Can I look at your knobs please?

[twobears]

Gear knobs that is I've only just got my Zed and am not intending to do much in the way of modification but I would like a nice gear knob as the current one isn't very smart. Just wondered what, if anything, I could get?

[Whazza22]

Was gonna say, have a look on youporn.com

[SteveRS]

I've got some Nismo Gear knobs in stock Annie

 

viewforum.php?f=180

[Bakes100]

Your current knob isn't very smart....divorce?

[DoogyRev]

SpursMadDave loves getting his knob out..... I am sure he will be along shortly to oblige

[coldel]

Worth getting a knob that matches your hand, brake.

[marzman]

Carbon Nismo knob is the nicest knob around.

[twobears]

Is the carbon Nismo knob too shiny? No good way of saying this but, is it good to hold or will it slip out of my hand. I just know what sort of answers I'll get to this question but it is a serious one, honestly

[marzman]

Is the carbon Nismo knob too shiny? No good way of saying this but, is it good to hold or will it slip out of my hand. I just know what sort of answers I'll get to this question but it is a serious one, honestly

 

No its not too shiny at all. It feels really nice in your hand and you just want to hold on to it!

 

Taken from a link from Steve's page:

 

 

 

viewtopic.php?f=180&t=59504

[ATTAK Z]

Is the carbon Nismo knob too shiny? No good way of saying this but, is it good to hold or will it slip out of my hand. I just know what sort of answers I'll get to this question but it is a serious one, honestly

I used to have an aluminium gear knob on my Alfa ... it was bloody cold to the touch on frosty mornings

[SteveRS]

PM sent Annie.

[Neilp]

Too many innuendos in this thread for me

 

I have the nismo one and it does the job just right. Not too broad on the shaft and not to long

 

iPhone typo edit

[twobears]

Thanks everyone and thanks for PM Steve. I am still not sure what to do. I need to feel it and, oh, not even going to say it this time I wish it had a different name so that I could talk about it without all sorts of other images being evoked! I also like the orange nismo one but everything else in car is black so maybe it will look wrong? I never thought I'd need to make such decisions and it's difficult without seeing the er, knobs in question.

 

OMG just seen your post Neilp. No comment is all I have to say

[spursmaddave]

SpursMadDave loves getting his knob out..... I am sure he will be along shortly to oblige

 

I do indeed love a nice knob

 

A few of many

 

 

 

 

[spursmaddave]

Is the carbon Nismo knob too shiny? No good way of saying this but, is it good to hold or will it slip out of my hand. I just know what sort of answers I'll get to this question but it is a serious one, honestly

 

No its not too shiny at all. It feels really nice in your hand and you just want to hold on to it!

 

Taken from a link from Steve's page:

 

 

 

viewtopic.php?f=180&t=59504

 

That is the exact one I have now, it used to belong to Doogyrev so everytime I drive my car I get to grab Doogy's knob and give it a good hard yank

 

I find it is just the right size for me, very easy to get hold of and you can either grab it and pull or just give it a quick flick of the wrist

[KyleR]

I have this one...

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165732

 

Feels pretty good in your hand and makes the shift shorter than OEM, which I like. Plus search eBay and the likes, think I got it for about £25ish.

[twobears]

I really like the look of the carbon fibre one (not so keen on yours KyleR - sorry ) but would like to see it in real life before making up my mind. Your handbrake looks far nicer than mine too SpursMadDave. Can you change them too? Sorry, I do have to keep apologising for my lack of knowledge but the only way to learn is to keep asking silly questions I guess

[JetSet]

Joking aside, I believe that some owners have had quite a struggle to get their knobs off

 

 

Pete

[Ian]

Dave loves getting his knob out

 

Evo-R Titanium

 

 

ARC Titanium

 

 

The ARC one was perfect weight & shape

 

Got a HKS one now

 

 

Don't like it much though, its too light and a stupid shape

[spursmaddave]

Joking aside, I believe that some owners have had quite a struggle to get their knobs off

 

 

Pete

 

You just need to get a really firm grip around your shaft, sometimes helps if you get someone else to hold it while you twist it off

[Voodoo Vix]

I have a brushed aluminium Nismo knob, if feels nice but it does get cold in the winter so I put a sock on it

 

[spursmaddave]

feels nice but it does get cold in the winter so I put a sock on it

 

I have the same problem, I blame it on thin blood

[spursmaddave]

I really like the look of the carbon fibre one (not so keen on yours KyleR - sorry ) but would like to see it in real life before making up my mind. Your handbrake looks far nicer than mine too SpursMadDave. Can you change them too? Sorry, I do have to keep apologising for my lack of knowledge but the only way to learn is to keep asking silly questions I guess

 

Nothing silly about asking questions

 

Where abouts are you, if you are in the SE we meet up fairly regularly and I am more than happy to arrange a knob viewing

 

The handbrake change is more difficult but not too scary, there are a few threads on here about how its done

 

http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=57174&hilit=handbrake

 

This is the guide I used

 

http://www.350z-tech.com/wiki/index.php/Parking_Brake_Handle_Installation

[twobears]

Dave, thanks for the info and invitation to view. I'm in Yorkshire though so won't be able to take you up on it, enjoyable as it almost certainly would have been I like the idea of changing the handbrake but am far too stupid to do it myself so will show your instructions to someone cleverer than myself and flutter my eyelashes

[Ebized]

Gear knob removal guide here:

 

http://www.nissanhelp.com/diy/z/project ... emoval.htm