it's summer! and my right hand burns...
 

... from the **** shift knob. anybody have any solutions for this?

I'm looking at purchasing a mazdaspeed shift knob, but the pain doesn't feel like it's worth $100. anybody have any suggestions (aside from not parking the car outside)? I'm thinking of looking for a baby-sized ankle sock from like fubu or ecko, but that may just be too ghetto...

use the sock and take if off when u start to drive?

Try a windshield sunscreen. Makes a big difference in inside temp. Saves the upholstery, dash etc. in the long run too.

Or get some cool driving gloves! :nono:

a sock works good, but anyone else gettin the summer driving tan? (left arm's a little tanner than the right)?

I guess it is popular somewhere, but if you ever look in my car & I have a sock on my shifter, shoot me!

Something every man should have on their knob.

^^ That's way too big for my knob. (Did I say that?)

doesnt come in extra large :crying:

Yeah, leather driving gloves. I have winter and summer sets. Wilson Leather Store in your local mall.

I know this sounds ugly (and it is kinda), but I keep a small piece of reynold's wrap in my glove box. When I park here in NC for any length of time, I simply rubberband it onto the shift knob, shiny side up. Not the prettiest solution, but it gets the job done. Does anyone know if tinting helps this?

An iPod sock is exactly the right size for the shifter and has a bit more class than a baby sock. The winshield screen helps a lot, though during the summer here in Phoenix it can still be undriveable without the sock, too.

That's a good thought. Something nice looking which matches the interior perhaps?

driving gloves, i just don't feel right without them.

Try the DPE shift knob, mine stays ice cold in the summer...... :knob:

Actually I think I gave myself a pretty good burn yesterday, just park in a shady area if you can.

...or close the solid shade insert on your sunroof if that applies.

That helps too, so does good window tint. Get a shade for your front windshield and you should be set.

If the baby socks don't work you could just suck it up and be a man. Isn't there something or other about pain with pleasure?

:bootyshak

hm im not sure usually the sun gets throught my front window so i wouldnt know (cuz obviously i dont sit in the back) but my tints turns my car into a sauna... i sat down yesterday in my car and the back of my shirt slid up the tinest bit, touched the leather and i JUMPED off.. it was painful...

Get a shade for the front and good QUALITY tint for the sides and back and your good to go. Mine sits in the direct Florida sunshine all day while I'm at the office. Never had a problem with hot leather seats or shifter knob.

:D:

i've blistered my hand before after the car sat in the sun for 9 hours...it's like like having your partner beat you during sex..not that im into that, but i do like when my 8 bites me back

I have the light up JDM shift knob and i run with my lights on all the time so extra hot over here

:tear:You have got to be kidding me! Socks, driving gloves, WTF. Why don't you just hire a limo? It will be cool when it picks you up. Obviously none of you have ever had a convertible!!:tear:

Aw, c'mon - driving gloves don't just protect our soft, sissy hands (curse of the desk-bound day-worker); they look good too!

No need to mock. You must indulge in some comforts - do you put cream or sugar in your coffee or thumbtacks? :mdrmed:

Damn, you are on to me. Just never thought I would be reading these types of problems & suggestions from men.:nopity: Shows what I know.

Driving gloves do not look good!

Your right. These are much more manly. :rock:

driving gloves painted the color of your skin.

Here's a thought—get driving gloves, and even if you don't like wearing 'em, pull one over the shift knob when you park. Like a sock, but way cooler. (Or just drape one over the top. Very James Bond.)

LOL! +1 jstkilntim - no one's ever used the nopity icon on me before. :rofl:

:boxing_sm Just trying to have some fun!!

Yeah, if I ever wore driving gloves, I think I would never hear the end of it from my friends. Sitting in ATL traffic ususally does not require gloves.

Anyways, I have black on black interior with a black exterior and my car sat in the sun for 8.5 hours while I was at work all this week. It is hot, but I have 20% tint and it works pretty good keeping the car cool I guess. The seats and shifter are hot (I just suck it up...cannot imagine buying something because the shifter is too hot... I mean cry me a river), but once you turn the A/C on for all of 3 minutes everything cools down, it's like it was never in the sun. Amazing how that works.

Why do you run with your lights on all the time?

Well just do what I do here in Texas.....simply after your done driving unscrew the shift knob and place it in your glove compartment....then when you get in a day later or whatever take it out and screw it on....its also a great theft deterent :rock:

yeah this is a problem if you have an aftermarket shift knob that's made out of titanium or some other solid metal, and in direct sun for 7-9 hours, its a fucking bitch i dont care how manly some of you say you are, i dare you to put your hand over my shift knob for a few seconds after i park it in the sun for an extended period of time, its gotten hot enough to blister my skin before, so i have to shift super extra quick for the first few minutes untill it cools down.

If it gets that hot try this.
1. Tint windows.
2. Park in shade.
3. Close Sunroof.
4. Install windshield sunscreen.
5. Install ipod sock.
6. Install baby sock.
7. Wrap in tin foil.
8. Remove & put in glove box.

When returnig to car, reverse order, don driving gloves & haul ass.

FYI. I live in Florida, I've had 2 Jeep Wranglers (usually no top) w/ a Hust shifter handle that got hotter than hell in the summer. Instead of doing some of the more rediculous things that are listed here, I used to cover my shifter w/ one of the most manly things I know.....A F*@#ING BALL CAP. :uh: Hell, at least use an old Crown Royal Bag! Peace!!

two words.

knob glove.

I bought one with my Voodoo Aluminum knob. I have my windows tinted, and use my sunshade all the time, and that damn thing still burns my hand. and I do NOT enjoy that type of thing. The knob glove as it is called, will look better than a sock or aluminum foil or some other ghetto solution, and when the knob is cooled off, or in the winter warmed up, you can take it off and store it. you can get them at:

www.knobmeister.com

yes that is the website, and it is all about shift knobs and the like, get your minds out of the gutter.

it looks like this:
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=49114

you can get them custom embroidered with artwork of your choosing, it does not come with the RX-8 logo on it.

how do i take the cap off for refinishing?

what cap?

Bad pic but this is the shift knob I use, the carbon stays cool and it was only $30.

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If you are holding your shifter long enough to burn your self you are holding it to long. NEVER REST YOUR HAND ON THE SHIFTER, this puts pressure on the tranny's syncos and slowly distroys them.