How to keep boot on the shifter? - Honda Prelude Forum

VTluda · 08-03-2003, 06:27 PM

whats the best way to keep your boot from fallin down off your shifter after you have changed your shifter?

jsmooney · 08-03-2003, 07:41 PM

take the plastic piece (square) out, and use a rubber band on the inside to tighten the leather up against the rod thingy and it should stay up better - i havent done it yet, but my friend in his accord did it - it is about 1 inch below the knob, but its a lot better!

GroundZero112 · 08-05-2003, 03:54 AM

i used a zip tie.....never fell down since.....=)

shiftgearz · 08-05-2003, 08:00 AM

Heres what I did:

I got velcro and cut it in thin strips, then I wrapped one half on to the top of the rod right below the shiftknob. then I put tha other half on the inside edge of the square metal hole on tha shift boot. Worked like a charm and and stays out of site.

willmbrk · 08-05-2003, 11:31 AM

I used a black zip tie,and you couldnt tell

nemicron1 · 08-05-2003, 02:53 PM

I used a wire cap, I used a dremmel to cut one end off and the zip tied my shift boot around it, I doubled over the leather so all you can see is a nice black leather circle around my shift knob. Looks real nice! And since the wire cap is angled smaller to bigger it stays in place.

Burn2002 · 08-05-2003, 09:36 PM

if you thread a 15 mm lock nut on before the shift knob, with the lock grooves pointed down, you can take the plastic peice totally off, the pull the whole boot over the shifter so that it turns inside out, and zip tie it on the lock nut. It looks perfect.
-Joe

4bidden · 08-05-2003, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by VTluda
whats the best way to keep your boot from fallin down off your shifter after you have changed your shifter?

Do you mean after you change the shift knob?

VTluda · 08-06-2003, 01:02 PM

yea i tried tha zip tie method but it wont stay up for me. it wouldnt look right with the square piece either. and yes after i change my shift knob

brendon2k · 08-06-2003, 02:02 PM

I took out the chrome plastic piece and the flipped the boot inside out and made the seems further in so it is narrower at the top.

Red4WS · 08-06-2003, 04:14 PM

i got a shift boot off a integra type R...the one that has the black plastic circle on the top and replace my old boot the circle keeps it in place because i shortened my shifter about 2 inches.

VTluda · 08-06-2003, 04:28 PM

yea but there r'nt too many type R's here at Virginia Tech for me to get one from

bingker · 08-06-2003, 04:29 PM

yo the best thing you can do is DUCT tape that crap..lolz. so then it'll stay up when you shift. is that simple? make sure you get a black tape so it will match with your boot. =]