Spent most of the day researching what guys did for the exit point for the wires coming out of the stick, so not a lot of time in the shop. A lot of guys have drilled the hole on the aft side of the stick just above the pivot point, so that is what I did.
I then fit the front stick grip; I still need to look it over: with everything tight I get a little gap at the front of the stick. I fumbled with this thing for an hour so I decided to leave it till later. The rear stick went much better. I cut it to length and drilled and notched the stick and also fit the grip. This one fits just fine so I know something must be catching on the front stick. I need to find an exit point for the rear stick. This one will have a connector so the stick can be removed.
I can still actuate the flap switch with the stick under the panel
Rear stick fit, still need to sort out wire harness