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How to...change gaitor!!
« on: January 25, 2010, 05:02:24 pm »
Bought myself a nice black suede gearstick gaitor from Osir last week and decided to stick it on at the weekend with the help from my good friend OTTIS. I was expecting it to be a simple straightforward 5 minute job but you gotta know what ur doing and its just as well OTTIS did... :laugh:

Gear knob in OEM gaitor removed (just clips out of housing)
and new Osir one beside


Firstly take metal clip off underside of gear knob and then prize plastic o-ring off...gaitor should slip off 



Now the tricky part...re-assembling the gear knob with the new gaitor. The Osir one comes with a black plastic washer at the top that under no circumstances will go on over the gear knob, (no instructions included btw) so just remove it by pulling it off. Slide new gaitor on and slide plastic o-ring back on to secure. Make sure that stitching is correctly alligned and then what we did was to use a 30mm socket over the o-ring and hammer firmly so as the o-ring clips down over the gaitor. Re-attach the metal clip, turn inside-out and amire your work!!





I used tape just to re-inforce the clips to the housing underneath.





Finally, the finished article!!



Hope this helps folks :happy2:

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2010, 07:04:02 pm »
Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.
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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2010, 07:50:10 pm »
Nice little write up. Nice one.   :happy2:

Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.

Because he wants to.   :grin:


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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2010, 08:03:27 pm »
Nice little write up. Nice one.   :happy2:

Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.

Because he wants to.   :grin:


..... :P.......but the orginal looks better. :laugh:
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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2010, 10:50:41 pm »
Nice little write up. Nice one.   :happy2:

Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.

Because he wants to.   :grin:


..... :P.......but the orginal looks better. :laugh:

Mc Gyver to the resue again Mackie1,Nice How to Guide. :signLOL:

but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.
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 I  prefer  the black suede gearstick gaitor from Osir then OEM,and i have fitted one just to be different :grin:



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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2010, 10:56:40 pm »
Nice mod!  :congrats:

Did you shorten the gearstick too?

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2010, 10:10:23 am »
Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.

Just fancied a change Gene and really liked the suede Osir one so decided to change it! :popcornsoda:

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2010, 10:12:02 am »
Nice mod!  :congrats:

Did you shorten the gearstick too?

Thanks Greenouse. No mate i didnt shorten the stick, just did a straight gaitor swap  :smiley:

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2010, 11:35:09 am »
Nice mod!  :congrats:

Did you shorten the gearstick too?

Thanks Greenouse. No mate i didnt shorten the stick, just did a straight gaitor swap  :smiley:

Maybe the Suede makes it look shorter then?  :wink:

Cheers  :happy2:

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2010, 03:46:47 pm »
Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.

Just fancied a change Gene and really liked the suede Osir one so decided to change it! :popcornsoda:
.........fair point.I just fitted one of the leather/alloy golf ball gear knob (genuine VW) to mine. :smiley:
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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2010, 03:50:07 pm »
the more how-to-guides the better imho  :drinking:

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2010, 05:02:43 pm »
Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.

Just fancied a change Gene and really liked the suede Osir one so decided to change it! :popcornsoda:
.........fair point.I just fitted one of the leather/alloy golf ball gear knob (genuine VW) to mine. :smiley:

Nice. I like them but funds wont stretch in meantime :sad1:

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2010, 06:18:19 pm »
Good guide but why change the orginal one mate ?????????.

Just fancied a change Gene and really liked the suede Osir one so decided to change it! :popcornsoda:
.........fair point.I just fitted one of the leather/alloy golf ball gear knob (genuine VW) to mine. :smiley:

Nice. I like them but funds wont stretch in meantime :sad1:
...........i got mine second hand off here,it was replaced for an edition 30 style one like your's.
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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2010, 06:51:53 pm »
where did you get it from as i am looking for one for my car looks cool

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Re: How to...change gaitor!!
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2010, 10:02:34 am »
where did you get it from as i am looking for one for my car looks cool
...........if it's the alloy/leather golf ball one look on ebay.There was one on there last week ''buy now'' £40.00 i think.  :happy2:
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