MGW 2007-2014 Shelby GT500 Short Throw Shifter

I didn't have a lift to work with and only two Jack stands, so I was sliding around on a piece of cardboard underneath. Limited access made it a bit more difficult, but my will is strong. Everything went smoothly, considering over 100,000 miles of road time on everything. I followed the video on the MGW website for any questions I might have had, but it was a bit outdated for the newest design, but still mostly accurate. I ended up needing to discard the factory sound mat that was supposed to fit onto the MGW foam mat, because the double thickness wouldn't allow me to attach the standoff clip. I would rather have it attached without sound deadening than have it rattling around under the center console. My sound deadening mat had seen better days anyways. Again, I did use the MGW mat. I didn't have a replacement shift knob at the time I was finished and was going to temporarily use the factory knob (with boot retainer). Though I ordered the shifter with the factory thread pitch, the knob assembly wouldn't thread on. Maybe because of the loctite on the factory knob? I'm not entirely sure. Rather then force it on, I waited for my Shelby knob with boot retainer to show up. There were multiple threaded fittings for the knob Shelby knob, but none of them seemed to thread onto the shifter and I verified with my tap and die set the threads weren't quite right. After re-threading the shifter, the factory shifter and the factory Shelby threaded fitting worked as intended. It was pretty…