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Apparently its illegal to install a gear knob if it does not have on it a gear pattern indicator on it eg

1 3 5

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2 4 R

does anyone know were u can get stickers or indicators to place near the gear stick like on the ashtray, as sti's have (i think). I was told nismo gear sticks come with it, but can u get it seperatey or from another place?

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Haha, well the H pattern was faded on my GTR (that was before I bought my shiney new silver RAZO shifter :mellow:)

I got a RAZO H Pattern sticker with the shifter, heres a pic of the H pattern (couldn't be bothered fitting the actual shifter yet back then, lol in case you're wondering where the Razo shifter is)

If you want you can buy the shifter/h pattern off ebay.

Also, guys that make decals/windscreen stickers usually have H patterns.

If you're cheap, you can make your own crummy looking one as well. LoL.

hpattern.jpg

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I have asked an engineer this question as i also thought this was the case but he said there is no ADR that requires a car with a manual transmission to have a H pattern or sticker on or near the gear stick only Autos require the markings D etc along the side.

I do believe that if you don't have an H pattern on your manual gear stick - you do need one located nearby - this is probably a safety thing as well.. maybe in case someone needs to drive your car?? bit strange - but could be like the turbo timer law's...

either 1) make one with a post-it note or 2) i'd suggest getting one printed at a sticker place..

If you need H pattern diagram to know how to drive a manual car should you really even be attempting to drive a manual car?? Shouldn't that be more the point??? Last time i checked the gears in a manual car are always the same way......

plenty of cars have different shift patterns. some cars i have driven have reverse up where first would be (although you have to push the stick down and shift up for reverse to engage), and also remember some cars have only 4spd or 6spd gearboxes.

i got the shift pattern stickers with my nismo knob, stuck the appropriate one on near the ashtray, still have a spare 6 speed sticker left over.

I have asked an engineer this question as i also thought this was the case but he said there is no ADR that requires a car with a manual transmission to have a H pattern or sticker on or near the gear stick only Autos require the markings D etc along the side.

Thank you.

When I was getting my car engineered the guy laughed and said it's the biggest urban myth. People just tell someone else and so on and so forth.. kinda like this thread.

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