I'm still in the process of finishing my last project on the WRX but I found time in between switching suspensions and making a new rear wing to start on the MR2.
I'm waiting for a metric assload of parts to come in but I've finished one thing so far that was sort of interesting. Something had to be done about the shift boot and the shifter. The shift boot looked like someone burned a few holes in it, and the OEM shifter is shaped like a penis. Both needed to go.
I started by taking apart the OEM shift boot:
I then used that as a guide to trace out and cut a couple of new bits. This leather used to be a super old ass laptop bag I had from my first job. I never used it because it's heavy as hell so the leather is in great shape despite being 10 years old.
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If you're curious how you sew something like this, you do it inside out and then flip it right side in.
Aaaaand done. We now have a new actual leather shift boot that was basically free. I'm keeping track of costs on the MR2 project because I want to do the entire build for a set budget so the more things I can actually make the better.
Next up was the shifter. I have a couple of shift knobs laying around from the Subaru. Suprisingly the OEM WRX one fit the Toyota shifter, and didn't look too bad. the only problem was that the stiching on it was black, and I want red to be the interior accent color. No problem, I know how to sew and have an exacto knife. First off, I cut out the old stiching:
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Hey, that sort of looks like...
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Yeah, it does doesn't it.
I then restiched the thing with red thread. It turned out pretty darn good:
That's it for now, more to come!