Came across this shift **** on ebay and picked it up pretty cheap.
I gotta say I love this thing.
It's considerably lower than the oem **** (about 1") and makes for a completely different driving experience.
I was also able to make my own collar for the **** with some black tubing at the local hardware store.
I really wanted to get the 6 speed pattern engraved on the **** but that was another $40, no thnx.

 

that plastic thing looks odd...what is the **** made out of?

 

ditto on the plastic coupler. looks weird as hell. but I am a fan of that ****. Does it sit lower than stock by a lot?

edit: oops, 1in lower. just saw

 

^he said about an inch lower than stock

 

I was trying to find something that was thinner, but couldn't.
It looks even weirder without the tubing, where the base of the **** meets the shift boot.

 

i think you should check with locksmith and get one of his boots, I know the oem boot has the strips that connect to the stock shift **** and look funky as hell when you use an aftermarket ****. Locksmiths booths will have the top area sewn in and it will look much better, and if I remember correctly his prices are really good. I am going to be installing an aftermarket ball **** and am getting a boot from him.

how hard was it for you to get off the oem ****, i know you have to break the sealing glue, did you use vise grips for both sides and turn it loose?

 

taking of stock ***** is extremely easy, it's only held on by a pin that just slips out

i have the killjulez **** and one of locksmiths boots and its a perfect combo

the top of the shiftboot has a ring where the material is wrapped around which makes it look clean with a ball type shift **** like that

 

woah? what? a pin? I know taking off the stock **** on my 04 was just hard core turning. I remember seeing guides where they used vise grips on both ends. Do you have more info on where this pin is? maybe Ive been doing it wrong. it looks like my 06 is the same as the 04. any pics of this pin? sorry dont mean to threadjack irish

 

Pin is probably because i have an AT instead of an MT

 

No pin on the oem shift ****.
I had to use vise grips on the shifter shaft and cresent wrench on the neck of the shift ****.

 

ohh didnt realize you were referring to AT ambiguous, thanks for the clarification. I think i will have to be using the same method to take off my ****. did you take off the trim and get to the actual shifter to lock the vise grips onto or did u just go over the oem boot?

 

Looks great

 

I took off the boot so I could vise grip around the actual shifter
It's actually a really easy process.
I used this write up. Just refer to the last 2 pics.
You don't need to remove the upper section where the clock is.
Just lift up on the center console where the boot is and it pops right off
https://g35driver.com/forums/audio-v...-removall.html

I found this kinda helpful too.
http://www.nissanhelp.com/diy/z/proj...ob_removal.htm

 

Looks good. Do they make these for autos? Also, will they engrave anything on the ****? Yours would look awesome with the 6 spd pattern on it and paint the inside of the pattern black. Just my opinion. Just think it'd look really great.

From the pics it looks like the **** matches the brushed aluminum interior really well too.

 

Looks like they only have em for 6mt.
Yeah they do custom engraving, but it's not cheap.
I might have them engrave the 6mt layout on the **** later,
just didn't feel like paying to ship it to them and then pay another $50 for the engraving/shipping back to me.
Of all the places I checked Rick's voodoo ***** looked to have the best engraving though.