Suggestion On Gear Knob

[SargeRX8]

Hey all,

Well its summer weather already. Went to drive my car and damn near burned my hand on the gear knob. I currently have a Trust gearknob in the car, all metal construction. It gets so hot I cannot touch the gear knob.

Anybody able to recommend a good piece to put on the thing? I don't want the stock one as I have one already and the heat caused the glue to soften up and you get black shit all over your hands when you handle it.

[dyl33]

Shift quicker

hot potato

nismo leather knob?

[SargeRX8]

Haha hot potato.

Is it real leather not that plastic fake crap?

[dyl33]

Unsure I don't have one. They do look a bit cheap, so probably pleather of some sort. But won't burn your soft hands.

Edited October 3, 2015 by dyl33

[V28VX37]

All you need is

+ tint

I've got a black metallic Momo eBay special gear knob and it's fine all year around.

[SargeRX8]

Just looked at the nismo one, they look pretty crap for a nismo component. Come grab my knob, we'll see who's hands are soft.

[Daleo]

Nismo Duracon; end thread.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NISMO-BLACK-Gear-Knob-Skyline-R32-R33-R34-Silvia-S13-S14-S15-180SX-350Z-370Z-/191703800534

The other I've used, is the MOMO Anatomico; really nice shape in your hand, and a subtle factory style look.
I used the short version without the bottom collar, and modified the boot to fit right up against the leather.

[dyl33]

Tomei make a duracon knob, so do a few other makers, different shape to the nismo thankfully.

I like a bit of weight in my knob, unsure how light the duracons are.

Edited October 4, 2015 by dyl33

[WantGTR]

The duracons are light.

I have a leather nismo knob lying around now that i boight a titanium gt500.

I was on the hunt for a trust knob but they are discontinued now

[SargeRX8]

Do titanium and aluminium knobs heat up as much as stainless knobs? I read somewhere that they don't but the nature of metal is it either retains heat in hot areas or retains cold. Its a super conductor.

The Tomei gear knob looks great but the thing I love about this Trust gear knob is the weight behind it.

I saw a few nice looking knobs out there but the things are universal fitments, press down and use grub screws. This just seems shit.

[Gts-t]

Keep a sock in the car and put it over the gearknob when parked, or put it over he gearknob when its hot. They dont take long to cool down

[75coupe]

So your saying to put a sock on your knob?

Ahhhhk......

[niZmO_Man]

Knobsock... Only need to print the Nismo logo on it and I'll be rich!

BTW I have two Black Nismo Duracon knobs, no issues in summer.

[dyl33]

Knob socks already exist on ebay, just needs nismo logo and I'll buy one lol

[Burger]

Dildo bubble type knob?

[niZmO_Man]

Does lube help?

[Burger]

Does lube help?

Depends if you're sitting in the seat or on the shifter.