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You would have to use a plastic pry bar to avoid damaging the metal surround.
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I bought this on Ebay for the alumalook bezel piece but I'm wondering as to the origin of the shift ****? I'm wondering if there is a way to save/refurbish the metal portions of the **** itself. I know I can replace the leather portion. Does anyone have one of these? Is the metal looking part indeed metal, or plastic? Thanks!
I bought it specifically for the bezel piece around the bottom, and for what I paid, as long as it isn�t too rough I�ll be happy. As far as the logo, I think it does have one. So then, would the **** be aluminum or alumalook (plastic)?
Thats a tequipment gear ****, they come with either a black and white or colour crest.
There is a silver film on the horseshoe that gives it the colour, it tends to bubble with age.
Looks fairly rough, i'd have it restored and keep it as a spare
The metallic section I'd assume is aluminium or some sort of painted metal (although the way it gets scratched would lean towards solid metal). The **** itself is a cork type material covered in leather.
I have a similar looking factory **** with wood rather than leather surround and with a different shift pattern inset. I love the feel of it. The silver part down the back of it is definitely metal and somehow the coldness of the metal improves the overall feel of the **** in use. It has a Porsche crest engraved in the metal on the back of the ****. I guess the metal on the **** is painted, but the whole thing is very high quality and shows zero wear anywhere after 70k+ miles.
The silver horseshoe around the shift boot, as mentioned, is a silver "film" that tends to bubble over time. It can be restored by removing the film and painting it with silver and clear and will look exactly correct when done. The most difficult part is getting the original film off. On mine, the film came off easily in some areas, but in a few areas it was very difficult to remove. The picture below is
before
my horseshoe was restored.
I just went to check. I can't really tell if it the shift pattern is a removable insert or not. It seems like it should be, and I tried with my fingernail to see if there is a gap, but can't really tell if it pops off or not. You would have to use a plastic pry bar to avoid damaging the metal surround. The little metal band around the outside of the shift pattern piece feels like metal, but that's also difficult to be sure of because it's so small.
Your shift pattern is flush with the surround, so it looks like yours might be more difficult to safely pry out (assuming it is removable) than mine. I guess if you had a known exact fit replacement inset for the shift pattern, you could drill a hole in the center of the old one and use that hole to pull it out, but I have no idea whether or not replacement insets are available.
Insert should pry out, replacement inserts aren't available as they'd rather you buy an entire shifter.
Same as the tequipment handbrake the script inlay isn't available either.
Maybe it would possible to reuse the inset you pull out as the base for something like this ->
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gear-****-S...96fe%7Ciid%3A1
You'd have to confirm the diameter is correct -- this is listed as 4.2cm, which seems wrong because that would be 1.65" and seems too large for any shift ****. The listing claims it fits a VW Passat. Maybe they meant "2.4cm", which is just under an inch.
