Shifter Tunnel Modification
HUGE NOTE: For those of you with RHD, the transfer case shifter and tie rod is COMPLETELY different on the manual! So if you re use your auto transfer case, you still need to get a replacement transfer case lever and tie rod! Order this with your transmission. 
I dreaded this part from the moment I start the swap. I have no fab skills and I had no idea how I would tackle it.
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Luckily, I had a buddy who was super excited to help me out.
First, I kept my auto tunnel plate assembly and cut everything on it until it matched the shape of the shifter layout.
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PLEASE NOTE!!! I screwed up and cut off the lower bracket because I thought i only needed that part so I could mount my centre console. DON'T CUT OFF THE LOWER CENTRE CONSOLE BRACKET MOUNT LIKE I DID!
This method (which I shall call the "
Billy Method" ) has two huge benefits:
1: You can keep the lower mounting bracket for the centre console.
2: You utilize capture nut locations already on the truck.
We then used 6mm 1.0 thread pitch clips like so to bolt on the shifter boot after marking out the bolt locations on the tunnel and drilling the holes:
We only used these clips on the 3 lower bolt locations (around the transfer case shifter)!
We then used metal screws for the upper two bolt locations (around the 5 speed shifter) and cut out a piece of rubber mud flap so that the upper part of the boot had something to butt up against.
End result turned out better than I thought!
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Notice that I had already cut off and painted the lower bracket... again, don't do this if you use this method.
Thanks Billy!