Philia_Bear;70355 wroteI remember the gearshift from the Mazda 3 of the same vintage being available in alloy in the sp23 or some such and looking quite good
Maybe try and track one down and see if it gives it a better look than the ford unit
The shifter/knob from an LV Focus XR5 is a lot nicer looking, so I'm now going to go that way.
I've got a gear knob from an LV Focus RS coming and I'll use a boot and surround from an LV XR5.
Philia_Bear;70355 wrote
Also what do you have planned for the steering wheel? Any retrimming like you did on the v70?
I had the guys from Redline (who did the handbrake boot and console lid for the V70) sent out a gear shift boot and a handbrake boot in alcantara already. The handrake boot will fit the LT XR5 console, but as I'm changing to LV, it's now of no use to me.
The shift boot they sent across doesn't fit any of the LS-LV Focus models. My guess is that it's for an LR model, so they're trying to work out what to do and they'll get back to me.
I'll use the stock LV ones, until we work out whats happening or I may have a local trimmer make the right ones for me and I'll provide samples to use as a pattern.
I've got a Steering wheel off being retrimmed. With the V70, I used Royal Steering wheels in the UK, so I did the same this time. Rather than send a steering wheel to the UK this time around (expensive), I bought a steering wheel via UK ebay and had the seller send it to them.
I'll swap it over once I've got the airbag light issue resolved, so as not to confuse matters too much.
In the UK, the XR5 is badged as the ST, so the UK-sourced steering wheel has a cool little ST logo on the lower spoke, which is kinda neat.
