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Old Sep 14, 2006 | 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by melvynray
where do i go to buy this boot?
local scion dealership!
Old Sep 14, 2006 | 03:57 AM
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REPOST....

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=132211

here is the write up...
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...786930#1786930

BTW u paid way too much cause the boot was only 38 bucks.
Old Sep 14, 2006 | 04:41 AM
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i'm so glad i got that mod for negative $600 from the dealer

conversion looks good though! i would probably do the same if i had an auto, but then i'd be called a ricer by EVERYONE i know, oh well.
Old Sep 14, 2006 | 04:46 AM
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i dont get it. looks the stock to me.
Old Sep 14, 2006 | 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by chrischoi
i dont get it. looks the stock to me.
it's a slushbox...
Old Sep 14, 2006 | 04:47 AM
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jonathan - how the hell is this a repost? it's my mod... sure someones done it before, but you you say REPOST.... everytime someone posts an intake? (so gtfo...) and I didn't pay too much... I paid 38 for the boot, 49 for the ****, and 0 for the install, stop acting like a tard...

brian - hahaha, yea nice
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 02:49 AM
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Originally Posted by chrischoi
i dont get it. looks the stock to me.
bwahaha, excellent!

only problem is, its not a stick shift!!!
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 04:23 AM
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that is kind of phony...trying to be something you aren't.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 04:25 AM
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I'm ok with shift boot conversions as long as the person doesn't go around trying to pretend they have a manual. For example, many luxury cars have leather shift boots on their slushy versions.

But I do have a problem when people do it to make it look like they have a manual when they really don't
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 04:51 AM
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how is it phony? Can you look at the stock auto interior and now this interior and tell me it doesnt look MUCH less cheap?

thats the main reason why I did it.
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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Why do you have a problem with that? Does it make you look bad? awww....
Old Sep 15, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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neil tjin's tc is a auto and he put the boot on it too..i think it looks good
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by paul34
I'm ok with shift boot conversions as long as the person doesn't go around trying to pretend they have a manual. For example, many luxury cars have leather shift boots on their slushy versions.

But I do have a problem when people do it to make it look like they have a manual when they really don't
Hey Paul34. Maybe you can invite the OP over to SS.
Old Sep 16, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by buster71
Originally Posted by paul34
I'm ok with shift boot conversions as long as the person doesn't go around trying to pretend they have a manual. For example, many luxury cars have leather shift boots on their slushy versions.

But I do have a problem when people do it to make it look like they have a manual when they really don't
Hey Paul34. Maybe you can invite the OP over to SS.
haha... oh man I never realized you were on here too! That's awesome...

lol its alright we got a few slushies over there anyways
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 11:40 AM
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Nice job...I didn't realize you had an auto for a while
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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nice job mike!.. don't worry there will ALWAYS be haters out there...
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 04:58 PM
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i'm picking up my brand new auto tc on friday, along with a shift boot, which i plan to put on as soon as i get home from the dealership.

personally, i hate the gear indicator on the auto tc. those big P,R,D letters and the jagged line it makes just looks bad. i'm not doing it to fool anyone into thinking i have a manual, and i'm sure most of us that are doing this mod aren't either. (except maybe the guy talking about a fake cluth and a shift pattern sticker) it's just more aesthetically pleasing.
Old Jun 18, 2007 | 05:15 AM
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i could get the shift boot for $26 from my employee discount from scion. the thing is do i need like any clips to put on or all i need is just the boot?
Old Jun 18, 2007 | 05:28 AM
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just the boot...^ it snaps into place
Old Jun 18, 2007 | 05:40 AM
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People have told me to do that because I have a "show car" & no one wants to see an automatic "show car". But hey! I'm PROUD to drive an auto. Looks clean, though I'd never do it.



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