My new homemade shift boot with pics!
12-13-08, 10:38 PM
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My new homemade shift boot with pics!
Hey everyone,
I've never seen anyone replace their shift boot in an SC without completely replacing the entire bezel (I've searched!) and I don't really know how much a new shift boot with surrounding plastic bezel would be from Lexus (probably expensive), but I didn't want to find out, so my wife and I set out to make a new shift boot for my 95 SC. My wife rocks!
So, here we have the old tattered boot and as you can see it has some holes...
This is the underside of the boot. Gross!
The plastic bracket holding the boot in is held on by formed plastc. So, I "unformed" them with a soldering iron and here are the pieces.
After I took the old boot apart and traced a pattern, my wife went to town sewing it up. Isn't she great?!
Some pieces that have been sewn so far...
Here's me putting some final touches on it before It gets mounted in the plastic bezel. I was installing the plastic ring that makes a nice flat area for the shifter to butt up against.
After working my magic, the plastic retaining plate is back in place and the final product is born.
Here is my wife to model.
And finally, here is the boot installed in the car. I know, I know, I need to replace my shifter ****. I'm hoping for a nice TRD **** for Christmas, so who knows?
I was extremely pleased with how it turned out, the project only cost about $20, AND I have all the materials to replace my e-brake boot as well.
I'm sure the SC that just received some new clothing is happy, but tell me what you all think!
-Drake
I've never seen anyone replace their shift boot in an SC without completely replacing the entire bezel (I've searched!) and I don't really know how much a new shift boot with surrounding plastic bezel would be from Lexus (probably expensive), but I didn't want to find out, so my wife and I set out to make a new shift boot for my 95 SC. My wife rocks!
So, here we have the old tattered boot and as you can see it has some holes...
This is the underside of the boot. Gross!
The plastic bracket holding the boot in is held on by formed plastc. So, I "unformed" them with a soldering iron and here are the pieces.
After I took the old boot apart and traced a pattern, my wife went to town sewing it up. Isn't she great?!
Some pieces that have been sewn so far...
Here's me putting some final touches on it before It gets mounted in the plastic bezel. I was installing the plastic ring that makes a nice flat area for the shifter to butt up against.
After working my magic, the plastic retaining plate is back in place and the final product is born.
Here is my wife to model.
And finally, here is the boot installed in the car. I know, I know, I need to replace my shifter ****. I'm hoping for a nice TRD **** for Christmas, so who knows?
I was extremely pleased with how it turned out, the project only cost about $20, AND I have all the materials to replace my e-brake boot as well.
I'm sure the SC that just received some new clothing is happy, but tell me what you all think!
-Drake
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12-14-08, 05:22 AM
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Thanks for all the great compliments. I will pass them on to my wife. Attaching the plastic retaining plate took the longest amount of time because it was tedious to reseal each of the 12 or so plastic tabs.
Ryeno: Both of the lights in my seat heater switches are orange when turned on.
Attaching the plastic retaining plate took the longest amount of time because it was tedious to reseal each of the 12 or so plastic tabs.Ryeno: Both of the lights in my seat heater switches are orange when turned on.
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don't you just love saving money,good job.now you can buy that shift **** with the money you saved.your wife have any skills with metal and wood.she can make me a gated shifter.lol
but not metal. lol!
