I finally did my 99 shift plate. It turned out perfect!!!!! It took all of 10 minutes to do. Im telling you guys this is an easy mod for almost no money if you have a 99 and have paint thinner. I want to thank NSXNEXT for his example. He inspired me to do this .

 

One more you can see the reflection its so chromey

 

why does that look gold?

 

Sorry about the pic i had the flash on here is a good pic.

 

SWEET!

I am not familiar with the '99 TL shift plate...what color was on top of the chrome?

 

damn that does look sweet. much better pic the second time around. is that just the color of the plate under the exterior?

 

Only on the 99 can you remove the overlay. The 00 thru 03 look the same as the 99 but it is not chrome underneath .

 

looks super nice:wow:...i wish we could do that...anyways, well end up getting them made some day...Shyne

 

Has anyone had their shiftplate like this for a prolonged period of time...Does it seem to scrath easily? This looks like a nice mod, but I am concerned that it worked become scratched too easily.

 

This means 99 TLers have something we(00-02) don't, and we have something they don't, like 5 SP tranny.

Looks Great!!

 

that is awesome....i am def. going to do that. thanks for the info.

 

How do you do that..Just use paint thinner?? Is that safe...Does anyone know how to take apart the shift plate...

 

Its real simple. All you have to do is pop off the plastic around the shift plate . You will have to unscrew your shift knob and just pop off the shift plate . Just a little pressure and it will pop off. I just used the paint thinner outside . I let it sit for 10 minutes or so and the mostly all of the outer layer came off with hot water. Nice and chromey

 

Let me get this straight..Just screw off the Shift Knob and then pop off the shift plate...Do you need to pop off tabs or something..When I was looking at it, it didn't seem that easy..Sorry for all the questions..Thanks for the help....

 

It really is easy unscrew your shift knob first Then pop off the plastic around the shift plate . Once tha is compleate you can just pop off the shift plate. Once you get the plastic around the shift plate off it should look like this

 

wrong pic my bad

 

one more

 

very nice ....another inexpensive, but very cool mod

 

:smokin: thanks to nsxnext excellent idea ! still don't know how he dicovered that? but i ended up using the finger nail method he did. ya know that shift plat pops off in 3 seconds without removing the black shifter housing. unless you had it off for other reason? kman

 

nice! so...where do u get the chrome paint?....

 

woah.......I just took off the shift plate without the plastic part coming off with it......I didn't even know that part came off too.:wow:

 

I hope you're joking.....

 

Can we just buy a '99 plate and do this, and put it on our '00 model? If so, any idea how much one costs?

Thanks

 

the '99 plate is slotted differently from the later models. You will lose the ability to shift into 1st gear.

 

After you use the paint thinner to strip it. What do you use to make it chrome. Is there a chrome paint or the chrome is right under the stock finish???

 

The 99 shift plate is plastic chrome plated underneath the gray coating.

 

my bad my bad...

 

Looks damn nice....

 

I just did mine and let me tell you...it looks DAMN sweet!!!

 

Yes Yes it does

 

Can someone post some instructions??? i wanna do this, but i dont wanna screw up and break the plate or do somethin stupid,, thanks

 

did you even read any of the posts?

 

Looks pretty damn sweet and simple.......guess the 02's are S.O.L.

 

Its only on 99 TLs, you use paint remover to take off the silver lay.