84 GSL-Se shifter boot
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84 GSL-Se shifter boot
This seems to be a constant issue with every 1st gen I have ever bought. Didn't someone on the forum used to offer a nice replacement shift boot? I have a really clean interior other than that. I can glue it I guess, but I would like to fix it permanently. Never seen a glued one hold more than about 2 weeks, and then it really looks like canned ***....
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I bought one from these guys recently along with a handbrake boot. I quite like it, especially over the standard! Haha. Good prices too
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-non-...-ride-1002694/
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-non-...-ride-1002694/
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How do y'all attach those leather boots to the plastic shifter surround? Seems like you'd have the same problem as the stock boot if the pins are broken off, which they almost always are.
I'll give that silicon a try Doug, not much to loose. But I've seen glued ones before that did not hold up well and you don't want the glue to show on the edge of the boot
One thing I did a few years ago was cut a doughnut out of styrofoam that fit snugly on top of the tranny and filled up most of the space around the sides of the shifter with a hole in the middle so that the shifter boot was pressed up against the backslide of the shifter plate.
Looked like this:
Worked pretty well for several months, but the styrofoam started to get old and worn down after awhile. Next time I'll use some other kind of foam material that's sturdier and holds up to high temp better.
I'll give that silicon a try Doug, not much to loose. But I've seen glued ones before that did not hold up well and you don't want the glue to show on the edge of the boot
One thing I did a few years ago was cut a doughnut out of styrofoam that fit snugly on top of the tranny and filled up most of the space around the sides of the shifter with a hole in the middle so that the shifter boot was pressed up against the backslide of the shifter plate.
Looked like this:
Worked pretty well for several months, but the styrofoam started to get old and worn down after awhile. Next time I'll use some other kind of foam material that's sturdier and holds up to high temp better.
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The redline boot has Velcro attached with peel off glue strip. I didn't use it.
Kinda like Ray, but with different intent, I cut a piece of underhood silencer material from a junkyard car and fit it over the tranny and around the shifter as silencer. The leather boot is just tucked in but has been fine for 6 months now.
Kinda like Ray, but with different intent, I cut a piece of underhood silencer material from a junkyard car and fit it over the tranny and around the shifter as silencer. The leather boot is just tucked in but has been fine for 6 months now.
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Well hell with it. Gonna buy glue tomorrow. Next thing I need to find is a new rear view mirror with lamp lens. My mirror shakes like a dog sh!tting a peach seed, and the lens is gone
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One other poster used superglue. I have developed a respiratory problem when I use superglue so I never even think of it anymore. There is a variant that is thick and remains flexible after cure and I could imagine working really well.
I think the foam block support is pretty clever.
Doug