jdtaylor42
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I appreciate you checking and his willingness to do the "Trail" etch but after looking at it I think you are right that it may look squished. So just put me down for the following please:
jdtaylor42/Package1/Matte Black/None
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GB: Ellis Precision FJ Style Shift Knobs
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I appreciate you checking and his willingness to do the "Trail" etch but after looking at it I think you are right that it may look squished. So just put me down for the following please:
jdtaylor42/Package1/Matte Black/None
yotantexas
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yotantexas Package 1/Matte Black/4R Etching
jbjones85
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My guess would be that it would but let me ask the vendor and see if he knows.
jbjones85
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[MENTION=121852]JDP_1988[/MENTION] --- I talked with the vendor and he is 99% sure they will fit and sent me a picture of one mounted up on a 4th gen.
MeefZah
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I'm not totally sure but I think - THINK - the auto knob may be too long. I say this because if you look at the "cutting an FJ Cruiser shift knob down to fit a 5th gen" thread (if you click the link in the first post on this thread to go to my review thread there is a link part of the way down the first page in a post about the FJC knob).
In that linked thread, the OP discusses how the 4th gen requires more material to be removed from the knob to fit on the shorter shaft.
Having said that, the Ellis knob still leaves about 1.5" - 2" clearance at the bottom of the shaft so it may actually work okay on the 4th gen.
I am going to take my shifter off here directly to install a piece of heat shrink tubing over the bottom of it, so I will measure the shaft and post up here in a bit. That info, combined with your measurements of the 4th gen shaft should give you enough to make an informed decision.
Edit - measurements:
5th gen shaft from top of shifter gate, in Park, to top of threads - 5 1/16"
Length of shifter shaft remaining after Ellis knob is installed in correct orientation, from top of shifter gate to bottom of knob, in Park - 15/16" (this will get tighter as you shift through the gears, but I didn't measure that)
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jbjones85
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[MENTION=132734]MeefZah[/MENTION] Thanks, you beat me too it. I posted up the rendering in the first post but haven't had a chance to upload the 4th get one. 
:reddance::reddance:
:reddance::reddance:Here is an email I got from Joel re: 4th gen knobs. Also included 2 pics, 1 of the knob in a 4th gen (same as on his site) and 1 of the preliminary rendering of the "4R" etching.
MeefZah
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[MENTION=132734]MeefZah[/MENTION] Thanks, you beat me too it. I posted up the rendering in the first post but haven't had a chance to upload the 4th get one.
No prob... I swear I'm not trying to interfere with the GB thread, I only wanted to help out that 4th gen guy with some measurements, then Joel asked me to post for him. I'm trying to stay out, I swear!
I'll just be over here quietly wishing I had got in on GB pricing!
jbjones85
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no problem. I think we are all grateful for you taking the plunge and getting the first set so we can all take advantage it. I honestly had no idea these even existed.