NV4500 4x4 Swapped Suburban shifter boot and bezel

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Hey folks, I completed an NV4500 swap on my 90' suburban 4x4 and figuring out a shifter boot and bezel is driving me to drink.
I have a 8"x8" shifter boot from a newer GM, but its interfering with the t-case selector bezel. I removed the stock square one, but it just looks trashing looking at the shift gate.
I found this image on another forum, but i cant get registered, i think theres something wrong with their site. Anyway, the shifter boot he used for the t-case is apparently from an NP205, this is what im trying to source, any ideas? LMC truck has the boot but not the whole bucket, i have no idea if they are the same size.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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It's just a boot and a bezel. Iirc, the 203 and 205 bezels are the same. The 205 boot has a round shifter hole, while the 203 has a rectangular shifter hole. A 205 boot would be ideal because of that.
 

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I don't have a pic handy, but I've seen a custom metal cover that incorporated both boots.
Looked pretty decent.

BTW, what forum were you looking at?
 

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This guy used a narrower boot...
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What I know about 205s is that the whole shifter assembly is on the t-case adapter and shifter goes through floor. It does not have a bucket in floor to hold it. Hope this helps.
 

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Odd coincidence. I spent the day modifying the shift levers on my Twin Stick" 205 to live happy next to my NV4500. I have a new ORD floor mount twin stick that was going to go behind my now obsolete TH400. Since ORD is months backordered on shifters I had to modify it to mount to the 4500. This put the shifter too far to the PS and off the hump. Since I don't have a torch, I had to cut them at 45 degrees, rotate and weld them. Did the trick. I'm going to lose the factory 4500 shifter and boot assembly. It's just too big. Stand by...pics coming.
 

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As promised. Regarding the OP's question, I don't see any way the OEM 4500 boot will coexist with the OEM 205 bezel. They are too close together without modifying one/both.
 

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My ORD overhaul kit for the 205 showed up today as well. Woohoo.
 

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