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      03-16-2017, 06:32 PM   #1
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PSA - It is possible to fit a LHD shift boot to a RHD frame.

For anyone wondering, you CAN fit a LHD shift boot to a RHD frame. When I bought my car, it had this hideous eBay shift boot in it that the previous owner fitted. It was grey alcantara with some really ugly M stitching. The boot was starting to lift away from the frame and the stitching was coming undone.



I really wanted the genuine BMW Performance shift boot to go with my BMW Performance knob. After searching for almost a year for a RHD Performance shift boot to come up for sale, I gave up. So I bit the bullet and bought one for LHD hoping that I would be able to remove it from the LHD frame and remount it onto my original RHD frame. It took a little bit of wrestling with some pliers but I was able to get it on there.

The most difficult part was the bottom tip of the triangular frame where the LHD boot is just a little too short to stretch over it. The rest was fine. Also because of the LHD pattern of the boot, there is a little bit of excess material along the right edge of the frame but it's hidden when the frame is mounted back into the console.



So anyone who is wanting a BMW Performance shift boot, if you can't find a RHD one, don't worry.
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Nice to know for your LHD chaps.
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Nice to know for your RHD chaps.
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Sorry to break it to you, but they sell RHD performance boots at BMW/Schmiedmann etc.. or at least they did as i purchased mine less than 12months ago

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      03-16-2017, 07:30 PM   #5
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Sorry to break it to you, but they sell RHD performance boots at BMW/Schmiedmann etc.. or at least they did as i purchased mine less than 12months ago
Schmiedmann don't have it in RHD and FCP don't give you the option of differentiating between RHD and LHD. I checked both numerous times hoping to find one.

I refused to go to Adelaide BMW for a number or reasons.
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      07-15-2023, 08:17 PM   #6
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Hi Dat Aus,

Just doing some research and am in the same boat now. I have gotten a LHD boot and frame and trying to transfer onto the RHD frame. I am having a lot of difficulty.

Do you have any tips on how you managed to fit yours on?

Thanks. heaps if you ever see this.
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Hi Chedwin, did you have any luck with this? Thinking about going the same route since I can not find a RHD version. Many thanks.
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