I had a little extra time on my break from work today so I decided to customize my oem shift knob instead of paying a grip on an aftermarket short shifter. My knob was kinda scratched compliments of my dad's wedding ring so I decided to give it a little buff! I wrapped the leather part in masking tape and polished both metal ends with a brilo-pad. Then I re-polished it with a rotary buffer. The effect is chrome-like instead of polished aluminum...it looks like a mirror now. Then I fastened the knob to a drill press and bored it down 3/4" with a 7/16" drill bit. This left a little more than 1/4 of the thread inside the knob. After that I chopped off 3/4" of the shifter with a rotary grinder. Took about 20 mintutes to complete, and i am VERY PLEASED with the outcome!

Sorry about the blurry pics, i was in a hurry!

Let me know what you guys think!




Notice the reflectiveness



OOOOO SHINY!!

See how I countersunk the bore?

 

nice! just need clearer pics

 

just wanted to say THANK YOU for the great idea...

after reading this, i ran to my garage and tried it out...took me about 30 mins without a drill press and another 10 mins trying to get the numbers to line up...just wished i wouldve thought about this a while ago so i wouldnt have had to spend the money on the ricks knob...i love the feel of the oem know so much better

 

the oem is nice because its nice and heavy

i wish i could get a ricks or voodoo that is made of steel so its nice and heavy

 

No problemo infinity! Glad you tried it out! The throw feels NICE now huh?

 

curious...
did you really need to cut the shifter?
i would think that the knob goes pretty far up

 

bling bling!!

 

nice job,, less $$ ``

 

Do you work in a coal mine?

 

wow, nice work.... it looks great