it's like a warrior's beheaded head stuck on a stick in the samura days. :D ;) jk

Not bad. A nice option for the 7AT owners.

Hmm lets just stop at GTR start ignition :ugh2:

Would be much better if you would lower it, right now it sits too high and looks awkward.

Hell, this probably works on my car! :tup:

Lower it or a nice leather/suede shift boot and it would be very nice.

Guys this was just a test fit from a friend of mine gtr didn't go for it yet I will go for it just as soon as I figure out wht I'll do with that awkward gear of ours

Yikes I got a price of 252.00 USD (retail over 300.00!) plus shipping for this. I dont think I need it that bad, but who knows =) I do like it though.

:eek: :iagree:

Shift boot would be a must. RHD version would be nice if you can find it.

Definately would need a shift boot retrofit so it wouldn't look so awkward.

What could be used to cover the silver labeling part on the gtr shift knob

You'd probably have to have it polished off to be smooth, which would look better.

I'd like to see a retrofit of the G37 boot -- I don't like the big "poofy" boots on AT's. A slimmer one looks better.

That's a good idea. What kind of place would be able to polish it off?

Probably a jeweler or anyplace that works with metals should be able to do it. Just depends how deeply the lettering is engraved. If not too deep, shouldn't be a big deal. Only issue is whether its SS or chrome -- if the latter, the chrome will flake off in the process. Still, how hard can it be?

Take the GT-R engine and drivetrain and swap it under that shifter handle - then you got somethin.

Would a overlay be good to cover the badging on the gtr shift knob?

That might work...

Somebody should just make a replica shift knob that looks like the GT-R for us.

Sorry, but it took me a while; it turned out great. I feel it was the last missing piece of the car.

Attachment 46457
Attachment 46458

wooooooow man that turned out great :D how were you able to cut to make the knob sit lower and how much did it cost you if you dont mind me asking

Wow more info!

looool my thoughts exactly its like he is trying to tease us or something loool

Although I feel that my installation is very sturdy, I am not the most sophisticated at using a dremel, etc. I started taking pics of the process, but quickly stopped when I realized this would take me a few days to complete - I apologize for that. I'm quite certain that those of you more handy than me can accomplish this whole project in an hour or so. I put the GTR knob on and drove around for a few days before any modifications were done to get a feel for the project - the GTR knob will function properly on the original shift stalk without modification.

1. When you take off the OEM knob, you will see an inner stalk, an outer stalk, and a piece of plastic that sits on the inner stalk. Critical info: all measurements need to be taken when the shift knob is in manual mode, from the -(minus) position. This is because it is the lowest plane the shift knob will travel.

2. I used a pipe cutter to cut the outer and inner stalks. This gave a very clean cut. I cut the same amount off the inner and outer stalks.

3. The GTR knob, like the OEM, requires that you duplicate the 2 vertical slits on the outer stalk. I used a dremel for this - this was easily the most difficult task (for me).

4. At this point, the piece of plastic that used to sit on top of the inner stalk will not fit anymore once the inner stalk is cut - this is because the inner stalk is much thinner at the top in order to fit the piece of plastic. You will need to fabricate another piece of plastic, or try to thicken the inside of the OEM one. It is a fragile piece. I ended up making my own, but Office Depot sells a house branded plastic pen whose body will fit exactly over the inner stalk and duplicate the function of the OEM plastic part. If you cannot fabricate this piece of plastic, the Office Depot pen body will work just fine. It doesn't sound great using a 99 cent pen for a $325 knob, but it may save someone some time for now.

5. Put the GTR knob on, and mark each side where the pin will sit. Then gently dremel the outer stalk on each side.

6. Lube the stalks with lithium grease.

7. Put the GTR knob on.

I hope this helps someone. If you make a mistake, you must buy the entire shift assembly, which I think is over $350. Originally, the GTR knob was selling for about $200, but Nissan recently discontinued that knob (I think there were peeling issues) and came out with a new knob that is a different part number for $325, but functionally the exact same. I had to buy the new GTR knob.

that's a realy, really expensive aesthetic mod that can go wrong very, very quickly. well done, i wouldn't have the balls to mod the shifter just b/c a mistake can cost me almost 500 bucks :rofl2:

not a bad look!

Great job! I like the look! Just need to put an aluminum shift gate over the plastic and...

I ended up not cutting the stick and doing an oem 370z manual shift boot with the GTR shift knob.

That actually looks great man, any chance you could upload better pics from diffrent angles plz

Thanks, Yeah Ill take pictures with the real camera a little later.

These look fantastic. This is one part of the interior I think is rather lacking. The shift knob is just so plain.

Here are some more pictures...

Last One.

The first picture I posted was it at stock height locked with the pin. I didnt realize that I needed to put an empty pen or something inside the shifter for it to reach the stock button. I pushed the shift knob all the way down without the pin and this is how it sits. It is tight enough for an automatic shift knob. I havent had any issues with it coming off or anything.

man thanx for the clear pics, that does looks great man, so you saying you used the oem manual boot, how did you attach it? man that looks so clean like oem

I tucked it under the front plastic under the silver trim. You will see it right when you look in front of the area under the trim. I then just attached the trim like normal. Its a pretty tight fit. For testing, the lowest point of your shifter is going to be in +/-. If it stays tucked there, youre good to go.

great man thanx and again love the way it turned out great job

Thank you. I think it was the final piece of the puzzle to tie the interior together. They really dropped the ball with the shifter area on the autos.

Does it actually sit significantly lower than stock if you just push it down without the pin? Does it stay in place?

Could you take a quick height measurement from where it meets the assembly to the top so I can compare it to stock -- that might just be perfect!

I just did this -- looks just like the pic above with the boot.

A few thoughts:

1. Cosmetically speaking it looks vastly better than OEM.

2. As the other poster above noted, you do NOT need the little metal clip to hold the shift knob in place (for the really brave, you could probably cut the white inner piece with a bolt cutter and have the GT-R knob sit fairly flush without a boot -- good luck...). Seems to sit snugly without it. I think the clip is just there to prevent it from being pulled straight up off the shift arm.

3. If you just slap down the GT-R knob, as is, there is a clip inside! It will clamp on to the shifter arm and not lift up.

You have to use a small flat head screwdriver to gently pry the lower silver bezel away from the knob and then remove a metal clip as you did on the OEM knob (I figured this out the hard way -- after a few seconds of frantically pulling, realizing the knob was fixed in place AND would not sit low enough to engage the shift release! D'OH!)

4. The silver bezel around the whole shifter assembly takes a little prying to come up, but then doesn't seem to want to go back perfectly and sit snugly... after gently tamping it down, and making sure all the spring clips were in place, I think I got it, but I'm not convinced my knee won't dislodge it later... it simply may not sit snugly without some double sided tape or something after cramming the edges of a shift boot under there.

I can take pics if anyone wants, but it looks IDENTICAL to the set up posted above -- OEM MT 370Z boot, GT-R shift knob.

I'll let everyone know if I find it to be annoying when driving later, but so far so good.

The knob itself looks great. 2 points:

1. Do you just push down on it to shift out of park? Since there's no depress button?

2. Is it possible to get a knob with the lettering matching our transmission shift pattern? That one being in reverse would be an annoyance (to me).

1. The button engages as normal, so long as you push the knob down as far as it will go without using the OEM clip. Meaning, you just stick it on and push it down until it sits pretty snugly.

That seems to be fine, but either a custom clip or some double sided tape (or maybe a washer on the shifter arm???) would be needed to keep its positioning dead-nuts where you put it.

All in all, it works well enough just sticking it on there without any clip, and using it for manually shifting seems to work fine with the boot on -- but again, things can move around if you yank on it enough, so it's a good but not perfect solution.

2. I see a couple of options which I may attempt.

(a) Take it to a jeweler and ask them to polish it down so it's smooth. You can probably do this yourself with a dremel, but I think I'll try a pro first.

(b) fill in lettering with epoxy or bondo or something like that. Sand down. Tape off rest of knob, and carefully paint black or silver. Add a bit of clear coat to protect it. That might also work.

I suppose the whole knob could be dismantled and the button replaced -- but at that point I'd cut my losses and put the factory Z knob back on :p

I will say this -- whatever knob goes there, the shifter looks MUCH nicer with the OEM boot.

I hope for the next gen Z they do what Toyota did for the FR-S and add a nice sporty looking boot to the shifter for the autos. No good reason not to.

I love the look of the OEM Z MT boot+GT-R knob -- I am hell bent to make this work.

I just need to make the bezel stay on better.

Also, I think I'm going to smooth out the button to get rid of the engraving, and paint the shift release button and the knob bezel factory MB.

Pics once I get around to this...

How much does the conversion cost?? This is so tempting it just looks sooo much nicer.Good Job!