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May 13, 2011 | 07:51 PM

farmercobalt

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i have an automatic cobalt an i as wonderin if there was any way that i could change the color of it to match the car without really having to painting it. is it possible??

May 13, 2011 | 07:53 PM

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not really, you could vinyl wrap it i guess

May 13, 2011 | 07:53 PM

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You could have a vinyl made and lay it over the plastic piece. That way you can remove it if you want/need to.

May 13, 2011 | 07:54 PM

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idk if you tried to swear in the title or not but you did haha. bad

May 13, 2011 | 07:54 PM

farmercobalt

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ok thanks for the idea's. rough estimate on cost tho?

May 13, 2011 | 07:56 PM

farmercobalt

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sorry guys, i ment shifting. been a long day

May 13, 2011 | 08:20 PM

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cost would be like a buck 5 tops if the guys a dick....just need a scrap piece of vinyl in the color you want

May 13, 2011 | 08:23 PM

farmercobalt

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ok thanks. i think it would think it would look better if it matched the car color

May 14, 2011 | 06:19 PM

farmercobalt

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i prally shoulda specified that its not the whole shifter i wanna change, its the silver plastic piece i want to change the color of...

May 14, 2011 | 06:26 PM

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I took mine off taped it off wet sanded and put a couple coats of paint then a couple coats of clear and it turned out great

May 14, 2011 | 06:28 PM

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ok. i didnt know it just came off and i could buy another plate in the color of my car or if it had to be painted

May 14, 2011 | 09:21 PM

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ok. i didnt know it just came off and i could buy another plate in the color of my car or if it had to be painted

I should have been more specific..i took the whole shifter off then painted that piece down the center

May 14, 2011 | 09:23 PM

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ok thanks. how hard would it be to match the burnt orange color of the car to the shifter handle

May 14, 2011 | 09:25 PM

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Go to advance auto or auto zone they have gm color match..color you want is sunburst orange cost like 6 or 7 bucks for color match

May 14, 2011 | 09:26 PM

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ok thanks. now that is something i can afford for now...

May 14, 2011 | 09:32 PM

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Lol yea and to take the shifter off you need to pull the silver trim around the botom down and twist and there's a small allen wrench screw in the front facing the stereo unscrew and it will come off