i do alot of driving in NYC so i got a 5AT but i want the LOOK of a MT...i saw something on ebay a few months back for custom shift boots but the guy isn't selling them anymore. any ideas?

tripnbeats?

 

It could be done but you obviously wouldn't be able to see the "shift gate" etc. You would have to go from feel and the gauge cluster info.

All one would really have to do is mod a leather skirt (OK, shift boot) so it would fit down within the 5AT trim area after you removed the existing silver bezel. IE - remove shifter knob, then remove the silver bezel then wood/CF piece around the shifter area. Fabricate a boot to fit within and to the bottom of the wood/CF trim piece. With the shifter knob off, fabricate/install a small donut of sorts on the shifter shaft so that when the trim and boot are slipped over the shaft - the donut holds the small upper opening of the boot against the bottom of the knob etc.

Presto - you have a 6MT without the third gear issue!
- Just kidding 6MT guys :-)


Good luck!

 

i thought about the whole not-being-able-to-see-the-shift-gate thing but i could just go by the dash. besides, i can feel where i'm at lol

thanks for the tip on the DIY...have you ever done something like this? anyone?

 

i did it with my tsx auto cuz u can just tuck it in, got a s2k boot, dun think u can tuck it in on the TLs... i thought bout it too

 

how did u do it on your tsx? where did u get the part from? why do u think it won't work?

 

bump

 

dont do it.. i looked at a 2ndgen TL where they did that and it looks poser imo

of course its ultimately up to you

 

Sounds like a crazy idea but I agree, looks 'poser-ish'.

Don't understand how it would 'tuck-in' on a TSX and not a TL.

 

that would look about a 1000 better. To me the TL shift gate looks cheap. I would go for something like that too. I belive i saw a guy here with a TL that did it and it looked really good. cant remember who...

 

After you do the boot mod (for reasons unknown) don't valet your car, lol.

 

lol yeah theyd be confused

 

lmao good thinking....they'd burn thru a whole tank of gas trying to figure out where the clutch is lol