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PONTIAC G8 06-09 SHIFT BOOT/ARM REST INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Open console lid.
2. Unscrew 6 screws circled in red.
3. Separate console lid from backing plate, tabs circled in red.
4. Connect new leather wrapped lid to backing plate. Begin to screw in leather wrapped lid; the lid will “click” into the tabs.
5. Remove silver trim ring around gear selector base. This can be done by prying lightly around the inside of the ring. This is being held on by a number of small clips. With trim ring removed, peal off the foam on the underside of this silver beauty ring. You will not be reusing this.
6. Put the key in the ignition, turn the car to the on position (not starting the car). Pull the emergency brake up and put the car in drive. Take a flat head screwdriver and place it in the top of the button portion and pry lightly. The button is being held in by a small dimple on either side that will come loose without any real pressure needed to pop off.
7. Take the T20 star shaped screwdriver and find the 1 screw holding the leather back portion on the shifter. Going from the front where the button was, you should see the screw to be removed. Pop off the leather portion. Now you can see the skeleton to the shifter/gear selector.
8. Now remove the retaining clip that holds the painted silver portion of the shifter. I was able to do this by pulling the painted silver section straight back. The clip will come off with the silver section.
9. Now the shifter is no longer being secured so you can pull it straight up off the shaft.
10. Now this may become your own technique. I placed the longest side of the boot facing the front. I cut the slits in the top part of the boot to be able to pull it up past the chrome section of the shaft and onto the actual gear selector.
Once you think you have the boot situated on the shifter the way you want it, you may now slide it back on the shaft and secure it back in place with the pained silver trim and the retaining clip.
11. Put the material under the opening of the beauty ring on the outside for a test fit. There will be a lot of check and recheck at this stage. In some positions, the leather will keep the beauty ring from going back in place, others will make the material pull out when going from park to drive to manual mode. One you have found the correct position, reverse the other steps putting the shifter back together. You are now done!
ENJOY YOUR NEW LEATHER BOOTS!
Useful tip
You have installed a product made out of genuine leather. As you know, to maintain a leather product in good condition, you should take care of it. We suggest occasionally (every 4-6 week for example) applying some leather conditioner/UV protector to keep your leather from drying up in the sun and cracking.
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