Project: 1995 Miata

[Jake]

I had this many miles on the stock rubber shift boots that are underneath the cosmetic boot:



So, needing to replace the boots and all the other crap I just did, I ordered all of this:



This is the old larger (upper) boot:



And this is the new one. Notice how much more rubber there is - the old one was just disintegrated. No pix of the small lower boot but it was in lots of little pieces. I also sucked the old fluid from the shifter turret and replaced it with some fresh new gear oil (75W90). Between the rubber boots and new oil, shifts are much smoother and more direct.



Also picked up a "leather" cosmetic shifter boot from eBay. I doubt it's leather (it was $20) but the stock 16-year-old vinyl boot had four big holes in it, so this is a nice replacement: