Aftermarket Gear knob

[blease]

Looking for a good source of aftermarket gearknobs....the stock one is so boring! Nothing much on the usual porsche retailers online. Anyone know of another good source?...the ones on fleabay look cheap and tacky to me.

 

[944Fripp]

Bored of your knob eh?! []

Try this little beauty!! http://www.gaslock.de/engl/index.php?x=3,2

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[Fat Albert]

I had a Mini aluminium one on mine, but found it too high (and cold!) so I put the original back on

 

[DivineE]

On a 6 speed sequential shift box like the Caterham option.. very cool.

On a 944 no. Leave it alone the feel and weight of the standard gear knob are superb. Efficient, stylish and comfortable. Leave it alone.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: DivineE

Leave it alone the feel and weight of the standard gear knob are superb. Efficient, stylish and comfortable. Leave it alone.

Exactly.


Oli.

 

[blease]

yebbut, thats boooring! And at least I can always put the original back on if you guys are right. Look, I have already ripped out a perfectly good set of seats to fit some sparsely padded buckets. It is a track-hack after all. So I want something sporty looking to go with the seats/harnesses and hacked-up carpets! Oh, and just to make the purists really cry into their beards, I've only gone and ordered some faux-carbon fibre dash board sticky back plastic stuff!!

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: blease
Oh, and just to make the purists really cry into their beards, I've only gone and ordered some faux-carbon fibre dash board sticky back plastic stuff!!

Mods, mods, over here please.

Can we get rid of this one ... thanks.


Oli.

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[Northern924]

[:'(][:'(][:'(]

Poor car....... lol [8D]

 

[Eldavo]

Nowt wrong with the CF dashboard stuff if done properly. Especially as the plastic trim goes brown with age.

 

[MRGT]

ORIGINAL: blease
Oh, and just to make the purists really cry into their beards, I've only gone and ordered some faux-carbon fibre dash board sticky back plastic stuff!!

BURN THE HERETIC !!!!!!!!!! []

 

[wolfie308]

Nowt wrong with CF vinyl if done properly - IMHO..........runs and hides []

 

[blease]

nice dash, shame about the knob![]

 

[charlieb]

Hi,

My knob is very frayed and the leather has peeled right off the knob, I do like the standard one mind you. I was told by exeter porsche that the gaiter/knob are all part of one so I would have to get a whole knew knob? at 185 quid!

What other options are there? Would a trimmer be able to sort it? Or like the OP what other knobs would look good?

Cheers

Charlie

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: charlieb
My knob is very frayed and the leather has peeled right off the knob ....what other knobs would look good?

>snigger<


Oli.

(Sorry. Mrs zcacogp is convinced I am actually 12 years old, and sometimes it's believable!)

 

[blease]

OK, the heretic-burners can stand down....I decided to stick with my original knob! Got a new gaiter from Porscheshop and fitted it myself. PATIENCE ALERT! This is not a job for a cold garage but bring your knob inside into the warm. This is because you need to very patiently ease and tease the leather cover into the top recess of the knob where the gear indicator insert sits. The Porscheshop instructions advises on using some contact adhesive to help stick this in and I would agree. Used a glue-gun myself. Another tip is to trim the excess flaps of leather on the inside of the stitched joins which reduces the volume of material that you have to stuff into the recess. Be patient and continually ease the leather into place. Once you have the leather eased and stuck into the recess, gently press the gear indicator cap into place, correctly aligned. Then go back out into the cold garage and put the knob in a vice, cover the cap with lots of cloth and tap it smartly down with a rubber mallet. I used a nice alloy aftermarket cap with a porsche crest. The result is not perfect with a few folds and creases around the cap. But it does look like a hand-finished leather item and its a satisfying job to do.

I am aware Finbar Saunders would be in paroxysms by now!

 

[Pastry]

ORIGINAL: charlieb

Hi,

My knob is very frayed and the leather has peeled right off the knob, I do like the standard one mind you. I was told by exeter porsche that the gaiter/knob are all part of one so I would have to get a whole knew knob? at 185 quid!

What other options are there? Would a trimmer be able to sort it? Or like the OP what other knobs would look good?

Cheers

Charlie

the ones off ebay for a tenner get a good writeup, its just 2 pieces of leather stiched together so no need to pay crazy prices, anyone with a sewing machine could use the original as a template and knock one up in no time.

I 'circumcised' mine after the top frayed, the knob is now bare plastic but the shaft and gaiter are the same. feels great, i thought the leather on the shaft might slip down but it hasnt so far.

jeez theres a lot of unavoidable innuendo when you talk about gearsticks. []