TWM short shifter with stock boot

by **TxBmbleBee** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:05 pm

Does anyone else find the stock boot looks like crap with the short shifter??

Ive heard that momo makes a short shift boot and was thinking of going with that.

by **ToyoSolV6** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:28 pm

i think it looks cool imo

by **Ilovemylara** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:21 pm

it may look cool with the stock shifter, but a short shifter makes it look like a bull's ballsack..

by **TxBmbleBee** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:28 pm

^^im afraid i agree, looks like i will try to take this back and if not it will get posted up for sale.

by **Ilovemylara** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:38 pm

if your good at sewing, you could trim up the length a little... heck, you could just about make a whole new boot using new leather and red thread...

by **Pogs** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:55 am

thats how i feel with my short shifter. the boot is all crunched up..

by **akora12** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:39 am

If you play around with it, you should eventually be able to work something out. The over-sized boot doesn't look good, but an over-sized shifter looks worse IMO.

I looked into having the factory boot shortened and it ended up not being possible with the stitching. You'd have to fab one from scratch or buy a universal one.

by **JamesT** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:48 am

akora12 wrote:
I looked into having the factory boot shortened and it ended up not being possible with the stitching.

I don't see why not...

All you would have to do is take it apart (leaving you with four triangle shapes) and trim down the sides of each triangle - thereby eliminating the holes left from the original stitches.

by **Mr_Krispy1183** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:50 am

^I was just thinking, "JamesT should come in & weigh in on this". Nice!

by **akora12** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:53 am

James, you'd know better than anyone, I'm just going by what I was told. I believe the guy told me some of the holes would still show, but then again he was an old-timer who probably didn't care about my boot problems.

Maybe I can pay you to try it out on my boot and see how it goes?

by **TxBmbleBee** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:01 pm

^^^ akora what about this instead?

http://www.ltbmotorsports.com/perboot.html

momo 6" short performance boot. its what im thinking of doing and then selling my stock one to help offset the cost...

by **Gibson99** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:01 pm

I happen to know a decent tailor who lives in the apartments at the end of your street bro... he could probably shorten the boot so it doesn't look all wadded up. He's not fast but is cheap, but then you have a little time to work with too...

and no, i'm not talking about village in the hood.

by **JamesT** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:28 am

It would probably just be easier to make a new one, that way you wouldn't have to worry about messing it up and not having a boot - be it too large or short.

Akora, if you want, I could make you a new boot. I would just need to see a regular one in order to get an idea of what size to make it.

by **TxBmbleBee** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:25 pm

Gibson99 wrote:I happen to know a decent tailor who lives in the apartments at the end of your street bro... he could probably shorten the boot so it doesn't look all wadded up. He's not fast but is cheap, but then you have a little time to work with too...

and no, i'm not talking about village in the hood.

sweeet homie! hook mee up :lol:

by **JamesT** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:00 pm

Once I get all the measurements correct, I'd be happy to make good quality shift boots for you guys.

TWM short shifter with stock boot

TWM short shifter with stock boot

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