For those A/T owners that are thinking about replacing the plastic hard shift gate with a leather shift boot--here are pics of my setup. Stock A/T **** with the redline goods leather&tan stitch boot.

 

looks really good

 

hey. that looks pretty good. I did the same thing..well, sorta. I'll post some pics of mine when i get a chance. but anyways, looks awesome.

 

Looks like it could be a manual!
A freind of mine had a Stratus I think it was, and he did something like this. I got in to drive him home from a bar (he had to much) and saw the shifter. Then I started looking for the clutch. Had me confused for a few seconds.

I like it.

 

where can i get it??
i wanted to do that but i didnt kno where to
the items

 

thats a first

 

Thanks for the comments--I got the boot from Trussville for the standard M/T, its like $50 or so; then Redline Goods started making these after I had already gone the OEM route. I ordered the redline goods unit (Polak is distributing them as well) and it was plug and play. You do need the base from the OEM M/T boot to go onto the Redline Goods unit though--so unless you can sweet talk the parts counter you may have to order the OEM boot as well. Its well worth it--the quality of the OEM boot is inferior to that of Redline Goods leather.

 

Here's what I did. Sorry for the crappy camera phone pics. All i spent was like $15 for the shift boot.. :p

 

HAHA, hey you have a sequential now!!!

 

Some recent pics of mine.

 

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/t-oem-shift-boot-72277/

 

I wish I could cut about an inch to an inch and a half off the stock shift lever to lower the shifter. The shift **** just looks too tall sitting on the stick. Has anyone cut their shift stick and retain using the stock shifter? I have the red/black leather one.

TIA...

 

sillygrl10 cut her shifter but got a new shift ****. i suppose all you gotta do to stick with the stock shift lever is thread it after you cut it.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...omo+shift+****

 

that looks awsome. I wanna do this like yesterday, how do i do it? I know i have to get a shifter and boot, i'm asking how i actually take the plate and shifter that is currently in, out. And then how to put the new one in?

 

Wow, talk about digging up an old thread

The previous owner of my AT 8 did this, and everyone thinks my car is a manual.
Looks like he just pulled up the center console, fed the leather boot through, and re-attached the center console.

 

wow you guys bought the A/T and are worried about people seeing that it is an A/T what is the big deal.

 

No different than modding a m/t to make it look faster than it actually is

 

no, i just like the look better... i'm happy with my A/T

 

wowowowowowow, i'm tired of that word.

I don't think they're worried, it's all for looks. No big deal. I actually wish my mt had the autolook, kinda like ferrari's that have the tracks of the gears showing.

 

you stupid noob, all you have to do is look at the steering wheel and you'll see the paddle shifters to know its an auto. i'm happy with my A/T, so if u wanna flame on people trying to making their car look better with a shift boot..you can GTFO