ok been a bit busy but heres a pic of how it looks on the flip side, ok so i bent the metal to fit there's a rather big gap in it now so it dosnt go all the way around but its tight as hell that leather aint moving anywhere
note when your doing this people the lower you put the rubber the tighter the gear stick leather will be, which i prefer the look of but on my 1st attempt i went a lil to far and putting it in 2nd or reverse cause the plastic to almost jump out
here's the end result, with my chunky gear knob you cant see the top rubber bit all. very happy with it now
i couldnt find the clip in the middle with the ashtray out on mine, i found the left 1 though so i managed to pop 1 side out nice n easy which made the other side come out a lil easier.
cheers for the help all