DIY: Mk4 shift knob, boot, trim ring retrofitting to your mk3

[jettaracer1989]

Alright so at the request of another vortex-er, here is my own DIY for retrofitting the mk4 shift knob, boot and trim ring into your mk3

Please correct anything I may have done or typed wrong and I want to apologize for the cell phone pics but my new camera seems to have grown legs and disappeared

Required tools:
Your brain
Dremel with a cutting wheel
box cutter
patience

First: Remove the plastic piece from the shift console, next inspect the trim ring around the mk4 shift boot and remove the trim ring



Next take the trim ring, place it on the paper and trace the inside making sure to keep good accuracy then cut out the center



Should look like this when done



Next tape the paper to the plastic piece that holds the boot and start cutting making sure to be very careful not to trim too much off.



then put it all together



Put it in your car and you shall have this (I will eventually be shortening the height of the shift knob)


then once it fits nicely your all done! drink a for your success

[cafolla1]

nice diy.... bud dude, clean your car lol

[jettaracer1989]

nice diy.... bud dude, clean your car lol

lol my car is in pieces inside my garage right now thats why its all dirty, if you saw the rest of the car your jaw would drop

[BaBy BoOeY]

I wonder if you would have to do this same process if you did a mk4 shift tower install??

[jettaracer1989]

I wonder if you would have to do this same process if you did a mk4 shift tower install??

Yeah id imagine so if your going to run the mk4 shift knob and all that on the mk3 console

[CD155MX]

Sweet!!! Thanks for posting.

[polofreaks]

Posted here as well . . . Nice write up none the less. . . . . ill try to edit it in as another point of the install this week. . . thanks



http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...ll-Hint-Thread

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...1#post68934286

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...highlight=MkIV

[jettaracer1989]

Thanks guys, that was my first DIY ive ever made

[fukdapo9]

Do i spy a bowl piece in the glove box

[jettaracer1989]

Do i spy a bowl piece in the glove box

Absolutely not, its a bubbler lol and no not used for any illegal substance if thats what your thinking

[fuquar]

How did you affix the shift knob? I tried a zip-tie, but it wasn't tight enough. Ended up using some Gorilla glue and never had an issue afterwards.

[jettaracer1989]

How did you affix the shift knob? I tried a zip-tie, but it wasn't tight enough. Ended up using some Gorilla glue and never had an issue afterwards.

Mine threaded on like the old mk3 shift knob

[vento86]

Do i spy a bowl piece in the glove box

hahaha i was thinking the same thing.

[InsomniacZ32]

Same pretty much for the mkV trim as well, just make sure whichever you use, that the shift tower can go back far enough to get into 2nd and 4th easily.

[fuquar]

Mine threaded on like the old mk3 shift knob

Really? The shift knob I got (Leather) didn't have any threads and was held on to it's previous car with a metal hose clamp (whatever the factory uses that crimps and can't be reused.)

[jettaracer1989]

Really? The shift knob I got (Leather) didn't have any threads and was held on to it's previous car with a metal hose clamp (whatever the factory uses that crimps and can't be reused.)

Thats odd, well mine isnt stock.. its a mk4 "style" but I bought it off of ebay for $2.88.. it came with that metal hose clamp your talking about tho

[CasuallyWreckless]

lol my car is in pieces inside my garage right now thats why its all dirty, if you saw the rest of the car your jaw would drop

Pics or it's not true! Lol!

[vento86]

Bump for some good info

[Vdub4me97]

That's a Mk4 Shift Knob?
I have the same one in my mk3. I found if out of a mk2 gti in a junkyard tho

[jettaracer1989]

That's a Mk4 Shift Knob?
I have the same one in my mk3. I found if out of a mk2 gti in a junkyard tho

Thats odd, must have been put it by its last owner

[Helios12v]

i am definetly doing this... it will go nicely with all the 3.5 cabrio stuff .. thank you and nice diy

[jettaracer1989]

i am definetly doing this... it will go nicely with all the 3.5 cabrio stuff .. thank you and nice diy

Thanks, and yeah I added it because my car is a k2 and has the silver face guages

[vento86]

Just got mine today.. and YES that is a tv molded to my cup holders

[I-PlayWithMyGolf]

Just got mine today.. and YES that is a tv molded to my cup holders

so now you have absolutely no cup holders? lol

[vento86]

so now you have absolutely no cup holders? lol

This car came with no cup holders anyways they held change very well

[jettaracer1989]

This car came with no cup holders anyways they held change very well

I dont know about you guys but I can fit an extra large dunkin donuts coffee in my cupholders it just BARELY fits, But nice job on the shifter!

[andrew97vr6]

doingthis as we speak

[Helios12v]

what model mk4 does this trim ring come from?

[sven54]

how did you make that silver trim sits perfectly to mk3 plastic because they are not same when you look it from side ?

[jettaracer1989]

what model mk4 does this trim ring come from?

No idea

how did you make that silver trim sits perfectly to mk3 plastic because they are not same when you look it from side ?

my trim ring has clips on the side that I just slid under the original mk3 shifter surround if that makes sense, and it sits flush

[vento86]

Mine doesn't sit flush.. but it does clip in very well.

[sven54]

mine has clips as well but they are to weak to hold the whole knob with boot on its place :S

[jettaracer1989]

mine has clips as well but they are to weak to hold the whole knob with boot on its place :S

Yeah I honestly dont know how mine stays in place, I figured it would pop out with every bump I hit but it doesnt

[sven54]

Yeah I honestly dont know how mine stays in place, I figured it would pop out with every bump I hit but it doesnt

Hmm...I will see what I can do. Maybe to use some glue or silicone from inside...

[vento86]

Hmm...I will see what I can do. Maybe to use some glue or silicone from inside...

Super glue and hot glue would work good.