MatBat's Auto/manual styling mod.

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:08 pm

Excuse the resolution as taken from camera mobile.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:14 pm

is that so we dont take the piss out of martins auto any more??

looks a lot neater than the auto gearbox gate but how do you know whether your in park or gearor what gear your in?

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:40 pm

If you have driven an auto for a while Paul you will know where the gears are, I haven't driven an auto for long but I know it goes P,R,N,D,1,2,3 without needing to look at the stick

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:36 pm

volvo-bigbrother wrote:If you have driven an auto for a while Paul you will know where the gears are, I haven't driven an auto for long but I know it goes P,R,N,D,1,2,3 without needing to look at the stick

Maybe in wales,

Martin's goes P,R,N,D,3,2,1

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:41 pm

I knew I had it wrong but I couldnâ€™t be bothered changing it. I donâ€™t use 3,2,1 anyway. How did you do it Mat? It looks really nice I might try it

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MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:47 pm

Simple, I got the leather gater from a manual 480, trimmed the lower plastic part and put it where the Auto gater part used to be.

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:08 pm

Cool, might pay a visit to the scrap yard next wek

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:09 pm

Cool, might pay a visit to the scrap yard next week

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:44 pm

how did you get it to stay in place on the stick?

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MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:00 pm

Cable tied it on the inside

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:05 pm

Thanks Mat!

Your also need to grind the plastic down to make it clip in.

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:55 am

volvo-bigbrother wrote:If you have driven an auto for a while Paul you will know where the gears are, I haven't driven an auto for long but I know it goes P,R,N,D,1,2,3 without needing to look at the stick

Reminded me of the story of the guy who on the M1, dropped his XJ220 from 5th to 2nd by accident and blew the 'box to bits! Probably cost more to fix than a 480 though! lol

Stu.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:11 pm

I really must say it's made the gear selector complete. It always did look ugly but now it's nice and goes with my leather seats.

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:44 pm

I think it looks lovely!Bloody lovely!

What a great way of hiding the plastic cheapo rubbish!

Im gonna leather trim my stick (stoppit!) as a personal touch and do the button in a slightly lighter shade of grey.Lee reckons you just pull the selctor plastic cover off.........he told me that last March,still yanking!

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:43 pm

We could not pull the stick off :S

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:13 pm

martinholmesuk wrote:We could not pull the stick off :S

Indeed! I spent quite a few minutes with my hands between my legs tugging away at the stick, but nothing happened, I tried weilding some screwdrivers down their too, but nothing.

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:15 pm

Maybe what you needed was Milfus's hairy hands,theyre very large and the hair stays dry in such circumstances for the extra,needed grip!

I bet he sat and watched!

MatBat · Post by **MatBat** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:16 pm

catgroom wrote: I bet he sat and watched!

Nope, he guarded the car, but lots of people at the scrap yard were watching me tugging frantically.

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:18 pm

you sick fooks

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:04 pm

volvo-bigbrother wrote:If you have driven an auto for a while Paul you will know where the gears are, I haven't driven an auto for long but I know it goes P,R,N,D,1,2,3 without needing to look at the stick

Mine goes P, R, N, D, 3, L so ner

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MatBat's Auto/manual styling mod.

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