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Avoneer

posted on 24/2/04 at 09:22 PM Reply With Quote
Gear and hand brake gaiters

Hi,
What have people done for the gear lever and handbrake gaiters. I have found the Tiger ones to be a bit "stiff" and lacking in any finesse.
And how have people attached them to the tunnel tops?
Any help/advice or pics appreciated.
Cheers,
Pat...





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chrisg

posted on 24/2/04 at 10:14 PM Reply With Quote
I cut new ones from vinyl fixed with escutcheons made from 3mm aluminium, held on with stainless countersunk socket head bolts.

Works for me!

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Graceland

posted on 25/2/04 at 11:30 AM Reply With Quote
use a sierra leather gearlever one - they are only 14 quid brand new from ford and not only look nice they are real leather tooo






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zetec

posted on 27/2/04 at 05:25 AM Reply With Quote
Dont laugh, I used a Transit one. Cut down the number of "bellows" to the size you want and make a surround to fit it to the tunnel top. Looks far better than it sounds.
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Kitlooney1000

posted on 27/2/04 at 11:13 AM Reply With Quote
i just used one out of a crapi, leather, looks good but a bit long
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britishtrident

posted on 6/3/04 at 03:03 PM Reply With Quote
Try one from an MGB --- attaches to the tunnel via a nice chrome ring.
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DEAN C.

posted on 6/3/04 at 11:47 PM Reply With Quote
Or black on the later rubber bumper models!





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posted on 7/3/04 at 06:39 AM Reply With Quote
Have a stooge round your local scrappy. Plenty of cars come with leather gaiters as standard fitment items so you should find one suitable.






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