# Manual transmission shift cover

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ion, saturn\
**Created:** [August 6, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051 "2010-08-06T02:13:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![blossembear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@blossembear](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blossembear)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/1 "2010-08-06T02:13:25Z")

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Hi guys…love your show!! I have managed to pick away at the rubber covering on the stick shift of my 2003 Saturn ION. How do I go about replacing this?

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/2 "2010-08-06T02:21:37Z")

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Go to the dealer and buy a new one. If it’s not apparent how to replace it, ask at the dealer.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/3 "2010-08-06T11:33:44Z")

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Or go to a junk yard and buy a used one. It’s less expensive.

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/4 "2010-08-06T18:47:30Z")

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or if you want a nicer one, [leatherseats.com](http://leatherseats.com) makes them out of (surprise!) leather. You’ll have to install it yourself, of course, but that’s not very difficult.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/5 "2010-08-06T18:55:39Z")

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Your local auto parts store sells generic rubber ones that may or may not work on your car.

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**Author:** ![ignoramus9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@ignoramus9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ignoramus9)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/6 "2010-08-06T19:02:21Z")

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these usually unscrew, but some of them have an allen head screw that holds them in place.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/7 "2010-08-06T20:19:53Z")

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I recommend one that looks like a little soccer ball, or a skull.

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/manual-transmission-shift-cover/53051/8 "2010-08-06T21:13:37Z")

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I vote you just replace the rest of the car and a new shifter boot will probably come with it.