How do you change a shift knob on a jetta?

I cant take off the factory one. it doesnt just unscrew. does anyone know how to take it off?|||if you have 1999.5-2005 jetta you have to pull the leather shifter boot... it is held on by an elastic band so that shouldnt be too hard... then there is a clip that need to be bent until i falls down the shaft...after that the shift knob should come off





if its a newer 2006+ jetta, you have to shift into 1st or 3rd and have to push down on the boot to find the clips to undo the boot and lift it up carefully... then you can try to rip off the knob or you can loosen the bronze clip keeping the shift knob on...





while the pre 1999.5 jetta, i believe they were all screw off|||is this a stickshift or an automatic?


an automatic has a setscrew that needs loosened.


manuals usually just unscrew - counterclockwise.