Hey guys I'm just wondering why you think shift knobs are always aluminum. I was thinking about a brass, stainless steel, or maybe even wood shift knob but I never see anythign like that. Is there a reason? Or is it just the hip thing to do?

 

Not all are aluminum..mines titanium There are wooden ones, just expensive if you get the real stuff. As for brass or stainles...not sure

 

get oem. ive got a gsr knob, i love it! it goes good with the double bend short shifter.

 

aluminum is cheap, easy to machine, and fairly resistant to corrosion. I have seen wood/brass knobs on old cars. And I have a Ti knob on my 78 wheel horse, aawww yeah

 

ive got a skunk 2 one. dont really know what its made of but its fairly heavy though. it can get pretty hot in the summers though.

 

The Greddy weighted ball shifter is all titanium. And yea, its 50-60$. The stuff does get expensive.

 

I drilled a hole in a golf ball and have had it on there for 7 years. It's light weight, cheap, looks cool/different, lowers the overall length of the shifter because it sits so low, fits perfect in your hand, and has never moved at all. Just drill a hole in one with a core that's not a wound ball. Make sure the hole is not to big so that the threads will grip it tight. DO IT!

OR

If you want to do something crazy... cast a shifter out of aluminum yourself! In any shape you can make! check this shit out...

http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/index.html

 

Both the golf ball and the backyard cating is pretty cool. I work at a casting foundry though, it's slightly more sophisticated...slightly.

 

some beer taps make good shift knobs, if you find a nice one.... with a ball ontop, like a bells oberon tap.... but personally, i do prefer the wood or the older hard plastic shift knobs.... your gonna call me crazy but ive got a shift knob off a 1978 ferrari in my honda, it looks classy, feels great... and has some nostalga to it.... im a ferrari nut, what i can i say....

 

I'm a machinist myself. Which explains why I have a titanium knob on my mower.
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