I've read a lot about the Pro 5.0 shifters for Camaros and never given them a lot of thought. It wasn't until I started sitting in some newer cars with manual transmissions that I decided that the throw on my stock shifter was way too long.
Here, you can see what I started out with. Granted, the revolver shift knob adds some height to the entire thing but the stock shifter wasn't much better with the stock shift knob.




The first thing I did was remove the shift knob and the upper console.




Then, I removed the lower console. I have found that if you release the cam on the parking brake lever and stand it straight up the center console is a piece of cake to remove.




The next step in the process was to remove the rubber boot that insulates the upper part of the shifter assembly. The reason you do not see a shift lever in this picture is because the lever slides straight up and out with the boot. Yes, that is correct. With everything assembled you can pull up on the shift lever while driving and disengage the lever from the shifter. It flops over and you can't do anything until you reset it onto its lower half.




I then removed the 4 13mm bolts holding the lower shifter assembly on to the transmission and broke the RTV seal. The lower assembly simply pulled up and out afterwards.




Before laying down the new bead of RTV, I cleaned the gasket surfaces off on the transmission.




I applied a new bead of RTV on the transmission mounting surface and bolted the new shifter on using the bolts supplied with the kit.




The instructions say to cut the inner boot and install. The problem is that the pictures are small, dark and very unclear. Well, I knew that they weren't talking about the leather trim boot but there were two more boots past that. One that sat over the entire shifter assembly and one that covered the lower half of the stock assembly. I finally figured out that they meant the rubber boot that sits over the entire shifter assembly. I cut it to fit and slipped it over the Pro 5.0 shifter.




Then, it was time to put the console back in and install the shift knob.




However, one more thing remained. There's about 2 inches of the rod that is threaded. I am guessing it is done this way in case you want to modify the length of your shifter but as you can see from the picture above you can see the threaded rod between the knob and the boot if you leave it as it is. This was not really the look I was going for. So, time for the hacksaw. I cut 1.25" off of the rod and threaded the knob back on.




Looks a whole lot better. I haven't driven the car since I cut the 1.25" off of the shifter but it feels great and shifts smoothly. The only thing I have to get used to is that in certain gears under load it makes noise. I am guessing that is why the stock levers feel so rubbery is because of the vibration dampeners but that is nothing a bit of music can't cover up.

That's all there is to it! Good luck!