Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 ***POLL OPTIONS FIRST!*** Well, my console has been a POS since last year, but with the move and all I haven't had the time to fix it.. I got the parts, my industrial glue gun, and went to town.. I wanted to add a boot, and let me say, adding a boot AND being able to use the pointer for gear indication was TOUGH.. It is almost impossible to get the proper length of the boot.. (I suppose using a 95+ shifter which is shorter than the 94, a 5 speed boot from a BMW, with a stock console doesn't exactly do wonders for the ease department..) It is about 90% done, as I need screws, a new PRNDL indicator plate (Becasue apparently the white paint on the bottom comes off with water) and a new bulb for the pointer.. Please answer the poll.. I think it would add the final touch to the interior.. And let me know what you all think of the boot install.. I'm on the fence with this specific boot.. But I hacked the first one too small, so this was what i had left.. I still have the Aurora shift knob, and it is going to be used when I get my new Vert.. I will do a more Aurora-like installation of that particular knob.. Pics uploaded!!! BEFORE (ick) AFTER BABY! Im kinda diggin it.. Also picked up these guys for the front and back: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 I like the newer stlye on...that'd be cool if somehow you could get it to light up at night too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 not digging the lumina T handle, but otherwise I like. howd you manage to secure the boot? I really like the feel of the aurora knob, but theres no way to make it look right at the bottom, so I think I'ma go back to my booted T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 I like the Lumina t-handle, though it'd be nicer wrapped in leather or something. And, or that emblem, somehow inset it the console to it's level with the rest of the plate...and light it up!! That'd be fuckin sweet...and props to you for the amount of work you've put in already! Had to give up your cup holder and everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarloDude Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 I like the newer stlye on...that'd be cool if somehow you could get it to light up at night too x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 And what shitty material did GM use on those Cutty arm rests?? Every one I've seen on here is cracked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Matt, before you start, I suggest getting a backup console top.. Here's what I did: Take the console top, and disassemble everything.. YOu should be left with the silver piece with the 2 open spaces.. THis next part is exaclty why a spare would be a good call.. Notice on the bottom the plastic welds.. Yea, you guessed it.. Pop theblack pece with the nine or so plastic spots.. It will be tough, and is almost painful as you do it.. Once apart, find your boot.. MIne is shitty becasue it is from a 5 speed BMW.. I would gor for one off an Automatic car.. Like a Bananaville or Achieva.. I sanded the 2 halves around the area the boot would be "sandwhiched" between.. This is where i should NOT have used a 5 speed boot.. Keeping it as flat as possible, I glued the boot to the top part, let it dry, then glued the black part on.. The first gluing of the boot is just to keep the damn thing from moving about.. I recomment a clamp of some kind as your glue hardens to keep it as flat as possible.. Then just reassemble the top, and your console.. ...I like the Lumina THandle.. I HATE the stock Cutty one, and I have an idea for the Aurora one, but I dont have a vert to try it on yet.. If you DO go back stock, can I have your Aurora knob Matt? I have a translucent Rocket from an early CS sedan.. I can see about lighting it up.. I think GM uses vinyl, and if it's taken care of, I think it would last much longer.. I saw 2 mint ones at the UPull it today, but I didnt have that kind of money to get them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Oh, and I will say this ONCE! DO NOT WIPE THE BACK SIDE OF YOUR PRNDL INDICATOR NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU MAY WANT TO!! Becasue you will wind up with a neat looking clear window WITHOUT an idea of what gear is what.. (By looking at it of course) EDIT: 60 pt. may have been a bit large. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Oh, I definitely have a spare, but its flat black right now. I had the boot on earlier, and it was just kind of in there, not really attatched to anything, but worked out really well. As far as the aurora knob, Im not sure, I saw three today, but two were crispy, and one I just didnt bother grabbing (it was the second place i went). Sometime this week if it's nice I'll probably start getting stuff ready for driving it almost daily. and yes, most of us have figured that out the hard way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Steve, could you post, or PM me how you got the indicator to work or your gear shift?? I broke that plastic sliding thing 2 years ago and have not replaced it. I might try this leather or something similar thing if I knew how to make the indicator correct when shifting EDIT: Of course I know what gear I'm in..but if I sell this car it'll be one less thing to have to explain lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Jeff, the Lumina indicator is a little different.. It uses a goofy thin piece of plastic, as long as the shifter span, and has an orange dot on it.. If I were you, Id go get a whole indicator assembly and switch it out (Take console out, pull the indicator setup out as one part..) I am going to get some leather scraps, and try my hand at "The Baseball stitch" which matches the typical factory leather stitching patterns.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Jeff, the Lumina indicator is a little different.. It uses a goofy thin piece of plastic, as long as the shifter span, and has an orange dot on it.. If I were you, Id go get a whole indicator assembly and switch it out (Take console out, pull the indicator setup out as one part..) I am going to get some leather scraps, and try my hand at "The Baseball stitch" which matches the typical factory leather stitching patterns.. Damnit, so GM engineered small things like the shifter indicator differently between the W-bodys...SHIT!....and yes that thin plastic thing is what I broke. It was seized almost a couple winters ago and I hammered it down into 1st gear to aviod crashing and the shifter went to 1st, but the thin plastic piece didn't move at all lol... Oh well..maybe I'll try and rig something up (I still have the piece, it's just all cracked up..maybe I can fix it enough so it works again (gluing some plastic to the back of it) and then mounting the leather boot somehow lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 heres what I did, took the boot off of a 2nd gen GP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thanks for that Matt.. It made me realize what I HATE about the stock shift handle: That fuckin silver square plastic thing! If you spy another of those boots, grab me one, PLEASE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Lumina T-handle FTMFL. That cheapened the whole look, IMHO. The Cutlass one is WAY better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 That fuckin silver square plastic thing! If you spy another of those boots, grab me one, PLEASE! what plastic thing? and I wish you would have said something yesterday, I coulda grabbed you one. I'll let you know when I go next, im back in indiana now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 At the base of the Cutty handle.. THere is that silver part.. Your boot is either wrapped around it, or your broken off.. And Shaun, I lost my handle in the move.. Next UPull I go to (TO get my damn harnesses!!) I'll grab one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 What about the shifter handles from the earlier GPs?? Or are they the same as the Cutlass?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 oh, hmmm, mine wasnt silver, it was darker, graphite. that's what the boot is on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 What about the shifter handles from the earlier GPs?? Or are they the same as the Cutlass?? THeyre different.. I like those also.. But the gray may be "off" in a Cutlass interior.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Steve, I haev a 2nd gen GP cobra shifter if you want... I dont like them, but that's just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Steve, I haev a 2nd gen GP cobra shifter if you want... I dont like them, but that's just me Matt, that makes two of us.. I H A T E the cobra shifters.. If I could light them on fire at junkyards, I would.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psych0matt Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 calm down there, turbo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Custom fiberglass center console FTW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 lol sorry every time i see this thread title all I can think of is..."Cause I'm the Juggernaut BITCH!" /hijack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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