I installed the shifter yesterday but didn’t drive the truck. The 2 main differences are the obvious shorter handle, and the handle is chrome not brushed. The chrome isn’t bad and it reminds me of the cars of the 70’s so it’s pretty cool. The handle feels night and day better but that’s also because I have no isolator bushing left so there was so much slop. I kept the ball pretty high up so that when the arm rest was down I wasn’t having to bend my wrist to keep a good handle. And yea I keep all my old parts. I’m that guy who adds LED headlight bulbs and saves the old halogens.