Heavier or lighter Shift Nob?
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Originally Posted by TVPincDoc' timestamp='1334163744' post='21597816
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I Have an extremely light weight burnt blue titanium knob which looks cool but scratches easily.. I find the light knob to feel knotchy and sometimes can grind a gear or 2 here n there cause you feel like you clicked into gear when you really didnt cause its sooo light. I now have an aluminum Anvil sunken knob which is about a "pound" seriously and I love it cause its alot smoother motion and less effort going through the gears and it also sits about an inch lower than stock. Its just personal preference but I like the one pounder lol
I Have an extremely light weight burnt blue titanium knob which looks cool but scratches easily.. I find the light knob to feel knotchy and sometimes can grind a gear or 2 here n there cause you feel like you clicked into gear when you really didnt cause its sooo light. I now have an aluminum Anvil sunken knob which is about a "pound" seriously and I love it cause its alot smoother motion and less effort going through the gears and it also sits about an inch lower than stock. Its just personal preference but I like the one pounder lol
It takes a bit of buffing, but you can remove just about any scratch from the titanium without leaving a hazed appearance. If it changes the overall color due to a coating, you can always polish the entire surface.
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I have the titanium shift knob, and I know that you can buff those out because my local FedEx guy did me the favor of putting a few dents into mine. I found it on the front porch pre-opened, with about 5 deep gouges where it had apparently bounced.
TAP plastics had a great acrylic polish that has made the thing look pristine, although it did take about an hour of work. I don't think that it was ever intended for use on titanium, but any polish fine enough to leave no haze/scratches on plexiglass does the same for metal. I can't even tell where the original gouges were located.
I'm glad you're happy with the aluminum knob, but how are you keeping that one from being dinged? Aluminum should be even easier to scratch-it is 60% less dense than titanium.
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I have a Moddiction Anvil Mini and like it a lot. It did seem to remove some of the notchiness and it looks good too. I would recommend it. My only thought was that maybe I should have gone with the slightly bigger Anvil (2" diameter), but that is simply personal preference.
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I have a JDM Civic Type R shift knob which is really light; I like it better because I can really feel what's going on with the transmission and thus not jam it into gear, giving the synchros a break. I've developed my shifting enough with this knob to where I don't really feel any notchiness if I'm paying attention and shifting smoothly (Amsoil MTF helps too).
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I had a Rick's lightweight knob and replaced it with the Moddiction Anvil (same exact dimensions, but much much heavier). I will never go back to a lighter knob. The shifts feel so clean now.
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Are these the ones you guys got? http://shop.moddiction.com/Moddictio...-Knobs-006.htm. Not sure if they're over 1lb.
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