DIY. Alligning bootbag to sit just underneath gear knob.

[rayb3na_]

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!


Aim:
To bring the top of the bootbag to the bottom of the gearknob ie. eliminating the small gap where you can see the shifter.

Required:
10mm socket or wrench
Screw driver
Snips
Cable tiers
File

Steps:
1) Remove centre console by undoing the 2x10mm bolts and the 2 screws at the front of the console, then unscrew the gearknob.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z256/rayb3na/Photo-0949-1.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z256/rayb3na/Photo-0950-1.jpg

2) Screw the gearknob back in place and sit your thumb going horizontally, with a cable tie fasten it so that your thumb is snug inbetween the cable tie and the base of the gearknob.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z256/rayb3na/Photo-0951-1.jpg

3) Snip the cable tie leaving aprroximately half a cm. Remove gearknob.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z256/rayb3na/Photo-0952.jpg

4) File the end of the cable tie as to not have sharp edges that could potentionally rip your boot bag. (or you could just use snips to round off the dges)

5) Put centre console back together and hey presto!
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z256/rayb3na/Photo-0953.jpg


Other comments
Was bored one day and decided to see what i could do with the stuff i had lying around =] cheers.

[kn1ghtm4r3]

cool write up =)

[Int3gra-T]

good write up man

[rayb3na_]

thanks guys :D

[kayot1k]

nice, nice never thought of that.
then again never thought of hiding that gap

[DNYALL]

cool, i did this with my old car.

[aaronng]

Very nice way of thinking. :thumbsup:

[rayb3na_]

ahah thanks aaron =]

[JasonGilholme]

thats an easy way!

I did mine with a washer. had to dremel the middle a bit to get the height right though.

Zip ties ftw!!!

[rayb3na_]

ahaha i use zipties for everything! my cars being held together by zipties rofl!!

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

Nice,Cheap and easy mod

I LOVE it and will give it a go soon :p

+1 Rep for Jooo :p :thumbsup:

[aaronng]

thats an easy way!

I did mine with a washer. had to dremel the middle a bit to get the height right though.

Zip ties ftw!!!

That's why I like his idea. Easy, almost zero effort, but great adjustability. This is a mod that can get the Ghetto™ seal of approval. :)

[rayb3na_]

ahaha wow thanks for the big rap aaron!

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

*looks at Diy*

I approve +1 Rep for you :p

Will give this a go soon :)

[rawr]

nice work buddy :thumbsup: gon do it on my car when im bothered too!

[hooyn]

Genious !!!

[AsH_]

i used zip ties on my mugen front lip and drove over it after it broke off...

[johnn]

Great write up man... I always wanted to fixed that problem...

[Deano_EK]

awesome stuff, ive got a fair gap since i put an s2000 knob in my car, was trying to think off something that fix it now i dont need to, buying cable ties tommorow haha.

[Deano_EK]

One cable tie conversion complete! haha only took the best me about 5 mins and looks so much better, s2000 gearknob with a type R boot. :thumbsup:

Before :
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/Deano17/before.jpg

After :
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/Deano17/after.jpg

[aaronng]

^^ Good stuff! That was why I was so willing to give him the rep points. It is a simple idea that solves a problem that everyone has but has no idea to fix (i.e. the best way to solve a problem). I used velcro to hold the bottom of the boot up before, but that is not as smart as using a zip tie! (plus the velcro would loosen up with time)

[baeshin]

saw this on hondatech a while ago

[GTKING]

works great

[rayb3na_]

thanks for the rep guys! hope i helped out =]

[panda[cRx]]

nice, we tried a similar thing with a rubber band ages ago and it worked ok but this is much better

[DC4Integra98]

;1664835']nice, we tried a similar thing with a rubber band ages ago and it worked ok but this is much better

Yup thats what I'm currently using - a couple of rubber bands wrapped around =)

[kraiye]

i'm always finding zip ties everywhere... in my bedroom, car, garage, office!!
now that i want one do u reckon i can bloody find one ANYWHERE?!!!
ffs

[kraiye]

all done
took 28 min... 20 min looking for zip tie, 8 min install using cable tie. lol
ghetto

[DvS-]

nice and cheap for my wallet :D

[DvSnGuYeN]

dude, there's another dvs here?..LoLz

[i-jrdm]

nice d.i.y
gonna give it a go tommorow. never thought of it
awesome idea
good stuff dude:thumbsup:

[DoMk]

Where can i go to buy just 1 zip tie?

haha jkz Wicked idea! the gap always annoy's the crap out of me,
will have to give this a go tomorrow.
i thought about this once but just thought the Zip tie wasn't going to grip and slide down the gear stick... LoL

[joyride]

cool, never thought about using a ziptie. good work

[SiReal]

i did the same thing. works a treat. + rep for innovation and having the DBG spirit.

[tiksie]

Done this the other day with new bootbag aswell, preety nifty trick! Looks the part and took about 5 mins to do and ziptied my RCA cables under glovebox aswell so took about 15 mins all up together!

+1 rep for you

[kairi_k]

thumbs up..my problem solved =)

[Mooks79]

straight forward write........how come i didnt think of tht hehe....

[kNetz]

this is a great idea, ima do this tonight for sure

[rayb3na_]

ahaha glad to hear some people are still doing this its pretty ghetto! ;]

[BeLowZeRo]

Smarttt... why didn't i think of that hahauhuaa... Thanks!!

[tiksie]

Bump this bitch up, forgot to add pics of it done on my old EG GLi.

I'll put pics up of my VTi now when I get it done :D

Before:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8242/image008yw5.jpg

After:

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8503/dsc00460ot4.jpg

[cruzincivic]

very good write up.. will have to try this baby out on the weekend...

but knowing my luck it will Fu*k up :)

[migoreng]

my boot doesn't sit under my gear knob.
it's actaully cabled tied to the bottom
cable tie ftw! lol

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff47/migoreng1/interior/DSC07200.jpg

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

Bump for Lukey + added tags

[kraiye]

have to do it again... my tie broke :(
at least i can do a before & after this time :D

[tknova]

Fantastic Idea!!!

Will be doing that tonite to my euro!