I don't know about your car but I have a 1998 and it has the "DE" knob and
boot and to get the boot off the knob you have to undo the boot at the
bottom and then unscrew the know with your hand.  Then turn the boot inside
out over the knob and you will see that the only thing holding the boot to
the knob is a simple little zip tie.  Just snip it and stick the new knob
in and put another zip tie were the old one was and you have it.
The non-DE cars might be different but in that case you might want to
replace the boot anyway.

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> From: Kevin Collins <collinskpacbell>
> To: GTI-VR6dev.tivoli; Tom Sobieski <tsobieyahoo>
> Subject: Re: Shift knobs and short schrift with short shift
> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 1997 8:53 PM
>
> On 11/26/97 7:38AM, in message
> <19971126153859.16888.rocketmailsend1a.yahoomail>, Tom Sobieski
> <tsobieyahoo> wrote:
>
> > I would like to change out the shift knob on my GTI but it seems the
> > the shift lever cover (boot?) is an integral part of the stock knob.
> > How does one go around this?
>
> You gotta pull the whole sucker off and replace the boot too, or CUT the boot off and
> reinstall it inside-out and upside down, then pull it down over the shifter to give it a
> relatively "clean" appearance... Momo makes a boot for our cars, and most of their
> knobs thread right into the top of their boot, which is nice (I just got one, cool stuff).
> Also ND stocks a VW Motorsport one-piece knob/boot that is a little nicer than stock..
>
> --
> Kevin Collins
> collinskpacbell
> '97 GTI VR6
>
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