{"id":3940,"date":"2012-09-17T23:27:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T06:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2012-09-17T23:36:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T06:36:10","slug":"alcantara-shift-e-brake-boots-berber-floor-mats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2012\/09\/alcantara-shift-e-brake-boots-berber-floor-mats\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcantara Shift + E-Brake Boots & Berber Floor Mats"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the fourth time, I’ve bought yet another pair of black on black alcantara shift and e-brake boots from Redline Goods<\/a>. This is a staple of mine and works well on any car… a must-have detail; especially so with the RX-7 because there is already so much suede material inside, the boots tie the theme together nicely. <\/p>\n

Here is a work-in-progress picture of the interior:<\/p>\n

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I remember during the first day when I was driving the car, I went to pull off the detachable ashtray and the entire shifter surround trim lifted up with it. It turned out the the trim piece was missing a few spring clips. So I bought a new set of those clips to properly secure it, as well as a new ’94+ trim piece (just because). Later on, I noticed a half-inch rip on the side of the vinyl transmission tunnel cover, so that too was replaced. I can’t help it, Ray Crowe at Malloy Mazda has great service and offers club pricing on new OEM FD parts… it’s too easy. <\/p>\n

Before picture: <\/p>\n

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And After with the new goodies in place:<\/p>\n

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(I really dislike the A-pillar gauges, but they’ll have to stay… for now)<\/p>\n

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I went with the FEED shift knob<\/a> to match the roll bar. The ashtray was ditched, because I don’t smoke and never will, in favor of a more usable armrest which doubles as a small compartment. Since this is a JDM item, the lid opens reversely. <\/p>\n

To further refresh the interior, I threw in a pair of berber floor mats with a black serged border. I had the RX-7 logo moved from the side of the mats to the middle-center, around knee depth. <\/p>\n

New vs Old:<\/p>\n

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Passenger side:<\/p>\n

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For the fourth time, I’ve bought yet another pair of black on black alcantara shift and e-brake boots from Redline Goods. This is a staple of mine and works well on any car… a must-have detail; especially so with the RX-7 because there is already so much suede material inside, the boots tie the theme […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3940"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3955,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940\/revisions\/3955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}