Originally Posted by ljdiscovery

Discovery SE7, those are the ugliest boots taht I have ever seen! My goodness, did you scrape off the vinyl out of a nervous habit! Send me a pm and let me see if I can hook you up. I know I have a perfect shifter boot and I think that I have a brake boot, not perfect, but in pretty good shape. Thanks Phil

Originally Posted by ljdiscovery

yes you did. The new boots look great, nice job. I should have read the line of posts a little closer. You almost got some new boots! Phil

Originally Posted by Discovery SE7

To answer your question about how to install them...

The shifter just screws off. Grab a firm hold and twist the ball part counter clockwise, but it's easier if you pry the bottom of the boot first. Just take a flat head screwdriver and pry up the square part that fits flush with the console. After that piece is up and no longer attached to the console, you can twist the ball part of the shifter and just move the bottom part along with it as you twist. If you don't remove that bottom part, you'll only be able to twist it like two or three revolutions.

The brake requires a firm grip with both hands and is easier to do with the hand break up. Use both hands to grab the plastic part and twist from left to right while pulling away from the console. After the handle starts to move away, stop and unclip the base of the boot by squeezing it and pulling it out of the recess. After the base of the boot is removed from the console, got back to twisting the handle back and forth while pulling away from the console until it comes free.

Just remember which side is up when you pull the metal clip from the console that holds the hand break, as well as the proper orientation for plastic base for the shifter *** (it looks square, but it isn't and will give a hard time to replace if you don't have it the right way).

When you have the parts off, remove the base ends of the boots first. It might be easier to just cut them off. After the bases are removed, turn the boot inside out, so the bottom of the handles are visible. There are rubber retainers that hold the boot to the bottom of the handle. Be careful not to break those retainers, but remove the rings and the boots will come right off.

To put it together, just do the reverse. Turn the leather inside out, connect the rubber retainer so it fits back into the groove for each handle. Fold the leather onto the plastic (for the shifter) and glue it in place, then the metal (for the break) and glue it in place. Make sure you hold the leather in place long enough for it to dry completely. Then fit everything back in place by screwing the shifter in place and then pushing the base back into place, then pushing the break handle back onto the metal, then push the metal base back into the console.