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[WhipCreamCelica]

Heres mine! A JDM Bubble Shif Knob


This post has been edited by WhipCreamCelica: Mar 20, 2012 - 9:01 PM

[bizzerk]

Here's my shift knob and my temporary boot.

[Tigawoods]

Here's my shift knob and my temporary boot.

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[HectortheRican]

Here's my shift knob and my temporary boot.

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Double like... I super dig this. How was it made? Is it dense wood or does it feel light?

This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Mar 29, 2012 - 12:54 PM

[bizzerk]

Here's my shift knob and my temporary boot.

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Double like... I super dig this. How was it made? Is it dense wood or does it feel light?

Well I made it from a wooden ball from arts and crafts store. Then I just used some fine grit sandpaper made it smooth then stained it. After that I just drilled out a bigger hole in the ball, that was a bit smaller than the shifters diameter and screw it on. Forgot where the locking screw was from, but its similar to ones that come with other ball knobs to lock them in. As for weight it's light, but the feel is just right for my short shifter. This was the last knob I changed since I did this since I liked the look of it so much, and I have been using it for over two years now.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_S...u=SPM5671140203 < I used something similar to this from Joanne fabrics. Why I did this is due to me being bored shopping with my girlfriend, saw the knob and it kind of just seemed like a good idea.

p.s. at the moment I'm still working on a bootless cover. Similar how some cars just have a cutout plate that shows the shifting path. I'll postt updates when ever I'm not studying.

This post has been edited by bizzerk: Mar 29, 2012 - 9:05 PM

[Tigawoods]

p.s. at the moment I'm still working on a bootless cover. Similar how some cars just have a cutout plate that shows the shifting path. I'll postt updates when ever I'm not studying.

I had done this last year but found out that the throw distance wasnt far enough to get a nice large gate like this

The pattern would need to be higher up on the stick (which would look ridiculous because it would just be this big aluminum box sticking up from the shifter hole.
I'm curious to see what your results are.
The other solution I had thought about doing was to do an aluminum plate, then figure out the max throw positions and then CNC a hole to that max diameter, and find some kind of thin rubber grommet that would fill up that space and allow for the shifter to move freely still

[bizzerk]

p.s. at the moment I'm still working on a bootless cover. Similar how some cars just have a cutout plate that shows the shifting path. I'll postt updates when ever I'm not studying.

I had done this last year but found out that the throw distance wasnt far enough to get a nice large gate like this
The pattern would need to be higher up on the stick (which would look ridiculous because it would just be this big aluminum box sticking up from the shifter hole.
I'm curious to see what your results are.
The other solution I had thought about doing was to do an aluminum plate, then figure out the max throw positions and then CNC a hole to that max diameter, and find some kind of thin rubber grommet that would fill up that space and allow for the shifter to move freely still

Thanks for the great tip. When I finally have time and materials I can get started on testing out the pattern. My goal for this was to make a low profile cover to make it feel a bit more tidy in the interior. I did notice the range of the throws are quite short, so I might end up designing something less traditional and more of an arcade joystick esque design haha.

http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/attribute...s/joy_bunch.jpg I'll try different patterns out eventually.

This post has been edited by bizzerk: Mar 30, 2012 - 8:48 PM