Getting rid of that hidious cv boot looking manual gear surround

[clubby_you]

just changed my clubby to a manual and could not stand the look of the rubber gear boot so went to super cheap bought a $30 leather surround and put it in the result (IMO) look 10 million times better for only a couple of minutes of playing around

Cheers Doug

What do you think..?


horrid factory surround


my after market leather surround

[azzfox]

That really does look a heap better. Looks like I might be doing the same very soon.

[Fun_Bucket]

Werent the VR/VS factory gearboots leather anyway? I thought only the VN/VP had that rubber boot, shown in the first picture??

[clubby_you]

came out of a 95 s1 vs clubsport that rubber pos

[theSeekerr]

Nope - my VR II Exec has the industrial rubber, too. It's on my to-fix list...

[Morton]

I guess it depends on your style I personally prefer the standard boot. 100x better than anything else!!

[theSeekerr]

Nice looking gearknob, though....is it stock?

[Calaber]

I guess it depends on your style I personally prefer the standard boot. 100x better than anything else!!

Hi Mort

Nah, yer on yer own with that opinion. The rubber one looks like it came from a Camira. Definitely not classy enough for your Stato.

To the OP, you need a new camera phone. Those photos are shithouse.....

[50LTRv8]

Look at it this way morton, you could save some more weight by using cloth over that big piece of rubber.

[Morton]

lol 50LTRv8, you can only take weight saving so far I hate the look of 90% of cloth/leather boots people end up making themselves. I like old styles

Seeker, the knob was a random one I found at some auto parts store Apparently it was a special order that someone then didn't want. Can't remember what brand! It's matt leather with brushed metal. I love it

[STEALTHY™]

-1 for standard shitty gearboot.

+1 for Custom Leather one(+2 for matching handbrake boot (-1 for shitty camera))

[Morton]

and -5 for busted-arse shift knob ^_^

[STEALTHY™]

and -5 for busted-arse shift knob ^_^

Find me a HSV one that isn't selling for $400........

-100 for HSV being cheap and just covering a stock 5 speed knob with leather to make the HSV one....

[Morton]

Yeah, that was kinda tight of them But then what did you expect from Holden? ^_^

[Fun_Bucket]

Stealthy what are all those colourfull things in the ash tray compartment? I still think the rubber boots look the best, they armourall up a treat too. But i like things mostly original, especially when it comes to a cars interior..

[STEALTHY™]

Stealthy what are all those colourfull things in the ash tray compartment? I still think the rubber boots look the best, they armourall up a treat too. But i like things mostly original, especially when it comes to a cars interior..

Ever seen back to the future? Same theory.

[Fun_Bucket]

No i havent seen it, well bits and peices, but yeah.....?

[STEALTHY™]

No i havent seen it, well bits and peices, but yeah.....?

There just simple rocker switches. We can just pretend there for my flux capacitor

[maldotcom2]

Can't decide whether i like it or not, might suit a short shift better.

While we're here is anyone selling the round rubber boot that covers the gear plate, VS? I'll take it off your hands.

[Verynice]

Morton's shift KNOB looks pretty sweet

[stocky]

No i havent seen it, well bits and peices, but yeah.....?

blasphemy.

mortons is the only decent looking one, but only because im sure he cleaned it as much as possible, and has all those fancy lighting effects in his photos. my rubber one was pretty busted up when i bought it, so i put a leather one in instead

[Morton]

That, and satin black is the only good colour for those rubber shift boots

[maldotcom2]

Morton what product do you use on your interior?

[Morton]

Usually just a moist microfibre cloth and wet cotton tips/toothbrush. Sometimes I'll use some random interior cleaning spray... I think I have a bottle of Kitten stuff laying about at the moment.