Aftermarket shift boot Recommendation
 

I know a lot of you are anti ebay... but this was a true leather shift boot and I'm gonna attach a picture of mine just to show you how great it is
He also sells some console add ons and a really cool handbrake sleeve
I'm pretty sure he does any custom colors
He made mine yellow leather with black stitching.

Just request the stitching before you order it, and the leather. He'll let you know. And it fits the 8 perfectly, pictures attached.
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Wow. Thats cheap. I wish I didn't already spend 50 at RedlineGoods.

I bought from this guy. I'm pretty sure it ships from the UK. I bought a red/black leather scheme and it worked great. It fit perfect to the shift boot hooks under the console piece.

I'd buy from them again. I did buy the console cover piece, but haven't installed it yet....didn't seem like it would be very good fit, but i honestly haven't tried.

Hmm i'm about to buy a new black one from them.

Thanks guys good find.

the handbrake sleeve looks great.. i'll post some pics later. The console cover.. eh... I think it said something about glue? After that I kinda just lost interest..
let me know how it goes. Get some pics after.

Did you install yours wrong? Looks liek its under the black plastic piece instead of over it. looks cool though.

Grungepup and I both just got black and red stitched leather ones tonight and after some trimming it fit okay. It's a little long but it works. And it was $7.99 shipped. I will post pics tomorrow

love to see pics of that
One of my clips on the inside kinda broke off..
NOT because of me..
it was like that :)
anyways point being it created a light hole which gave me some excessive noise..
probably try rigging it when I get it back though.
that might be why you think it looks different though.

no, you actually did it wrong.

the leather goes between the silver part and the black part, thats why its there and black not silver to match..

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Not bad for $7.95 shipped.

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nice find.
Nice knob, looks better in my car though.

Yeah I love my Voo Doo. The ring on the shift boot matches it perfectly. Grungepup got the same boot but he also got a piano black monster knob.

lol I wasn't talking 'bout the Voodoo....but I did have one in my ranger that i loved. The Greddy one in OP/
I like the suede look w/red. I wonder how it will wear in?

You know whats funny? The hardest part about it fitting is the thickness of the leather. This boot is actually really nice leather (comparable to the $50-$60 one another member has) and it should wear just fine. My onlt concern is the stitching but we shall see. But honestly, for $7 shipped, I may just order another to have as a backup.

bump for pics of the hand break sleeve...

car comes back from mazda tomorrow, I'll post it then

Hey Ahad, btw you posted this in the Series II thread... lol

fml.... thanks. rookie mistake.

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Still need to try and fix that shift boot. But theres the sleeve.

are the series II shiftboots different?

no idea. I have a series 1. I bought a series 1 haha .. and posted in the wrong section.

got mine today Black/Black.

I was shocked at how well it fit. Looks exactly like OEM, only real leather.

Thanks for the recommendation.

Got my black w/red stitching boot the other day from these guys along with the monster knob I ordered from another ebay seller. Fitment is good, quality is good, and install was easy mainly because the bastard clip was already broken for some reason. Anyway what do ya think?

looks just like mine after I fixed the boot to go over the black lining.
I just think the leather quality is great for its price. Glad some people found topgaits useful.

I ordered one from GB, in black/brown leather, nice looking except the brown is 5 shades too dark and the top of it doesnt have the plastic ring sewn into it as like the OEM, the dog now has a new chew toy.

You are supposed to use your OEM rim.

Mine came with the ring attached for $7.95.

You should have done a little searching, this really is a very helpful forum. This how to explains how you need to remove the plastic ring from the stock boot and reglue it in your new one.https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...t+boot+install
It sucked for me since I had already installed my monster knob prior, since I had to break that ring to do so. I had to glue all 5 pieces back together, glue it to the boot, and then break it again when I screwed on the knob.lol It doesn't affect anything though.

Yes it is my fault, I should have realized a replacement part would need work, I'll remember to make sure the filament on the lamps I ordered are connected before I install them. As i said,it's a nice piece of kit,in my tiny mind,replacement means replacement.I guess I should have asked 9k where he scored his.

What a hassle, just get one with a ring. Hell for $7.95 shipped, just order one now.

Didn't you get yours from Topgaiters? That's where I got mine and it didn't come with one, maybe they offer some that do.

I just used the ring I had from my stock boot.

Who me? No, I have never heard of topgaiters. Mine came with a metal ring and it matches my Voo Doo perfect.

Console Leather
 

I bought my console leather covers from Topgaiters and installed them in about 1 hr. The glue isn't hard to do and it turned out perfect.

another lightning yellow!
glad you guys like topgaiters!

Anyone use one of these with a short shift kit? My original boot is shot, and I'm going to put in a short shift kit, so I thought it would be the ideal time to swap the boot as well.
Anyone have a boot custom sized for short shifter?

yeah, you'll have to trim it.

where are these $8 shipped leather shift boots? Nobody said and this garbage topgaiters on ebay is 20+ 9.99 shipping

Haven't seen the $8 ones myself. I used top gaiters. Fit was perfect. Stock ring worked fine.

I didn't even use a ring with mine. Just tucked the excess leather down inside the boot, looks perfectly factory.

thanks and, why does everyone have these little round shift knobs. i dont think they look very good nor do i think they'd feel good shifting with.

Subconsciously , the larger the knob, the more force applied.

This is where I got mine from.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BLACK...Q5fAccessories

HA, Sweet! That's my picture they're using on ebay! I must have skillz.

I wish I didn't get jacked out of 20 bucks from shift style for TWO un-usable e-brake covers, I really like the extra color there. They still owe me a usable part.

Well, it looks like you know why (you) don't have one. I have one because I think it looks very good and feels good shifting with.:beer05:

I ordered the cheap one 9krpmrx8 got but with blue stitch... it looked like complete ass... only 3 of the 4 seems had blue stitching, the top ring was crooked and there was a manufactures stamp on the outer (visible) part of the boot. I contacted the seller and they are sending a new one no charge without sending the old one back. well see how the second one looks. I will post pics after I install it (if its worthy of even installing unlike the first one). Im also putting on 3d carbon vinyl on the silver trim as mine is scratched pretty bad.

shift boot
 

where did you get this/ name of it?

I got my second boot from ebay and it was still not worthy of being installed on an RX-8... but I did manage to salvage the aluminum ring from it for use with a boot I plan on ordering from redlinegoods.com later on. I want a black alcantra with blue stitch to match my WB. I will post pics whenever that happends lol.

I changed my mind and seceded to use the $8 eBay boot at least for now as you'll see in the pic. Also 3d vinyl on the silver trim do to being scratched to shit. The shift knob is a no name brand also. I plan on using some plastidip on the silver ring of the boot tomorrow.

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