Hey guys,
I normally don't ask much question. But I am planning on working a project. I have a 5AT, (you know how the shift knob and the whole boot section looks like) now, in the upper left corner. There's a hole in which you can put the key in and enable you to shift FROM park. Here is my question

Has anyone tried to take the entire plate out? CLICK HERE , IF SO how do I do it? There is no screws and in the manual, it doesn't tell you. I would like to change to a different plate. If any of you could help, I would reallly appreciate it. I"m working at it as we speak...

If I can manage to take that plate out, I'll post end results to what I'm doing

let's see some response, thanks!

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90964

 

hmm that's actually about moving the two silver trims. I'm referring to the center plate where shifter lies.

 

Looks like it just lifts out, with a little prying. Doesn't look like you have to remove the other parts of the console either. If you have a problem prying it out, you could check with a mechanic at the dealer, or maybe someone who has done it can tell us how it worked.

 

Novice was correct. The scan I put in above is from that thread. You just didn't look far enough down; it is the next scan.

 

Man, I love this forum!

thanks gentlemen!

 

Got it done, was going to go with BLACK color, but the store didn't carry black (apparently sold out, so I went with my favorite color YELLOW )





soon, I'll order the 6MT shift knob and change it, to see if it suits me. Like to mess around, if I don't like it. I'll change everything back to normal haha.

like it? vs

 

There, I got bored so I took a look at my center shifter and decided to modify alittle. Well, here is the end result (I couldn't find a black color boot, so I bought my favorite color YELLOW ), I'll order the 6MT shift knob and replace the original black color knob to see how it turns out. Maybe if I don't like it, I'll change everything back

you guys like it ? or



below are some pictures

thanks for the manualbook help gents

 

the yellow looks too bright and out of place IMO.. maybe RED? but props to you! clean install

 

It looks much better than the stock one, except for the color. A little bright for me but good job.

 

uhhh the yellow is pretty awkward looking. black would look better but i think the stock 5AT looks alrght.

 

I did the same thing about 6-7 years ago with my '98 Prelude. It can really throw dealerships off when they start looking for the clutch!

 

hahahahaahah hahahahhahahahah coool stuff! yellow does look too bright though

 

sorry, dont like it.

not tryin to be rude, but it bothers me when people try to make something they have into something that they really dont. we used to make fun of guys who did stuff like that.

 

This one is... I don't know how to say... Man, you're brave to use this color...

 

i'd be concerned about what gear i was in (i know you can see it on the dash, but still...)

 

hey look! its matches his 'club'

 

haha, thanks for the comments folks. You're very polite in responding... I would imagine I'd get flamed for doing it. Well, as you can see in this POST #61 , all of the cars are MT. Just I couldn't wait for the 6MT back then and I don't regret it. I was at my local car store and they ran out of BLACK leather boot, so I went YELLOW instead. It's just a temp thing, I'll change it to black soon enough. (I used yellow since it's my favorite color )


I'll change to black soon enough.

 

nah, keep it, see if you can pimp it some more, add a few LED's or something, maybe
some unique stitching, like a lakefront scenic pic done with colored stictching, or may a pic of Molboro Man

 

Ahh, Id go with black. I could see that color working in a Mitsu, but in the tl its not quite fancy enough.

 

boy, this black leather boot is a different brand and the leather is a lot thicker than the yellow shown in earlier posts. Took me about an hour to get it in! But see if it's better now (less shine )

 

would i be able to do that with the 5AT ? i want to trick people into thinking its manual

 

IT IS A 5AT...that is the whole point of the thread...6MT already comes with a Boot...

Neways Triad it think the black looks good although somehow not as clean install as the yellow one...I see some ties...

 

neat!

 

ryne, are you being sarcastic.. or you don't know how to read? Scroll up and you may find that all of my cars (celica and 5.0 are both MT and i'm too impatient to get the 6MT back then).
scrb09. The black boot has one of the thickest leather I've ever seen. Took me more than an hour to install it, was such a pain in the ass. The leather texture on that yellow boot was like silk skin.. too bad they don't make black color boot. Anyway, I kinda like the black boot

My next project would be try to take the Cat off and see how loud my TL would be

Anyhow, thanks for polite comments folks.

 

wow, you guys are unbelievable

 

Passengers would wonder why your not shifting, would make a good laugh, even at valet

 

oh yea...whoops

 

In case you're wonder, I got the idea when I saw in my friend's new BMW X5 4.4i, picture below



and

 

if you wanted the look of a 6mt than you should have bought a 6mt.

looks rice, but as long as you like it.

 

No, I didn't want another MT car, I already have 2. This is my relaxation car for long distance trips . Do you know the definition of RICE? I cracked up when you said it looked rice when its just plain black leather boot covering it.

but thanks for commenting

 

Thats a really cool idea, make it look manual. If understand that that leather was probably a pain in the ass to work with but I would try to neaten it up at teh shifter. Looks like its held on with hair ties. Besides that looks really cool. I think I or my father would forget where everything was though.

Why do have that key hole. What good would it do you, couldnt you just put it in the ignition? Could someone please explain that?

 

keyhole is a secret 007 item only found on 5at

 

What is stuck on above the glove box? A giant sized 'V6' ?

 

can someone take a pic of this glovebox door fallin off, id really like to see-to-believe it

 

Show us pics when you get the mt shifter in

 

dye the yellow one to black..

 

just for confirmation...dont wanna be messing around with the car, really, but this mod seems awesome...so from the pictures from the manual...u simply just yank the silver bracket around the gear shift?

 

at least it matches your club

 

if you read down enough, you'll noticed I changed from "yellow" to black"