my shift boot was torn to shreds when i got the car (along with the interior...my car was a 1 owner car before me and the interior looked like he let a dog rip thru it) but, i have a new shift boot now and it holds onto the shift handle pretty well. BTW, i use Jasco Paint Shop Pro 6. If you want to see what else i did, search for the thread "haha, you know you like it!" Thatz what i wanna do to my car really.