well, looks like you got the LOCK-UP type leather shift knob. you are basically stuck with the shift knob, there's only 1 way to take the LOCK-UP type leather shift knob off. bite on it, and suck on it with all your might. than, MAYBE it will come off. other than that, you can saw it off at the bottom of the shiftknob, than u instantly get a short shifter...
j/k i don't have a leather one, but check for bolts, i'm pretty sure there isn't one. just turn really hard, because there's glue n stuff from the factory to make it stick really tight. remeber turn COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, sometimes it gets confusing... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
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