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 Jul 5, 2004 - 12:40 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
well i'm not making any promisses.. but my mom is going to make me a new leather shift boot.. and while she is doing it .. she is going to make some prints for it.. so that i can practice and make my own later on.. if i can make it look as good as she makes her swing look.. i'll make them for people on this sit.
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Jul 5, 2004 - 1:05 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 28, '04 From Lancaster, Ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I do! I do!
 My "special friend", the same one whom drove my little red beauty into a fire hydrant, was using my on-deck cigarette lighter, anaware of the fact that it shoots out of the dash like a bullet when lit. Thus I now have a burn hole the size of a quarter in my shifter bootie... If you do happen to master the art of shift-boot making, let me know, and I will send you my old one if you need to use the wire frame (the one that clips into the console). Gracias! |
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Jul 5, 2004 - 4:13 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 16, '03 From Wichita KS Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i could really use one to, if it works out let me know.
thanks |
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Jul 5, 2004 - 4:14 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '02 From Mammoth CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
steeze biter. i had my mom make me this one.
 mine came out real good. Good Luck |
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Jul 5, 2004 - 4:20 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
oh no you didn't well my mom can make them better then yours..lol.. j/k .. looks great.. is that realy leather? -------------------- |
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Jul 5, 2004 - 7:50 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '02 From Mammoth CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
naw its not leather, is pleather. I just got it for like $1, at this joint called joanne fabrics or somthing like that. I liked it but i dont have my car anymore |
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Jul 6, 2004 - 12:23 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i'm going to try to see if i can get a scrap pieace of leather from work.. then i'll be the only celi with a coach leather shift knob.. hows that for steez..lol -------------------- |
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Jul 6, 2004 - 10:32 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From Minnesota, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I want to put a new one on my Celi as it seems as if no one wants to buy it. Since it's an automatic it doesn't have one right now but is there a way to make and install one on it?
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Jul 6, 2004 - 11:02 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yea there is.. just need to take some measurements.. and you will nedd a rubber band to hold the top.. i tired this out with an aftermarket on my ST.. fist you flip it upside down.. then in iside out.. and work the small end over the shifter... and place it rubber band on the spot you want have the top of the boot... then fold the boot down and rap it around the shift block.. then put your trim back around and there you go.. -------------------- |
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Jul 6, 2004 - 9:49 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 13, '03 From California Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
what you guys should do is have your mom mass produce these and sell them to us lazy people...ill be first in line...ill take a black one with red threading
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Jul 9, 2004 - 9:14 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 25, '03 From Sebastian, FL. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
black w/ blue thread
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Jul 9, 2004 - 9:56 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '03 From FRANKFORT,KENTUCKY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
If I bought and sent you the material could you make one for me?I want to use a clear silicone type material,so I can put a neon under the armrest which would light the shifter boot up at night.
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Aug 5, 2004 - 12:20 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 29, '04 From Brooklyn moved to Miramar Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I would love one in blue pleather or leather I don't care!
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Aug 5, 2004 - 12:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
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Aug 11, 2004 - 8:54 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From WA, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Okay, I read this and decided I couldnt wait for someone else to do it, so i made my mum do it for me... lol, I took the old shift boot off and traces the templates, then she sewed them together and to the frame, looks very nice, took no more than 20 minutes.
im gonna have to get her to make me a shorter one though, for my short shifter...  http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/ska...no/DSC00781.jpg What do you guys think? |
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Aug 11, 2004 - 9:13 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 22, '04 From Rhode Island Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
wow thats a great job,your mom rules lol
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Aug 11, 2004 - 9:15 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From WA, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
lol thanks, personally im a lot more satisfied than if id paid for a AU$100 momo universal shift boot..
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Aug 11, 2004 - 10:25 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 13, '02 From So Cal Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
 thats friggin awesome!!! somebody make me one.
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Aug 11, 2004 - 10:47 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 25, '03 From Mizzeri Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I would be down for a boot if you started making some.
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Aug 11, 2004 - 2:16 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 19, '03 From Buffalo,NY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
how much?!?
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Aug 11, 2004 - 2:34 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 9, '02 From Longmont, CO Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I wish my mom could sew
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Aug 11, 2004 - 4:27 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 27, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I would be interested in a new boot if you started to produce them.
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Aug 11, 2004 - 4:38 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 13, '03 From California Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
me 2
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Aug 11, 2004 - 9:26 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 24, '03 From Milton, Delaware Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
werd, me 3
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Aug 11, 2004 - 10:57 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
my vacation from work starts this weekend... so if anyone wants some boots let me know i'll have the time to make them....
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Aug 12, 2004 - 7:51 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From WA, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Its not that hard, if you can get hold a sewing machine and like a sewing head that has one side (to sew onto the wire frame), all i did was take the old boot apart and used it as a basic template, although I changed mine a little, made it custom.. somehow..
) but yeah all up, including unstitching it all, took max. 30 minutes. Material cost me AU$6 (umm around US$4) for 100x50cm.. i used up like 1/5 of that at the most. I'm thinking of making a few more, different colours, so I can change them with my mood lol
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Aug 12, 2004 - 8:08 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yea i didn't take mine completel apart just to take templet of one side and extended it .. something my mother showed me how to do.. and yea there are at least 3 sewing machines in the house... with a bunch of diffrenet heads for all types of stuff ..
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Aug 12, 2004 - 8:11 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From WA, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
lol my old one was all worn and had a few holes in it, so I didnt really see the harm in taking it apart.
good luck with your ones, post pics when you make them!
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Aug 12, 2004 - 8:14 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yea mine has a few holes in it also that i patched up...but just didn't feel like talking it apart.. when you can get the shape from just folding the edges... but that glue at the top was a pain.... and thanks i sure will take pics of it... i'm going to try out a few other styles ... i'll have pics up this weekend if i get around a computer..
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