in for red rubberizing, that or some amber or orange powder coating.

i want mine lol!!!

Just an update on this, I got the material for the knobs and the fixturing ordered while I was working on the new clutch components, and it has arrived in today so I'm shooting to have some knobs ready for finishing in the next week or two.

I vote for rubber coating .. KP race had something similar that I had in my 240SX didnt get too hot or too cold. If this became an option what colors would be available?

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I am still working on the rubberizing, right now it looks like basic red yellow blue black, custom colors are quite a bit extra because it is a rolling process so they would need to make several gallons of the color to do one knob where as the standard colors can be run with other orders they have. This is back burner right now so i am working on it during my weekends and lunches, Sam should be releasing a bunch of new parts soon that I have been working on, I wanted to do things like carbon synchros for the manual to go with the knobs, but the batch sizes are too large like 250 sets, so at this time I settled for completely redoing the clutch hydraulics :)

How much will it weigh?

I guess that would be next best thing to leather.

You did not have to rely just on my vote.

I noticed that white is not on the basic colors, so I'm going to assume that it will cost extra as of right now. Whats the worst case scenario on how much extra?

I am still working on the rubberizing I will ask about white maybe it is doable. The knobs are now half machined as blanks soon they will start to look like knobs.

first knob is done, needed it for rubberizing testing. It looks great and it is HEAVY. 1lb 3.5ozi'll get a pic up soon

Great!!! can wait to see the pics ;)

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...psf1d6881d.jpg
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The second knob is just too funny. For whoever gets it because it feels good has problems. lol

Nonetheless, looks good, quality wise!

Will that discolor (patina) over time?

The polished and machined knobs will be sealed so no, the powder coated knobs of course wont, and right now we are having a hell of a time with the rubber coating, it doesn't want to stick to this alloy very well, so it may not be doable, the fall back to the rubber coating will be offering it wrapped in a leather or something.

Also I could leave it uncoated if you want it to patena?

Not sure I like the flat spot on top.

the shift pattern sticker will be domed so the flat spot is cut down so it won't stick up to high if you put it on.

I see. Thanks.

the knobs in the photos aren't done, we have just been playing with the finishes, the logo will be engraved on the top and it will ship with a sticker I've drawn up with the Z shift pattern on it

http://www.chargespeed.com/photo/knob/5.gif
something like that but different

Will these stick to the rubber coated knobs?

Like the first knob bro!!!

Looks good

I will be running these over to the upholstery shop tomorrow to look into the covering option because the rubber coating really isn't going to work out, it just isn't durable enough on this material. I tested one out and put it through some abuse and the rubber coating is coming detached from the knob. hopefully I will have good news soon on the upholstery option. The sticker design was sent to the printers yesterday so i still haven't heard back on it yet. On the plus side all the knobs are finished machined now and sitting on a shelf so just tying up the loose ends before we get going on this.

Leather!!!!!!

Do it baseball style with the shift pater embossed on top.

http://cms.thefoakhouse.com/attachme...5_fkccivs9.jpg

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA...d3!~~60_12.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzYwWDQ4MA...0fw~~60_12.JPG

^^Awesome!

Really looking forward to the finishing touches!

I have to see what they can do, but I was thinking more along the lines of where the upper radius on the knobs curles down towards the bottom have a circular row of stitching to join the top and bottom halves the top half would be one piece with a hemmed cutout for the logo/sticker, and the bottom half would be seamed at the front.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/13/debagaru.jpg

I have been looking for something like this...

Audi r8?

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Dropped one of each knob off at the upholstery shop during my lunch, hopefully they will be done soon so I can get an idea of the added cost of the covering.

Something like this? If so that would be nice too.

http://www.monkeywrenchracing.com/im...4-00000-06.jpg

similar but different it should be done today or tomorrow. The upholstery shop is making patterns and playing with stiching to see what will work best.

well i went over to the upholstery shop to look at the knob and was dissapointed. So they will be changing their patterns and trying again and we will see monday or tuesday.

got the first knob from the upholsterer today so just need to put together pricing and get the stickers in. It looks more like the TRd knob above so far as the stitching I'll try to get a pick up. So far the list of finishes is going to be polished or machined gold, powder coated(choice of color), upholstered in black leather.

In for pics.

want to see pics :)

Really likin the look of both of these in this gold... whats the cost in that color?

I am waiting to get the 6 speed shift pattern logos in, and sort out a better upholstery solution before I post up the pricing. This was always a side project so I only have time to work on it when I'm not doing something else, and I have been working on a lot of new development stuff lately. That said I have installed one in my car for "testing" and I love it. Instal was easy to get the logo straight and Is a definite improvement over the factory knob. I may end up having Sam release the machined, polished, and powder coated finishes before the upholstery because I'm having a hard time finding an affordable shop that can consistently produce a quality I am happy with. No point in making the knobs as nice as I did if the leather cover looks like crap.