| yep.  i went back to stock for this reason.  i was all excited to get an ractive one years ago - polished to match my ebrake - and then those 3 damn screws - scratched the metal housing of the shifter and would never stay on thereafter.  sidenote - i'm thinking about cutting through that metal and shortening the shifter altogether NO, THIS IS NOT FOR SHORTER SHIFT< BLAH BLAH>, IT IS FOR AESTHESTICS ONLY!!!, as it's way too high.  a friend of mine has a cabrio and their shifters are all short.  it looks good :P  will post pics when i do it.  
 for now, keep your stock shifter.  otherwise, check out ebay - there are NEWER knobs that claim they don't strip for autos.  they're the type r ones I think?
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