Need a new shift knob.. Any reccomendations?

[Derek A.]

Yet another BMW shift knob has lost its little plastic retainers, so it comes off way to easy now. Without spending $100 on a new knob what works good out there ? Any suggestions ?

[Warren N.CA]

Yet another BMW shift knob has lost its little plastic retainers, so it comes off way to easy now. Without spending $100 on a new knob what works good out there ? Any suggestions ?


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[winfred]

get one of those aluminum deals from a honda magazine that looks like some kinda sex toy ;)

[e34]

get the ones that light up, the M techinc look nice, easy hook up and they look great, and price arround $80. EBAY.

[AllanS]

I've got the bavauto wood one, anatomicanationally fit and all that... very nice and all, but it doesn't match the mahogany (?) interior. The grain is ok, but the color is way too red.

Before that I had a momo- and I hated it. Stupid design, kept getting loose, etc. I liked the retainer idea, how it bolts in, but it wasn't implemented well, and sat too high.

You could go with the ricey aluminum/chrome ones, but they look tacky.

I'm probably just going to go back to the oem leather one. The only other choice is the light-up mtech one, but it probably has the same problem as your old ones, with the clips.

[Jon K]

UUC RKII, no issues.

[callen]

Bought BMW black leather.....still looks new after 50k miles of shifting....hard shifting.

Callen 91 535i 5spd

[Derek A.]

Its not so much that it looks bad, it has just lost some of its grip on the shifter itself. I find that if I need to do a hard grab for a gear the damn knob come off the shifter. It sucks when you reached for 2n'd to get the knob :)

I wonder if its possible to use some type of set screw or alternate means of adhesion.

[Geoff Hoad]

Is that the one that goes "OOOOHHH Baby" when you grip it???? :)

[632 Regal]

Is that the one that goes "OOOOHHH Baby" when you grip it???? :)

[winfred]

some of the crap that comes in on cars you just don't wanna touch, "i ordered it outta the back of a screw magazine"
-buford t justice


Is that the one that goes "OOOOHHH Baby" when you grip it???? :)

[Geoff Hoad]

It must be quite offputting when evry time you change gears this voice says "Yes, Yes, Yes". :) I mean its unsafe.

[Derek A.]

NOOO..

Its the one that goes "Oh F#$K there is a huge truck coming and I am in neutral!"

[632 Regal]

NOOO..

Its the one that goes "Oh F#$K there is a huge truck coming and I am in neutral!"

[winfred]

that's the case infront of our shop, it's about 500' of 4 lane city street with no divider that seems to atract wrecks, we use to keep a sheet on the wall to score and count the wrecks in a year, a avarage year would be in the mid 40's i think we got 60 once, i call it the denham springs dance of death pulling into work every morning 6 days a week, it's not the guy behind you it's the guy behind him when the guy behind you whips into the right lane and is faced with a parked car in the middle of the street (usual speed through runs 10-15 over the posted 45)

[Astroboy]

Same thing happened to my woodgrain knob. Since we don't track the car or do anything aggressive with the car, I just used two way masking tape. The same tape I use to re-grip my golf clubs. Wrapped it around a couple of times and shoved the knob back on. :D It holds fine now. It buys me some good time until someone is parting out a vehicle and saved a bundle.
Astro

[Geoff Hoad]

Ouch, been there. I clearly remember the Jaguar that shunted me up the Khyber Pass last year. All you can do is sit there, listen to the screech of tyres and wait for the impact...

[winfred]

here, after reading the aparently crack induced article about knobs, go to the homepage and check out the on line shopping/catalog

http://www.davidstones.com/FiendishTeddyDevice.html