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Old Oct 29, 2016 | 01:13 PM
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DBS Shift in a V8V...Loving It!!

A big shout out and thank you to speedracer800 for giving up one of his DBS Shifters to replace the stock one in my 08 V8V. We emailed each other a couple of times and I had a brand new shifter arrive at my door in 4 days. Piece of cake to change out (with the help of all the postings here). Whole job took less than a hour. I'm very satisfied with the results


 
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That was the first mods to my 2009 Vantage, and I love it... Such a nice solid and nice looking shifter.
 
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Originally Posted by outmotoring
I'm looking for a used V8V shift boot if you have one to spare/sell? If so PM me.
Shift boot carried over, just the **** was changed. I can send you mine
 
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Nice upgrade. I've heard that these can get really hot in the summer.
 
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I just did the same thing yesterday! Got a DBS shifter from speedracer800 and installed in about 30 minutes (I've taken apart my console many times previously...). Put about 150 miles on the car today and this is a great improvement.
 
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Only gets hot if it is left in direct sun light... but it is a little cold as the weather drops in Canada :-( Two more weeks and the car is going to storage...
 
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Telum01, the shifter and the boot is one piece... They don't come apart, when I replaced mine the new DBS had its boot attached and I removed my old shifter with its boot attached

Well just had a looked at my old leather one and if you remove the clip without breaking it, I guess you could separate them but they are sold as a single piece.
 

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My 14' V8V of course has the round leather shifter. I happen to like it more than the aluminum type. Just my opinion
 
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Telum01, the shifter and the boot is one piece... They don't come apart, when I replaced mine the new DBS had its boot attached and I removed my old shifter with its boot attached

Well just had a looked at my old leather one and if you remove the clip without breaking it, I guess you could separate them but they are sold as a single piece.
Wtf? Never seen that on a car before.
 
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Me neither but here are the pictures




 
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That is the one I have
 
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This is my DBS Shifter :-) much nicer grip in my opinion




 
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Originally Posted by handyman2009
Me neither but here are the pictures



wow, weird. usually the shift **** just twists off and the shift boo is separate.

Originally Posted by outmotoring
Perfect, I'll take you up on the extra shift boot! If I can get a extra (old or damaged) to make a template from I can start offering fully custom leather shift and ebrake boot sets with nearly any stitching color and stitch detail.

Anyone out there have a extra ebrake boot available?
I can send that, too
 
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Originally Posted by jfdeasy9608
A big shout out and thank you to speedracer800 for giving up one of his DBS Shifters to replace the stock one in my 08 V8V. We emailed each other a couple of times and I had a brand new shifter arrive at my door in 4 days. Piece of cake to change out (with the help of all the postings here). Whole job took less than a hour. I'm very satisfied with the results


Looks fantastic! They're such a game changer for the 3 pedal cars.
 



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