Yeah, so after about 4 years of never cleaning my shift boot, I decided it was about time. I didn't think about taking pictures until after I was about halfway done, so no good before and after pictures. All I can say, is that it was FILTHY... and the pictures don't do justice how bad it was. That's probably why I wasn't thinking about taking pictures.... because it was embarrassing. Sticky coke, cigarette ash, grime, dirt, dust, you name it.










And..... without further ado, the finished product:

 

Its beautiful.

 

your boot is way too shiny. Did you put some tire shine on it or something? Try to clean it then condition it with leather cleaner. This method will make it look like new and also make it last. Whatever you put on it, looks like it will kill that leather.

 

did you throw up on your shifter boot damn?

 

a whole 4 years huh
wow, glad you finally got to it lol about time i'd say

 

hahahahahahahahahahah, thats awesome. Looks good now, hope it doesnt ruin the leather.

 

Looks great. I have a new shifter **** that I want to put on and would appreciate info or instructions on how your removed the bezels from the shifter and the heating & cooling withut damaging them please. I might as well clean the shifter boot while I am in there also.

 

smoking in the Z

 

+1 on what he said...thats a big NO NO!

 

yeah no smoking drinking eating. I sometimes chew while driving but i put it in outside of the car so i dont get any backy in the car. even if i did smoke i wouldnt think of smoking in the car.

 

Could u have anymore digusting habbits?

 

lol read the thread. Im the one that said smoking in the Z I dont smoke i dont eat and i dont drink anything but bottled water in the Z. Wow reading comprehension FTW.

 

Now read this to yourself, maybe then you can ask me if i have any disgusting habbits ****** *** noob

 

Lol ^^

 

yeah.. good call. I had just started to do a quick clean of the interior(I hate cleaning/detailing in the winter), and the dirty boot finally got the better of me. I dug in without really planning or thinking about it... it was just such an eyesore I decided something had to be done. I didn't even finish cleaning the rest of the car...

...as far as ruining the leather... I think my own hand rubbing on it will wear out soon enough anyway. It's already getting worn, which is weird because I usually palm the shifter.

 

It's pretty easy...

Lift up here to separate the interior plastic piece from the console:


The rest should remove rather easily:


Disconnect the cable for the 3 *****:


Remove the 8 or so screws. This will completely separate the plastic interior piece from the shift boot, and you can set it aside. Be very careful not to drop the screws, because I can only imagine they would be a lot of fun to retrieve.


Now, if you want to remove the metal/plastic ring around the base of the shift boot to clean it.... there are numerous clips all the way around that you have to remove. These can be tricky to get off. I got one partially unclipped and then moved to another one, and then it was easy from there. Seems like these plastic clips could break if you're not careful.


In the original pictures 1 and 3, you can sort of see how the boot is sandwiched between the bottom female piece, and the two top rings. (one of the rings is plastic...which has the male clips and guide pins. The other one is metal ring that simply slips over the plastic one)

No worries about the orientation about the boot either because with the way the pins are situated, there is only one way it can go.

 

BTW.... glad to say I quit smoking. At the end of january I got sick as hell.... too sick to smoke... and I just quit cold turkey. It's been about a month so I am home free....

also glad to say my Z's interior has no burns, and does not stink at all.

I'll throw down a 4 course meal in my Z..... hell I don't care as long as I get most of it in my mouth.....

Plus I'm rolling with no stereo and no rear interior... a little food crumbs couldn't hurt anything...

 

Roast thanks for the great pics and instructions!!!! You rock, I will be able to install the Nismo shifter **** this weekend now. I was just not sure how to remove the shifter bezel without breaking the clips.

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

 

Everyone's talking about the "leather" and ruining it? When I changed mine to a REAL leather one, wow, what a difference. Not trying to pick a fight, but the stock one is like a thin sheet of tissue-paper-like cloth, with about a 1mm thick covering of pleather or something over. So crappy. I compared the back of the aftermarket leather one I bought and stock, and stock just doesn't look real even from the back. Just my .02. Vinyl conditioner would probably work better honestly.

 

nice roast glad you quit smoking in that beautiful car . Looks great too.