New shift knob

[SailDesign]

A late Christmas present from my oldest boy. A white Delrin shift knob. I'm told these are the shizz right now :iono: and I have to admit it does the job very well.
Sadly, the threads were too low in the body, and there was about a 1" gap above the top of the boot. Happily, I have a wood lathe and a bunch of scrap in the basement, and was able to turn up a canary-wood spacer to suit.

[eTiMaGo]

nice, sporty and classy!

now get rid of that leather boot :smile:

[SailDesign]

nice, sporty and classy!

now get rid of that leather boot :smile:

What leather boot? That's the original plastic one. If I did toss it, what do you recommend for a replacement?

[eTiMaGo]

oops wasn't paying attention, I meant get rid of that rubber boot for a leather one :laugh:

www.redlinegoods.com , no better ones :smile:

[ChinoCharles]

Don't mind Thomas. He's been :smoking:.

That shift knob is kinda crazy! Very unique.

[SailDesign]

oops wasn't paying attention, I meant get rid of that rubber boot for a leather one :laugh:

www.redlinegoods.com , no better ones :smile:

Good enough. I'll wait till I have a new job, though - cash is a bit tight right now. :cry:

[tuckevalastin]

Delrin is cool stuff. I'd love to have a Delrin knob but haven't seen a screw on one in 8 x 1.25 thread yet

[cali yaris]

I think jkuchta has one like that.

[SailDesign]

This one was custom-made for me. I can get the address if you like. (I believe it's a 12 x 1.25 thread. Anyone?)

[cali yaris]

yes the manual trans is M12 x 1.25 and the auto is M8 x 1.25

[tuckevalastin]

yea I have an auto....

Everytime I open this thread i always think for a fraction of a second, "wow that looks like a lightbulb"

[SailDesign]

I think that was the model he was using. :smile:
All I can say is that it feels great. For most shifts it might as well be a sphere on there.

[kou]

very nice,you should engrave the shift pattern on there in black.

[jinxor]

looks nice...the wood complements the white knob pretty well

[Meteorite_Marty]

I thought it was a lightbulb at first... just being honest. :iono:

[cali yaris]

it's not a light bulb, it's a great idea

[jkuchta]

I do indeed have a derlin knob. Mine is more like a "type R" knob though.


Saildesign, looks good man. I like the wood accent too!

[train317]

A very cool and unique shifter knob....you are very talented to have fabbed up the wooden :headbang:spacer...very professional...nice job over all!:headbang:

[auxmike]

You can get derlin in black too.

[SailDesign]

very nice,you should engrave the shift pattern on there in black.

Nah! That would give it away. :smile:

[SailDesign]

looks nice...the wood complements the white knob pretty well

Thanks. Now I keep wondering if a black spacer ring would help the look as well. The wood was really just a space-filler to begin with.

[SailDesign]

it's not a light bulb, it's a great idea

I do indeed have a derlin knob. Mine is more like a "type R" knob though.
Saildesign, looks good man. I like the wood accent too!

A very cool and unique shifter knob....you are very talented to have fabbed up the wooden :headbang:spacer...very professional...nice job over all!:headbang:

Thanks for the compliments, guys. :biggrin:

[train317]

I like the black idea too...could use just paint the wooden one satin black???