leather shift boot (automatic)

lsturbointeg · 03-17-2020, 12:06 PM

correct me if i'm wrong but this is an automatic correct? if it is i'm interested in how they incorporated a shift boot! looks pretty cool. if it is an automatic anyone know where they sell these from?!

EL Jeffe 5 · 03-17-2020, 12:47 PM

yes its automatic. I have same setup only difference is i have ceramic package
can you take picture of your shifter

lsturbointeg · 03-17-2020, 01:32 PM

don't have picture on hand but mine looks like this minus the carbon bits. see how there's no boot?

Qsilver7 · 03-17-2020, 02:15 PM

Don’t know what BMW model your pic is from...but the f06/f12/f13 6 series gear shift levers look like the pic you posted with the leather-like gear shift boot...and the f15 X5 (at least the one with the M-sport pkg gear shift knob) also has the leather-like gear shift boot.

Something that is similar with these two gear shift levers is that they both have the larger P button and the slightly different overall design than the non sport gear shift handle. What does the gear shift handle & boot look like on the f10/f11 w/sport pkg?

1st pic: 2013 f06/650ix
2nd pic: 2014 f15/X5 50i

EL Jeffe 5 · 03-17-2020, 03:13 PM

Made you look you bastards

Qsilver7 · 03-17-2020, 05:13 PM

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Made you look you bastards

So it must be the ceramic option pkg that gets the gear shift lever with the leather-like boot? If that’s true...then that package offers more than just shiny dials & buttons.

ezaircon4jc · 03-17-2020, 05:57 PM

The "fat" shifter goes with the SAT. The "skinny" shifter goes with the non-SAT. They are interchangeable (I installed the SAT shifter on our 2012 when I soded the SAT. They are available on eBay, though not cheap the last time I looked. I wanted to get the ceramic shifter for my 535.

lsturbointeg · 03-17-2020, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

The "fat" shifter goes with the SAT. The "skinny" shifter goes with the non-SAT. They are interchangeable (I installed the SAT shifter on our 2012 when I soded the SAT. They are available on eBay, though not cheap the last time I looked. I wanted to get the ceramic shifter for my 535.

So do I just search ceramic shifter on ebay? And does it need to be coded or something?

EL Jeffe 5 · 03-17-2020, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

The "fat" shifter goes with the SAT. The "skinny" shifter goes with the non-SAT. They are interchangeable (I installed the SAT shifter on our 2012 when I soded the SAT. They are available on eBay, though not cheap the last time I looked. I wanted to get the ceramic shifter for my 535.

So do I just search ceramic shifter on ebay? And does it need to be coded or something?

I believe it's just swap
These shifter are not cheap but well worth it
Feel of ceramic shifter 100x better

lsturbointeg · 03-17-2020, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

I believe it's just swap
These shifter are not cheap but well worth it
Feel of ceramic shifter 100x better

Are they larger bro?

EL Jeffe 5 · 03-17-2020, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

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Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

I believe it's just swap
These shifter are not cheap but well worth it
Feel of ceramic shifter 100x better

Are they larger bro?

I think they're smaller
It comes to 4"

EL Jeffe 5 · 03-17-2020, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

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Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

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Originally Posted by EL Jeffe 5

I believe it's just swap
These shifter are not cheap but well worth it
Feel of ceramic shifter 100x better

Are they larger bro?

I think they're smaller
It comes to 4"

Here

lsturbointeg · 03-17-2020, 08:51 PM

I'll have to measure mine

ezaircon4jc · 03-17-2020, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

So do I just search ceramic shifter on ebay? And does it need to be coded or something?

Direct swap with no coding. This should keep you busy

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...ifter&_sacat=0

The M5 shifters won't work. I saw a video (or read a post) where someone tried it and failed.

lsturbointeg · 03-18-2020, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Direct swap with no coding. This should keep you busy

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...ifter&_sacat=0

The M5 shifters won't work. I saw a video (or read a post) where someone tried it and failed.

Shit more things to buy lol! Any difference between what I have and the ceramic? I'm trying to explain to the wifey why I want this and I have yet got a good explanation

airframer84 · 03-18-2020, 01:00 PM

I don’t have the ceramic package and I have a leather shift boot

Qsilver7 · 03-18-2020, 02:05 PM

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I don’t have the ceramic package and I have a leather shift boot

It was mentioned above that this gear shift lever (#2) also came with the SAT (sport automatic transmission) option code S2TBA. So you could have either the "ceramic appliques for controls" option code (S4U1A) or the SAT option code (S2TBA) or both...and your gear shift lever would look like #2 in the diagram below. If you run your VIN through a decoder...you probably have he S2TBA option code since you don't have the ceramic appliques for controls (or a previous owner upgraded to this gear shift lever).

ezaircon4jc · 03-18-2020, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

Shit more things to buy lol! Any difference between what I have and the ceramic? I'm trying to explain to the wifey why I want this and I have yet got a good explanation

Ceramic is just prettier. I keep looking for an inexpensive one.

Remember the Firestone tire debacle from a few years ago? Just tell her Firestone made the shifter and it's dangerous so you need to upgrade!

lsturbointeg · 03-19-2020, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Ceramic is just prettier. I keep looking for an inexpensive one.

Remember the Firestone tire debacle from a few years ago? Just tell her Firestone made the shifter and it's dangerous so you need to upgrade!

haha! i should tell her that!

i do notice a difference as it looks a bit..."fattier" if that's the word i can use without offending anyone lol

ezaircon4jc · 03-19-2020, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

haha! i should tell her that!

i do notice a difference as it looks a bit..."fattier" if that's the word i can use without offending anyone lol

I'm offended!!!!!!

It is wider and has a bit of spoon-shape. Put your hand on the back of a spoon and it feels a bit like that. The non-SAT shifter just feels like a rectangular piece. Having had both, to me they are just different. The SAT does have a meatier feel. Should I manually shift, I would use the paddles anyway.

lsturbointeg · 03-19-2020, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I'm offended!!!!!!

It is wider and has a bit of spoon-shape. Put your hand on the back of a spoon and it feels a bit like that. The non-SAT shifter just feels like a rectangular piece. Having had both, to me they are just different. The SAT does have a meatier feel. Should I manually shift, I would use the paddles anyway.

lol!

so if manually shifting it doesn't feel right as i don't have paddle shifter

Qsilver7 · 03-19-2020, 02:36 PM

If you like a bit more "girth"...you'll appreciate that little bit extra that the SAT gear shift lever delivers.

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Qsilver7 Major General 4412 Rep 7,449 Posts Drives: F06 650ix GC / F15 X5 50i Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Indiana, USA iTrader: (0)	Don’t know what BMW model your pic is from...but the f06/f12/f13 6 series gear shift levers look like the pic you posted with the leather-like gear shift boot...and the f15 X5 (at least the one with the M-sport pkg gear shift knob) also has the leather-like gear shift boot. Something that is similar with these two gear shift levers is that they both have the larger P button and the slightly different overall design than the non sport gear shift handle. What does the gear shift handle & boot look like on the f10/f11 w/sport pkg? 1st pic: 2013 f06/650ix 2nd pic: 2014 f15/X5 50i Attached Images __________________ 2015 F06 650ix Gran Coupe`(Moonstone/Cohiba Brown)\| 2014 F15 X5 50i MSport (Space Gray/Mocha) Become a BMW CCA member! Click HERE to join and feel free to use my BMW CCA member #191509 as a referral. Last edited by Qsilver7; 03-17-2020 at 02:27 PM..
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