BA shifter cosmetics "done"!

[mcflux]

When I last posted a thread regarding my BA shifter conversion, I'd left it looking all ugly & "naked".

Tonight, instead of working on a late assignment, I thought I'd have a crack at fitting up a manual gear boot with the shifter. It's a good thing I bought a heap of vinyl to practice on, because I made about 4 attempts before this one below:

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I've got some leather off MADNC_8 (thanks w4yn3!) which will replace this vinyl and match my seats.

I need to anchor the manual console fascia at the front, because I had to cut out the front bracket/support that the fascia slots into, so it's only connected at the rear (where the electric window switchboard is). I know how to do this, but it's midnight and I CBF sorting this out. Also, I know there's some wire showing in the overhead shot, but I know how to get around that now that I have the correct vinyl shape and hole pattern (the underside of the fascia has plastic dowling which I used to anchor the vinyl with).

I also need to make a proper "ring" where the shifter shaft goes through the vinyl (leather-to-be). At the moment I'd just made a little slit in the vinyl and reamed the shifter shaft through with the vinyl stretching around it. Sits nicely ;)

Finally, I cut some rubber matting to shape to cover up the trans tunnel gaps left by the hugeon hole I cut earlier (for lowering the BA shifter 5cm further so that the manual fascia cover would fit). I haven't test-driven it yet but I'm assuming that road noise and "breezes" won't be an issue anymore ;) ;)

Cheers all,

-Dave-