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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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What is the shift boot material ? I thought it was leather but now I am not sure.
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 10:54 AM
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It was genuine leather in the C5, but the C6 uses vinyl for both the shifter and ebrake boots. It looks so cheap to me that it was bugging me, so I replaced mine with aftermarket genuine leather.
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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I kind of thought this was the case. You think GM could spend a few bucks more to upgrade this. Much cheaper cars have leather shift boots.
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:06 AM
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It is 100% genuine vinyl.
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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I kind of thought this was the case. You think GM could spend a few bucks more to upgrade this. Much cheaper cars have leather shift boots.
Why would they??We only paid 50 g's for these things/...
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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If you're looking for leather. Try getting it from Down South Vettes.

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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by b4i4getit
What is the shift boot material ? I thought it was leather but now I am not sure.

Pleather.
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 11:47 PM
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Ditch the cheapo vinyl for leather from Down South Vettes

http://dsvettes.com
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Originally Posted by Indy-hp
It was genuine leather in the C5.
I had a 99' coupe and a 2003 ZO6 and neither one of those were leather. They were 100% pure vinyl.
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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by calemasters
It is 100% genuine vinyl.

I paid $60 from this forum vendor:
http://www.redlinegoods.com/index.htm

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Old Sep 25, 2006 | 01:36 AM
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Leather weighs so much more....
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It's genuine Naugahyde.
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