Shifter leather boots

[teK--]

I forgot about this thread hehehe.

After much thinking and daily looking at the wrinkly tattered boots on my car I have finally ordered my new shifter and handbrake boots from Redline. I settled for blue coloured Alcantara (replica fabric), with red stitching. If the ladies in their Polish sewing shop work as hard as they reportedly do, I should have them by next week! Will put pics up for sure .

[Digital]

ooh sounds hot tek!

make sure u take some pics when u install her...

now i want a black leather one for my slusher shifter!

[teK--]

Boots have just landed

[teK--]

The handbrake boot went in pretty easily, however the shifter boot did not fit that well and did require some trimming to get right (the diameter of the boot at the bottom edge was just too big and so I had to tuck more of it around the plastic retainer ring than the stock one. This required cutting some slots to clear the mounting clips for the retaining ring. Once the ring is clipped back into the console trim, it all looks neat though.

I ordered the shifter boot 1.2" shorter to match my short shifter; the height turned out perfectly.

The glue used is Tarzan's Grip. Basically I coated all plastic surfaces with it then let sit for a few minutes before pressing the fabric on and worked really well.

Pics!

[THERB3]

Jim that is a clean job. Looks like a million dollars well done.

[Digital]

out of curiousity, do u have other blue highlights in ur cabin? if not, what made u decide to go with blue?

[teK--]

Thanks Harry

Digital: I chose blue because my car is blue. It's also a colour that goes with the black and grey/silver interior. I chose red stitching as it matches the red illumination of the centre console instruments, and it is also a nice contrasting colour for the blue.

[Digital]

sweet, looks great man, hopefully i can get to check it out sometime! def a good contrast in the cabin

[edwood]

For all you auto drivers considering shift boots, I ordered one from Redline. Got them to shorten it by 1inch ... had no idea how short it needed to be on an auto stick, but I knew it would be shorter than a stock manual.

Now that I have got the boot, it wouldn't hurt if it was even shorter. Here is a pic of what it looks like. Looks awesome - now I only half regret getting an auto ...

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[Digital]

hey mate, looks great, how much that set you back??

any idea if these fit the MY07+ ?

and hard to install?

[edwood]

They weren't that expensive as redline had a sale on. 39USD + 9USD shipping.

Do the MY07's have the round gear section? If so I am not sure if this will fit. I saw a leather shift boot for those models on http://www.japanparts.com.

Installation wasn't that hard ... remove two screws at the bottom of the armest console, and you can the lift that whole section up. Then you pry up the chrome rim, and then the bottom centre console section.

Only thing is it's bit of a bodge job since the auto doesn't have the mounting bracket that clips under the centre console section. So you will need to glue it underneath the centre console, and also onto the chrome ring. You will need to glue the chrome ring to the centre console as well as I removed the centre piece that sat over the shift gate (that section with the gear indicators), as the chrome doesn't have anything to clip into to hold it into place.

[Digital]

yeah mines the round one........

thats a good price....... yep i saw the ones on jpparts but no way i am paying that much!! lol

i sit and i wait............

[Deluded]

when i get a chance I will post up a pic of my version of the shift boot...

I bought a plain black momo shift boot and hacked it a little (I already had a MOMO gear knob) its almost as simple as screwing the shift boot to the gear knob after positioning and then wrap it over the ring cut holes where the teeth of the ring are and trim back the excess leather and clip it in to place...

if you really like the silver ring then I can't help ya.....