. On the Cobalt it doesn't hit the plastic so it doesn't work.

Mine still rattles sometimes but, the spring is there to keep pressure on RLO.

 

What is the rectangular piece called that the leather boot is stapled to, I kind of broke it and need a new one.

 

i think its called " the rectangular piece that the leather boot is stapled to"

 

so then how the hell do i remove the RLO... hmm it says it's for the non RL ion though so it's weird it has RLO but whatever.. the knob is heavy as ****... over all very happy with it just is a pain if i have to remove the RLO even though they said i wouldn't need to

 

You can leave it on, it just doesn't do anything for us. If you want to remove it use a screwdriver to knock the pin out. the piece below the knob that slides into it is the RLO. I would remove the pin but still ues the RLO to hold up the boot. that will make it easier to remove the boot if needed later. It having the RLO is why I think it a Cavalier shifter. Why else would it have the RLO and say it doesn't? I think you paid $30 for instructions that you could have get free from TWM's site http://www.twmperformance.com/manual..._%20Manual.pdf I'm not haten, just trying to inform (you and others)

 

well it's been a week sicne i ordered my short throw and i still havent got it, wtf all the other shiti order from ebay always makes it here in a week, how long did it take veryoen to get it, also did you buy it from ATOMICSTREET? cuz when i look at the UPS tracking ****, all it says is billing info recieved, did it do that to ya'll?

 

i got mine and it fits great. stupid purple, anytips on painting it? im thinking spray paint will work, but just want to make sure. as for getting it, it came relatively quick and trackin info was correct the whole time

 

is RLO just whats stops u from downshifting from 5th into reverse?

 

yeah

 

yea but however ... has anyone tried going straight from 5th to reverse even without it it's not possible either way

 

I think you can sand the purple off.

I got mine from K2 motor. About a week for shipping.