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civic hatch boi
02-28-2004, 07:55 PM
i just got my ctr boot. i can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to look right. without the washer, it hangs way too low. with the washer and the nut on, it barely leaves any room for me to screw on the knob. my last resort is to use tape i guess so i can choose a height to set the boot at.

http://artslab.ucsd.edu/~dpak/Non%20Icam%20Junk/shift.JPG

Civicvtec1ps
02-28-2004, 09:32 PM
I am using rubber band.
Works good.

civic hatch boi
02-28-2004, 09:54 PM
can ya show me like where on my diagram abouts you put ur rubber band? thanks.. rubberband sounds good, or elec tape.. but im just wondering how those people who used washers did it.. cuz with the washer up to that tapered point, then the chrome clip, then the nut, it goes way too high, and leaves barely any room to screw the knob on.

ep3hatchattack
02-29-2004, 11:13 PM
Yeah, lots of people have put the rubber band on the inside at the top and folded down the excess material and slid the rubber band under it...... I hope thats not to confusing..... thanks...... your pal, dave ;)

02SilverSiHB
03-01-2004, 01:14 AM
Originally posted by civic hatch boi
i just got my ctr boot. i can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to look right. without the washer, it hangs way too low. with the washer and the nut on, it barely leaves any room for me to screw on the knob. my last resort is to use tape i guess so i can choose a height to set the boot at.

http://artslab.ucsd.edu/~dpak/Non%20Icam%20Junk/shift.JPG
I helped LHD_EP3 put his on. We basically used this round rubber piece, basically rubber band will do.
Just take one, wrap it around the shifter till it tight on there. Put it below where you are currently putting the washer...put it at about 1/2" below where you are putting the washer...on the fatest part of the shifter

chubbychu
03-01-2004, 01:20 AM
i guess i got lucky. the ebay aluminum shifter i bought went all the way to the bottom and ended up almost perfect. i didnt use the nut or anything.

for the boot part "william" made me a jdm clip and it just goes right on there.

http://community.webshots.com/s/image9/9/45/7/116194507iVhRaX_ph.jpg

fsugatorbait
03-01-2004, 01:29 PM
I used wire tape and tappered it from top to bottom starting just before the threads end, took the ebay JDM look alike knob I bought and screwed it down, tightening the boot on the tape. heres a pic of how it looks...

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/i=wMjY3MTU1NnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg

civic hatch boi
03-01-2004, 03:52 PM
thnx guys... how does the CTR have it? im sure they dont have no rubber bands. u think their shifter is diff from ours?

phatfreeza
03-01-2004, 11:59 PM
can't really help you out in this thread.. but damn.. kick ass picture! :D

rel0aded
03-04-2004, 02:54 PM
i didnt like how the clip goes all the way up the knob so i left a little gap. i dun think it looks that bad
http://www.boomspeed.com/lolol/Picture013.jpg

thaseint
03-04-2004, 08:11 PM
Originally posted by rel0aded
i didnt like how the clip goes all the way up the knob so i left a little gap. i dun think it looks that bad
http://www.boomspeed.com/lolol/Picture013.jpg

I'd have to agree about having the clip all the way up to the knob. Doesn't look too good, not to mention up close it doesn't seem to fit in. If anyone cares to notice, there is a gap between the boot and knob on the JDM/UKDM CTR.

What I did was found a rubber hose in the garage, roughly the size of the smaller hose on the upper intake arm. I cut a small piece off (~1/2") and pushed it down the shifter. In fact if you have an aftermarket intake you could just snip a piece of the hose off and use it to hold up the boot...would save you from having to buy the hose at Home Depot.

Just thought I would throw that idea out there... :)

!@#$%
03-05-2004, 07:54 PM
Originally posted by fsugatorbait
I used wire tape and tappered it from top to bottom starting just before the threads end, took the ebay JDM look alike knob I bought and screwed it down, tightening the boot on the tape. heres a pic of how it looks...

http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/wetoddimage.wtdr/i=wMjY3MTU1NnM0MTNkZmQzMXk1NDE%3D.jpg

is it just me or is your cd player crooked? :confused:

BarracksSi
03-09-2004, 10:15 AM
I'm not using anything to keep mine up, but it's all the way up to the knob, as if the accordion folds were behaving like a spring and pushing it up.

I can push it down the shifter rod, of course. But, it'll also be really difficult to tear the rubber this way, since it'll just slide down rather than get damaged if someone pushes on it accidentally.

fsugatorbait
03-09-2004, 10:47 AM
Originally posted by !@#$%
is it just me or is your cd player crooked? :confused:

Good eye, yes it is, I have it angled towards the driver.

Makross
03-09-2004, 10:52 AM
Originally posted by rel0aded
i didnt like how the clip goes all the way up the knob so i left a little gap. i dun think it looks that bad
http://www.boomspeed.com/lolol/Picture013.jpg

nice combo

EP3RII
03-14-2004, 07:55 AM
Here's the stock CTR boot in my CTR, please excuse the mouse.

http://www.kcxdev.dsl.pipex.com/pics/ctr/boot.jpg

hth.

aZnjCC
04-07-2004, 11:00 PM
i cant' for the life of me figure out the difference in looks between the stock shift boot and the CTR shift boot. can anyone put two pics side by side so i can see? thanks.

BarracksSi
04-08-2004, 05:28 AM
I'm in the process of re-hosting all my pics, so I don't have any of my own to show yet. BUT, the pic right above is a very good one.

The obvious difference is how the boot terminates. The Si boot has a cylindrical chrome piece that snaps into the shift knob. The CTR one, as shown above, has a chrome pice that's half the size and caps off the boot without snapping onto the knob.

The more subtle difference is that the CTR boot has more rubber, and therefore sits further up the shift rod. Mine sits flush against my aftermarket knob without the aid of a washer underneath.

aZnjCC
04-08-2004, 08:40 AM
thanks....perfect explanation. I don't have an EP yet, so it was kind of hard for me to figure out what was different.

BarracksSi
04-08-2004, 08:51 AM
Me too -- before I got mine, there wasn't a lot of difference that I could see apart from the chrome piece on the tip. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the CTR boot extended further than the Si version.