I got sick and tired of looking at the old vl gear boot stick and knob so i put one out of a vz monaro. 23102006016.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15494&d=1161611761) Ok first up this is all the stuff you gonna need. *vl manual surround *vl manual gear knob *vz monaro gear knob *vz monaro gear boot surround 23102006017.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15495&d=1161611761) Ok first up you have to remove the stapels from the gear boot ring 23102006019.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15496&d=1161611761) Remove the boot ring and throw it out.

23102006020.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15497&d=1161612650) You need to drill holes around the manual surround so you can screw the boot to the surround, I screwed it in so i can remove it if i have to, Use the smallest self tappers you can get, but make sure you drill the holes first other wise the surround might crack and you dont want that. 23102006021.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15498&d=1161612650) Start screwing the boot in starting from the corners, dont worry if it starts to over lap when you are screwing it down as it wont matter when its in the car. 23102006022.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15499&d=1161612650) You need to cut the threaded part off the VL gear stick so the VZ gear knob sits down ferther, i just used a grinder.

23102006023.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15500&d=1161613349) You need to cut it right at the start of the thread. 23102006024.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15501&d=1161613349) You have to glue the knob on using a hot glue gun and make use you tuck the gear stick boot up under the gear knob and push it down on the Gear stick it will be a very snug fit. 23102006025.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15502&d=1161613349) And thats it all you've got todo now is install it.

23102006027.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15503&d=1161613817) 23102006028.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15504&d=1161613817) Please Exsuse the state of my interor ive been doing alot of wiring lately.

That looks awesome mate! well done. Would it be hard to change the gear layout ontop of the knob? anyways good tech article mate

you got 6 gears though?? looks good though

Quote: Originally Posted by CHEFAI you got 6 gears though?? looks good though true, 6 gear knob? why bother?? ill admit it looks good though too..

i only got that knob cause it was the only leather one they had in stock. You can change the gear map as its only a sticker. And you can swap and change the knobs from any of the vz range

that looks great, roughly how much did the VZ parts cost you?

$35 for the knob $73 for the boot once ive finished the wiring il get some more photos up

As promised heres a pic of it finished and the gear map painted black. 29102006005.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=15735&d=1163422825) To paint the gear map black pull the sticker off paint it and superglue it back on. I reckon it looks tops . Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks *** sik mate , makes me wanna buy a manual Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I'm gonna do this soon. Is there any way that you could screw the gearboot from higher up so that it doesn't look scrunched up? By looking at the pictures, there would be a fair bit of length left in the gearboot to allow this without the gearstick being visible below the gearknob. When you shift into gears is the gearboot stretched to it's maximum? Thanks!

you have to leave length on the boot other wise it wont alow you to go into gear. ive left alot of extra lenghth so its not streched at all

So Magnum06.. yeh you can.. just to a certain point where it will be wanting to pull the manual surround outta the console lol.. P.S where can i buy a nice gear knob that will thread onto my gearstick? Holden sell this particular gearknob VZ SS for over $200! RIP OFF!

lol dam i got a sick price then, any ricer shop will help u out

Sorry to bump this one up but andy_vlct this is what you were after and your inbox is full.

I reckon it would have been more practical to sew velcro onto the boot skirt, and then stick velcro on the underside of the surround. that way the boot wont possibly tear (and at 73 a piece, i wouldnt want it to) and u dont have to drill the surround. an idea when fittin the boot to the actuall shifter,instead or gluing it. turn the boot inside out and use a small zip tie and tie the top of the boot to the top of the shifter, then pull down the boot over the zip tie so its out side showing and the ziptie will be hidden away underneeth. confused yet?

Do as you like but at the end of the day it worked an is still goin strong.

Quote: Originally Posted by tdoyle88 an idea when fittin the boot to the actuall shifter,instead or gluing it. turn the boot inside out and use a small zip tie and tie the top of the boot to the top of the shifter, then pull down the boot over the zip tie so its out side showing and the ziptie will be hidden away underneeth. confused yet? I tryed that. pulled off after about a week.