Picked up a gated shifter from a fellow member not too long ago. It didn't come with the wood surround so I had to think about what to use. Didn't really want to purchase a new wood surround so decided I could use a manual shift boot I had laying around. It does take some permanent modding like cutting into the shift boot plate or gated shifter itself.

So what do you guys think? Should I install this or sell it and move on?

Here are a few pics to show what it could look like:

1. Grey leather ****


2. Grey leather **** with shift boot


3. 5 speed **** with shift boot

 

sell it to me

 

not bad...but dont ever let other people try to drive ur car...hahaha

 

Haha yea. When I get an oil change they'll have a puzzled look on their face.

 

sell the shifter and sell me the shift boot. mine is gone and i need one asap

 

That's a sweet idea, didnt really think of that.

 

Palm it off my way if you wanna get rid of it

 

sell it to me!!!!!

 

what does it take to do the swap anyways? i heard a member dished out almost $1500 for this swap...not my kinda budget but definitely something nice

yea that leather shift boot is awesome

 

Lol. Where have you been? You don't need to change transmission to get gated shifter.

 

Edit: Double post, err.

Keep the gated shifter with the right bezel.

 

^ yea but the major mod is not something i like to get into...what with the ECU and OD button...maybe i should just get a 98 haha

 

OK sc300max the shifter upgrade is a must and brings up the car significantly. Dont back out it is easy to do. Use a fine grit sandpaper and a compound to clean up the face of the gated shifter and do not hide the beauty of the faceplate with a boot cover. It actually lights up nicely when installed-how about making a small bezel to get the gated unit to fit in the plastic from the shift boot console nicely. If you are handy you can have the shifter in your car fully functional within an afternoon's timeframe by following the good advice of gadget and other members. You will not regret it and it isnt that hard at all.

 

The conversion is more time consuming than hard. It is just bolting in the new assembly and wiring that has to be done in which gadgetsc has provided a diagram already. The OD button is not needed as the "3" on the console is the "overdrive" in this case. So simply moving the shifter while in "D" to the left will put you into overdrive.

I can keep the gated shifter and purchase the surrounding plate, but its pretty expensive used or new. I probably rather put that few hundred towards something else.

 

id say fork out the dough for the bezel. your almost there.