Shifter Boot
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Shifter Boot
I just upgraded my C5 shifter with the C6 Z06 arm/**** from Fred Beans.
The C5 boot doesn't fit over the bottom of the ****, and it's a bit baggy as the C6 shifter is a bit shorter. Where can I get a nice replacement boot? I don't want to cut in to my stocker.
The C5 boot doesn't fit over the bottom of the ****, and it's a bit baggy as the C6 shifter is a bit shorter. Where can I get a nice replacement boot? I don't want to cut in to my stocker.
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From: IL
Originally Posted by FinishLine
I just upgraded my C5 shifter with the C6 Z06 arm/**** from Fred Beans.
The C5 boot doesn't fit over the bottom of the ****, and it's a bit baggy as the C6 shifter is a bit shorter. Where can I get a nice replacement boot? I don't want to cut in to my stocker.
The C5 boot doesn't fit over the bottom of the ****, and it's a bit baggy as the C6 shifter is a bit shorter. Where can I get a nice replacement boot? I don't want to cut in to my stocker.
I just installed a C5 shifter boot from Vette Essentials. Great product, great service.
Burning Brakes
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From: Castleton VA
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Originally Posted by EdZVette
I just installed a C5 shifter boot from Vette Essentials. Great product, great service.
*very* pleased with the product (looks absolutely factory), and the service.
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Originally Posted by mneblett
*very* pleased with the product (looks absolutely factory), and the service.
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Originally Posted by blacksedan87
Sorry - but I have to disagree.........looks MUCH BETTER than the factory one!
I have a VE boot for C6 Z shifter as well. Looks way better than OEM 
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Originally Posted by edensknight
Another vote for VE!!!
...so does VE provide the ring attached..?
I can find boots everywhere...but those stock retaining rings dont exist except on stock shifter boots...
...prolly going with VE on the shifter boot just the same...
it will go great with every rest of the interior...
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Originally Posted by stuart
...so does VE provide the ring attached..?
I can find boots everywhere...but those stock retaining rings dont exist except on stock shifter boots...
...prolly going with VE on the shifter boot just the same...
it will go great with every rest of the interior...
I can find boots everywhere...but those stock retaining rings dont exist except on stock shifter boots...
...prolly going with VE on the shifter boot just the same...
it will go great with every rest of the interior...
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From: West Palm Beach FL
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by blacksedan87
Are you talking about that plastic ring that the boot attaches to, Stuart? VE doesn't provide that. In fact I've heard that the only way to get one of those is to buy the entire O.E.M. boot - the plastic ring is not available separately. Seems to me one of the vendors with manufacturing capability could do very well to reverse engineer that ring and sell it.
Yes...
...and the only way I seen them out there is on oem boots...AND I have bought them that way to put my better leather on one...
Why is it something we REALLY need is not available!????!?
...hmmm anyone interested in making replacement boot retainers....
Im going to make that my mission...
...develop replacement! ..or find one
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Originally Posted by stuart
Yes...
...and the only way I seen them out there is on oem boots...AND I have bought them that way to put my better leather on one...
Why is it something we REALLY need is not available!????!?
...hmmm anyone interested in making replacement boot retainers....
Im going to make that my mission...
...develop replacement! ..or find one
...and the only way I seen them out there is on oem boots...AND I have bought them that way to put my better leather on one...
Why is it something we REALLY need is not available!????!?
...hmmm anyone interested in making replacement boot retainers....
Im going to make that my mission...
...develop replacement! ..or find one
When I replaced my boot with the VE boot - even though I KNEW that the OEM boot ring was prone to breakage and was virtually impossible to easily replace - as careful as I was, I still broke it....
If you find anything - I still need one, too!