Topgaiters cheap leather shift boot from ebay

[stamar]

ya just the cover for the shift knob. it was 7.12 shipped.

We will see if its cool or not.

I have not seen a picture of it here I may? be the first person who ordered it.

[TimKninja]

Sooo....

i ordered on 3-18

shipped on 3-19. no tracking number. just keeping you in the loop. It says 1-5 days lol for some reason I dont think it could get here in 1 day.

but if it could have, it failed its been 1 day.

If you read that auction for your Shift knob, you do realize its ONLY a cover for the knob, right?

And everyone on Ebay does that. says they ship it next day.

I got one of these boots. VERY nice quality! Never mounted it on my old car, but i had planned too. New car had a good boot so I never bothered.

[stamar]

Sooo....

i ordered on 3-18

shipped on 3-19. no tracking number. just keeping you in the loop. It says 1-5 days lol for some reason I dont think it could get here in 1 day.

but if it could have, it failed its been 1 day.

[FLG]

Only pics I have will try to get some better ones


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[stamar]

I went ahead and ordered the shift boot with m3 stitching, and this shift knob

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280450339111?item=280450339111&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME:L:OC:US:3160&vxp=mtr#ht_899wt_1185

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280834718323&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:GB:1123#ht_1174wt_1139

that way im already covered if I switch in an s52 or an s14 into my e30. just kidding. I have no idea why i chose that stitching

Also, this is with free shipping. It seems like the shift knob is cheaper than the e brake boot thing.
And not offense, that ebrake boot doesnt look that good to me. Its all baggy.... That is not what an oem leather ebrake thing looks like... It looks exactly like the e34 brake end thing tight as can be....

so for 23$ out the door I got the boot and the shift knob. I didnt get the shift knob with the m3 stitching because it was like twice as expensive and I hate spending more.

[iwantspeed]

I bought a bav auto shift boot a year ago and it was tearing from having a my z3 1.9 shift lever hit the center console when going into reverse. and the ziptie holding from falling down was poking through the pleather they used.
it was in sorry shape.
in my previous e30 I used a stock e30 m3 leather ebrake boot and a e30 plastic e brake handle.

i wanted to use a e34 leather ebrake handle and a leather ebrake boot. the e30 m3 one is too short to use with the e34 handle and it leaves the metal part of the e brake exposed when its in the down position.

Top gaitors an ebay.uk seller offers shift boots and ebrake boots.
High quality black Italian Leather
I emailed him and explained what i wanted.
a shift boot that didn't have a bunch of extra material up top and that it was a certain diameter for the shift lever so i wouldn't have to use a ziptie to keep it in place.

and for the ebrake-- enough material so that the metal ebrake mechanism would get exposed in the up or down position and that the stitching would match that of the e34 handle. stitch down both sides of the handle.
e30m3 leather e brake boots have stitching only down the center.

I read some reviews here

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=199113

and was surprised to find a review in a bmw magazine i read.




old shift boot notice the chaffing



ziptie also digging into the pleather and now the ziptie is poking through
I really didnt like having to resort to using a ziptie to keep in place.


both boots removed, you need to reuse the bases.


new shift boot

new ebrake boot mocked up on the ebrake frame


I removed the old shift boot from the frame



very happy with the fit and finish this far.


used contact cement and attached the ebrake boot to the frame


shift boot result


ebrake boot result

[FLG]

Got mine 2 days ago, looks awesome..will get pics soon.

[FLG]

Ordered a alcantara shift/ebrake boots with german flag color stitching...will see how they look and post pics.

[stamar]

Fix your shift linkage.

ya the odds are whats wrong is the drivers side motor mount or trans mount.


I just killed my vinyl shift boot driving my car around wehn I only changed one motor mount.

thats why Im shopping this thread lol.

[B-well]

got mine today and im very impressed
Material feels great. nice thick backer. will buy for my other cars

[PNWDan]

those of you noting long shipping times do realize that these are coming from the UK right? 8 days really isn't that bad for cheap overseas shipping...

I agree although mine were like 5 business days total. I was impressed.

[bwawuz02]

those of you noting long shipping times do realize that these are coming from the UK right? 8 days really isn't that bad for cheap overseas shipping...

[jjc-hi]

Got my new boots installed along with the ZHP knob and E34 leather parking brake handle. Looks and feels great. I got the black leather with gray stitching to match the car's interior.

[PNWDan]

These are great quality and worth it. Even real suede or leather. Better than some others offered.

[einstein57]

I would. I sure you'd have no trouble selling the shift boot for $20 locally.