I decided to make this a somewhat how to thread. Most of you know my car is an Automatic! and that I have done a boot conversion to make it look like a Manual. This thread is basically to show those of you that hava automatic how easy it is to take out the PRND321 plate out and swap for a boot, even tho i already had a boot on my car, its the same basic steps.

Anyways, I recentyl found out that my current boot had some slight tares in it, so I bought a new one to swap out.

Also I bought a new OBX **** due to my old one chipping on the top. Some have asked why it sits lower on the stick than others and I will esxplain in this thread why.

Enough talk, here is the write up.

This is the old boot and ****, the tares were where the red dot is


Took the **** off and what do you see? The adapter for the ****, you can see its sitting lower than the thread( I heated it and slipped it on low to give a short shifter look)


This is the new adapter for the new ***** (Metal)


OK, pull on the sides of the center console(where you see my hand) gently, should pop out like this.


Now the shifter is exposed



New boot pops in here on the underside with some clips (4 total)


Slip the center back onto the stick with the boot attached



Now for the new ****



You can work with the **** base and the boot base to get a nice seal like this


Distance shots



And thats basically it!


scion_jon

 

dont like the mod, but good for someone else who wants to do it? BTW, did you break something in this pic...

it looks like your sideview mirror?

 

oh lol, its my freinds mirror, i put there some _______ hit and ran his car in a lot

 

can i ask why you dont like the mod?? is it cuz you think pple try to fool other pple? just curious

 

yea pretty much just trying to be a 5spd when your not? Not bashing on it or anything just wasnt something that i liked nor interested me?

 

oh cool i can understand that, i did mine because i didnt like how cheap the PRND plate looked, and how easy it was to scratch

 

Where did you get the boot from and how much did it cost you?

 

$38.90 from the dealer

 

Good work man, Never knew what the console looked like for an auto.

 

lol, thanks

 

The auto shifter plate does look pretty lame, I agree. The same shifter deal appears in the Lexus models, though. I'd be ____ed if I had a Lexus with this type of gear indicator.

 

ya, crapy plastic parts realy can make a car look downsized

 

if anyone is interested, i have a new boot i will sell, PM me

 

did somebody from sl ever did a boot conversion and still kept the PRND321 plate incorporated somehow?u know... like the lexus / mercedes ones??