Gears Knobs!!!
 

Ok guys - How many of you have changed the gear knob, and if so post the pics... :D

I've changed mine to the MazdaSpeed one but i don't have any pics

i wish the lighted ones lighted up the gear you're in..lol, that'd be cool

I am now using a Voodoo knob, spun aluminum 2" round. I tried to go back to the stock for summer, no way, it feels like it is 6" tall. I will try to get a pic of it posted.

Knob
 

Here's mine.

Tom

that's cool..but i don't think teh wood matches teh interior of the 8...at least my 8:D

he has the black and chap. color combo--works well with that burl wood. It wouldn't work with any other color combo. I have black and tan so I would consider the wood too.

Matching wood
 

Matches the brown color of my black/chaparral nicely.

^ahh then indeed it looks kicka$$ :D

my poor poor base 8:(...ah well my momo shifter looks good (black leather with polished aluminum) sorry no pics as my digital camera is broken adn being fixed by fuji....damn you fuji gimmie my cam! :(

the stock 8 shift knob is great! Why would anyone want to change it?

ARC Titanium. If you get one you better love it. The titanium is so much harder than the steel shifter, so it will crush the threads under heat cycles. that means it don't come off :-/

I could make that happen.. it would pretty expensive though.

See im torn, i think the original looks real nice (rotary symbol n all) just love the look of how small the stick looks when its changed!!!

MORE PICS PLEASE!!!!

hehe that is sooo tiny :D

would you use teh eluminated knob and have some kinda switch at teh gates so it woudl complete teh circuit to whatever gear you are in to light up that number? that would look soooo cool. make it make it.


i need some electronic/electrical type friends :(

I'd use 7 optical gates and 7 LEDs and a single power source.

They'd have to be surface mount LEDs in order to fit inside the stock piece though. Then there's the positioning of the optical gates. You have to make it so that they're mounted on something that wont get so hot that it'll melt them (they're usually plastic) and you also want to make sure you can trigger each one w/o impeding your ability to shift.

Gates are a pain like that. It'd have to be done very smart in order to be done right.

Otherwise, you have to put them in the tranny itself and that's not a good idea. I'm trying to think of another good way to do it but I'm drawing blanks.

Hey epithrochid, Where did you get yours? I love it!!!

Same here! Did you lock the tip of the boot to the bottom of the ball? Mine has a weird gap.

I don't know that I would like a shift knob that did not come off, might make cleaning the boot a little more difficult.

Finally took a couple pics of my Voodoo aluminum knob. I really like it. I had the pearl finish, but did not like it as much. I even got the little glove for it, for those times when it is either really cold, or really hot.

The stock knob is ok, but I really like this AutoExe combo for all black interior.

^^I like that e brake handle. Wonder what it loks like when it is in the disengaged position. Everyone that rides with me thinks my ebrake is up, when it is not.

I like the look of that - its form autoexe??
they sell the e-brake boot and handle as well??

Yep....http://www.specr.com.sg/rx8autoexe.html

any idea on price on the stuff from autoexe? just curious if someone already has any of it.