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DIY : Double shifter boot/gaiter/insulator mod !

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Old 05-16-2020, 04:58 PM
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DIY : Double shifter boot/gaiter/insulator mod !

The rx8's has 3 gaiters, most superficial one is mostly a cometic boot,
middle one is real deal gaiter(#2 in pic) which is bolted and lastly deepest one is insulator for wind. (#3)












Thing I did double the isolator and used other one upside-down. To do this you need to cut upper part with a scissor, to become like right side pic.



And, now fit cut one it upside down, Don't forget to add grease to hinge ball of stick.


Work it all around inside to become like this :


Work with help of long nose plier pull back the middle section a dab inside :


It is advisable to replace the self adhesive part of 2nd isolator with quality double sided tape :


Now its time to utilise some thin layer of available sound dampening.














I found this shitty Poundland /Dollarstore anti skid locally available. Its a thin layer of self adhesive carpet.


Lastly put back the main gaiter and fasten nuts, lay down factory felt


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Old 05-17-2020, 11:37 AM
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I hope you understand that somewhere down the line those hotlinks are going to be dead and this thread will be even more useless than it would be had you taken the time to properly upload the photos to the forum using those links.

I still don't understand why they allow hotlinks in here in the first place; there’s no shortage of the dumb to go around I suppose.

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Old 05-17-2020, 02:53 PM
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I edited and upload pics here, however, it only shows links. It must be image size related issue ? Is there any guild line for forum limits ?
My memory is faded to using direct codes. next time I'll use smaller pics.
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