walnut
Senior Member
Wanted to share a couple things I've done to my car over the last few weeks:
Overland shift boot
The quality of the boot is great, but the material is pretty stiff, I wish it was more relaxed so it would drape properly. Also I have the Seeker shift knob and boot collar, and the fitment with the boot collar doesn't sit quite right, it's especially noticeable in 1st gear as shown in the 3rd picture. I was thinking I could take a steamer to it to try and soften it up? Overall I'm happy with the quality though and I've ordered the Remark CF center console trim piece to finish up my shifter area.
Paint corrected and ceramic coated
Got this done at A-Plus Tint and PPF, the results are really great, I didn't really see much wrong with the paint before but now the paint almost seems to glimmer, when I was walking back to my car in the first pic I really stopped for a moment cause of how my car looked in the lighting haha. I can't help but feel I paid too much for the paint correction and ceramic coating ($2200 ?) looking at how much other people paid for similar services, but I guess we'll see if it's worth it over the next few years. (Also just FYI I didn't park the car in the second picture LOL)
Acuity shifter cable bushing
I don't have any pictures of the install because I was too lazy, but overall it went smoothly. It was my first time taking anything out of the engine bay so I was pretty anxious beforehand, but I followed an install video by Lui Rivera on youtube and it helped out a bunch. I did have one mistake where I cross threaded the plastic cap connected to the negative battery cable and can't quite get it off now. Anyways after the install the shifter feel going into gears is a nice improvement, it feels a bit firmer and confident going into gears, but it's pretty subtle, so I sometimes don't really notice it. Along with the shifter base bushings I'm pretty happy with the shifter feel for now, once Acuity releases their short-shifter I may end up getting that too.
Overland shift boot
The quality of the boot is great, but the material is pretty stiff, I wish it was more relaxed so it would drape properly. Also I have the Seeker shift knob and boot collar, and the fitment with the boot collar doesn't sit quite right, it's especially noticeable in 1st gear as shown in the 3rd picture. I was thinking I could take a steamer to it to try and soften it up? Overall I'm happy with the quality though and I've ordered the Remark CF center console trim piece to finish up my shifter area.
Paint corrected and ceramic coated
Got this done at A-Plus Tint and PPF, the results are really great, I didn't really see much wrong with the paint before but now the paint almost seems to glimmer, when I was walking back to my car in the first pic I really stopped for a moment cause of how my car looked in the lighting haha. I can't help but feel I paid too much for the paint correction and ceramic coating ($2200 ?) looking at how much other people paid for similar services, but I guess we'll see if it's worth it over the next few years. (Also just FYI I didn't park the car in the second picture LOL)
Acuity shifter cable bushing
I don't have any pictures of the install because I was too lazy, but overall it went smoothly. It was my first time taking anything out of the engine bay so I was pretty anxious beforehand, but I followed an install video by Lui Rivera on youtube and it helped out a bunch. I did have one mistake where I cross threaded the plastic cap connected to the negative battery cable and can't quite get it off now. Anyways after the install the shifter feel going into gears is a nice improvement, it feels a bit firmer and confident going into gears, but it's pretty subtle, so I sometimes don't really notice it. Along with the shifter base bushings I'm pretty happy with the shifter feel for now, once Acuity releases their short-shifter I may end up getting that too.
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