Stitched e-brake handle boot?

GS guy · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:16 am Post subject: Stitched e-brake handle boot?

Has anybody found a suitable replacement stitched vinyl boot to replace (or cover) the original rubber emergency brake handle boot?

I was looking at the Lokar boot but I don't think it'll work over the standard cable adjustment screws on the OEM handle.

Tuijana Tom - you have anything off the shelf for this?

I'm in the process of designing the e-brake handle mount for my Deserter and realized I'd better figure out how I'm going to put a boot onto it before I get too far with the design. My GS is tube framed, so no original "tunnel" to work with. I'm not crazy how the rubber OEM boots look, searching for something a little nicer.

Ideas?

Thanks,
Jeff
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jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5156

I second that! Maybe a matching shift boot for the trigger shifter as well? Maybe some velcro on the bottom so you can attach it to carpet or
stick the velcro to the tunnel?

73SpeedBuggy · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:18 pm Post subject:

Something like this?

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http://www.redlinegoods.com/Beetle5577shiftboot.php

(sorry Tom, they were a present).
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GS guy · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:17 pm Post subject:

Those are Saweeet!

FWIW, I found that Sewfine also makes replacement boots (in vinyl) - but they don't look near as nice as the Redline stuff.

Custom too - just what I'll need for the shifter boot.
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sbussard · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject:

GS guy · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:31 am Post subject:

73speedbuggy,

Can you describe how the boots are held in place? I saw on the redline site it looks like they have a flap of some sort that tucks under the carpet through the hole for the shifter and parking brake. Is there anything else? How well do the stay in place with all the routine movements?

Also how well did they fit the holes already in your carpet? I gather they must have some standardized sizing they make the boots to, but it's been too long since I've installed a VW carpet kit and IIRC, it was up to the installer to properly "size" the holes? Maybe I'm wrong here, I guess the holes could come pre-bound from the carpet supplier?

Thanks
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73SpeedBuggy · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:38 pm Post subject:

I actually had mine modified with a drawstring along the bottom since I don't have carpet (that's a very cleanly applied rhino lining on the tunnel). They stay in place great this way.
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bob cook · Samba Member Joined: March 07, 2006 Posts: 650

I wonder if you could put snaps on them to hold in place use screw or rivet to hold one half of snap to floor??

GS guy · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:19 pm Post subject:

Finally got what I was wanting - a custom boot for my modified 914 shifter. Thanks again for the lead 73speedbuggy!

With a matching e-brake handle boot to go with it.
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bim55 · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:17 am Post subject:

Jeffro, , that looks nice, help me out here, where did you find them?
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GS guy · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject:

Hey Bob,

The link Speedbuggy provided:
http://www.redlinegoods.com/Beetle5577shiftboot.php

Reasonably priced, with just about unlimited color combinations (or custom, like I needed).

This is what I had to cover up:

Jeff
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wvmedic · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:05 pm Post subject:

Jeff, did you make that bracket around your shifter? If so, how were they able to make a shift boot thats fits around it? Bill

GS guy · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:14 pm Post subject:

I did make the bracket Bill. But first I had to weld some small tabs onto the shifter base, onto which I'd already welded on some T-nuts for 10-24 screws.

Similar to a VW shifter, you have to bolt the shifter down before securing the shifter boot, so had to come up with a way to attach the boot after the shifter was installed.

The boot was made with a pocket hem in the bottom. A small slit at one end (on the under-side) allows working the metal band around the boot inside of this hem. It provide structure to the bottom of the boot and makes it fairly easy to bolt to the base. Here's a pic as I was fitting the band into the "surrogate" boot. Fit was critical, so I ended up having to modify the first boot they sent adding the pocket hemmed piece onto the bottom. My sewing skills "aint too good"!

Jeff
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wvmedic · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:15 pm Post subject:

It's looks great Very Happy

. So...first off, you have a 914 shifter...not a beetle? Second, after getting the boot, you added the hem portion to it? I just don't have the skills.

GS guy · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:05 am Post subject:

Yea, the first boot they sent only had a "flap" around the bottom, so it could be tucked under a carpet to hold it in place. My situation is no carpet near the shifter so I needed a clean cover that could be attached to the shifter after installation. After some discussion with Redline, we decided the best way to show exactly what I needed was to mock-up the boot they sent (using whatever I had available - staples, glue, scrap cloth, whatever) and send the mock-up boot back to them to copy.
I picked up some black vinyl and having my daughter's sewing machine available, I proceeded to stitch up what I wanted using the first boot as a surrogate. That's what is shown in the photo above, fitting the band. They then copied this design into the beautiful finished boot.

As for the 914 shifter, I'm adapting a 914 trans to my Deserter GS. The GS is mid-engine like the 914, and a sort-of natural fit.

Jeff
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wvmedic · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:23 pm Post subject:

You sent them a mock up and they turned it into a finished product. How cool is that?

Goshen · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:42 am Post subject:

One of my sponsors is custom making a shift boot, ebrake boot and dash topper for my '67
They will be available soon and cost less than the Redline product
I will post the details soon and where you can get them right here on the samba.
TTM VW WERKS will be selling them

In the meantime i will post a pic of my show bug

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herkster · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject:

I am finishing a car right now and would like a custom e brake boot ....did you ever finish yours?

I'll also check out redline

thanks,

Herk

GS guy · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:02 am Post subject:

Herk,
Here's what the Redline boot looks like - not much to it and I probably won't even end up using it (if I can find something else). Quality of the stitching is great, and real leather too. But the design leaves some to be desired, like the unfinished opening where the handle comes out, and just extra material at the bottom that gets tucked under the carpet? Not the best to secure it in place (in my mind at least).

The lead from TTM VW Werks might be worth checking out? They have good reviews in the vendor review section, but don't look to have a website or pictures of their products to share?
Jeff
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herkster · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:43 pm Post subject:

wow....I hate to ask but he quoted me for $100 for one....


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