How to Remove Console with the metal trim?
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I want to put in a different shift ***, so I have to remove my center console, I've read the DIY on this site for removing the console, but I had the metal trim kit installed and it covers the gaps that you need to put the screwdriver in, I was wodering if anyone else has been able to do it without F'Ing anything up, or if anyone has any suggestions on replacing the shift not without removing the console, Thanks
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Rep Power: 399 If all you're doing is changing the ****, just push down on the boot collar until it pops off. Then unscrew the ****. The console only has to come out if you swap the boot too.
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Rep Power: 0 But I can't get the collar off of the boot without taking off the console right? Cause The shift *** I have won't work with that collar.
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Rep Power: 399 If the collar has to come off, then the console does have to come up, but you still have to unclip and remove the **** to do so. That still leaves.... how are you going to attach the bare end of the boot to the bottom of the ****?
There's a console DIY somewhere... if you've got an 03, then I dunno... it's probably a little different now that there's an armrest storage.
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Rep Power: 0 i dont think there is any shift **** out there that will reattach to the boot. i just let mine fall. it doesnt even fall that far and it looks fine. i think just about everyone does that. even if you change the boot also, it will still just hang there unless you get a boot that connects to an aftermartket ****.
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to fix that hanging boot collar, just go to home depot or anywhere and buy a bushing used for toilets or sinks. get one that will fit snuggly on the shaft of the shifter. put it under the collar(after removing the center console) and use the bushing to hold up the boot collar. this is what i did and everyone compliments me on the shift ****. i have the type r **** so everything matches. it will look as though u got the **** out of the factory.
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Rep Power: 0 ya you can try that too. i did the same thing but with double sided foam tape. it worked well and i did get compliments on it. then when it turned cold, the tape froze and the collar slide back down, so i just took it off. i have the dc gunmetal **** so it matched pretty good as well. i may have to try the rubber thing, never thought of that.
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[hr]Originally posted by: 4bangin
ya you can try that too. i did the same thing but with double sided foam tape. it worked well and i did get compliments on it. then when it turned cold, the tape froze and the collar slide back down, so i just took it off. i have the dc gunmetal **** so it matched pretty good as well. i may have to try the rubber thing, never thought of that.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: 4bangin
ya you can try that too. i did the same thing but with double sided foam tape. it worked well and i did get compliments on it. then when it turned cold, the tape froze and the collar slide back down, so i just took it off. i have the dc gunmetal **** so it matched pretty good as well. i may have to try the rubber thing, never thought of that.[hr]
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