Alcantara Interior Parts

One side note: if you have your center tranny cover removed (with the cup holders), you'll have removed two wiring connections - one/both of those is needed for the car to communicate with the key! It powers the key receiver, so you can't drive around with it totally removed (I had to do a quick partial re-install, didn't snap it down, to start and use my car this morning).

MaskedRacerX said:

One side note: if you have your center tranny cover removed (with the cup holders), you'll have removed two wiring connections - one/both of those is needed for the car to communicate with the key! It powers the key receiver, so you can't drive around with it totally removed (I had to do a quick partial re-install, didn't snap it down, to start and use my car this morning).

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One of my last installs/console changes i forgot to plug that sucker back in when i reinstalled....good thing i checked it before the next work day!

Milez28 said:

anyone bought from Shifteck on the bay?

I want the alcantara with red stitching look and that's the only one I found

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I got mine from Ebay, im not sure the seller/manufacturer...but for as "cheap" as they were compared to JPM works before i was happy with the install. They are pretty thin, but that doesnt bother me.

mlevans1 said:

I got mine from Ebay, im not sure the seller/manufacturer...but for as "cheap" as they were compared to JPM works before i was happy with the install. They are pretty thin, but that doesnt bother me.

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Well I went ahead and took a chance and got it yesterday. Now I have to search youtube vids on how to do this

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Jin does awesome work.

YukonRally said:

I got a shift boot and e-brake boot from Redline. Can't say I'm real happy with it. They were both cut slightly too small and it took a lot of heat and pulling to get them over the plastic frames, and even then they didn't entirely fit. On the e-brake handle they cut the handle end much too small and I had to split about 10 stitches to even get it over, and now there is a gap on the underside that I have to hold together with a zip tie. The material itself is good, but the fitment was terrible. I'll probably end up ordering OEM replacements.

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I'm having this problem with my new parts- e-brake isn't close. The stripe I got looks great but it makes it difficult to fold the "neck" over and I wound up stretching it and the stitching got loose.

The worst issue: the rear of the boot where is attaches to the frame was _way_ too short, there's no way with is attached the brake would disengage.

I'm reasonably handy, I really took my time, used as little material as possible to attach to the plastic frame - I even did just a section at a time to make sure things were lined up.

Now I'm going back and forth, sending photos of measurements of their pieces vs. my stock pieces. I pulled out my shift boot, but haven't used theirs yet, so that looks bad - and they seem to come and go inconsistently with email responses.

Rickycardo said:

I went with Redline Goods for my shift boot, e-brake boot and console cover 2 years ago. The fit was perfect and I haven't had any issues with the material or fitment. I did order both the e-brake and shift boot with +1 inch of material. Gave me lots of room to fit everything in well. I would recommend them to others.

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Yeah, another 1" or even 2" would've made a HUGE difference.

I went ahead and installed the shifter boot, it was a touch on the snug side, but has enough play so shifting isn't affected - to be honest, I kind of like it with a touch less excess material, really shows off the stripe.

OK, so just need to get the e-brake boot resolved!

I had a bunch of parts made by Redlinegoods for my Focus ST a few years ago. Shift boot was a little tricky but I got it to work, and it looked good. Arm rest turned out PERFECT, but my steering wheel I had to have wrapped twice - first time it was horrible, second time it was just... not great. I installed it anyways, as I had spent enough in the first place with shipping to their NC assembler and then Poland for the second try.

I also have the Redline Goods e brake boot, shift boot and center console in leather/alcantara. Could not be happier with them!

For anyone looking to have a steering wheel done check out @beithperformanceparts on Instagram. He does carbon fiber/alcantara/leather ones and the work is amazing

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This thread doesn't have anything to do with 2018 models or SEMA, unless someone new is going to be making 2015-2018 ALCANTARA INTERIOR PARTS.

z31maniac said:

https://www.facebook.com/SWEIDIT/

Jin does awesome work.

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It looks like these guys do some really good work! I’ve been looking for someone like this that does more than just e-brake boots.

Sorry about that. Wrong thread

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MaskedRacerX said:

I'm having this problem with my new parts- e-brake isn't close. The stripe I got looks great but it makes it difficult to fold the "neck" over and I wound up stretching it and the stitching got loose.

The worst issue: the rear of the boot where is attaches to the frame was _way_ too short, there's no way with is attached the brake would disengage.

I'm reasonably handy, I really took my time, used as little material as possible to attach to the plastic frame - I even did just a section at a time to make sure things were lined up.

Now I'm going back and forth, sending photos of measurements of their pieces vs. my stock pieces. I pulled out my shift boot, but haven't used theirs yet, so that looks bad - and they seem to come and go inconsistently with email responses.

Yeah, another 1" or even 2" would've made a HUGE difference.

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OK, I did get a replacement (no charge, just took another several days ...), I had it for a couple of weeks before I had time to install it - and I wasn't really looking forward to pulling things apart again.

So I did wind up requesting another 2" or so, it came in was longer top-to-bottom, and front-middle to the back, like not really scaled up all around, so I was still a little concerned.

Pulled out the old one, removed it, test fitted, looked good. So I committed to glueing it - learning from my last install I was able to get a better positioning, the top "neck" had plenty of length, in fact, needed more folding back. I wound up cutting the narrow end section, at the bottom seam so it didn't pull the boot apart like last time (and that gets tucked under and fastened so no biggie).

I did redo the top fold, once after it was glued and I did a complete test fit in the car - final results: this one fits just about perfect, there's no restriction to forward movement, pretty happy.

So if you do get something from them, I'd build in another 2" for a brake boot and maybe another 1" for a shifter boot (when I had things apart I get another 1/8" of slack in the shifter so it's also just about perfect now too).

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