Kit Fox,
It is not hard to remove the old ****. You just pull the leather boot up and unscrew the fasteners. Then give the **** a twist and a pull and it comes off. The momo **** is nice. It sits about the same height as the stock one. Maybe a shade lower. The momo is smaller in diameter. The grey leather matches the Crossfire boot very nicely. It looks pretty stock. It looks like real carbon fibre to me. The difference I noticed is you can really feel the shift through this smaller shift ****. Good luck.
Brian.