The stock driveshaft is 14 and change which hasn't been a problem for me. I'm still running the stock shaft with the rear jacked up. I've got the skidplate lowered but I suspect I could raise it but I got lazy and winters setting in. All I got done was fabricating some brackets and rebuilding a wire harness. Only problem, the lights bounce on the brackets. So I've got to make them out of some steel. But that's anotehr project, another day. :roll:
I wouldn't be able ot put the shifter where you have it. I've got a large console in the middle. So the shifter will need to be located with the other shifters. It does look tacky though. I wonder if I could make a propper shifter though.