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I've had a weighted shift knob for a while now. I purchased a round stainless steel one from lathewerks and although its pretty nice looking and it has a good

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I've had a weighted shift knob for a while now. I purchased a round stainless steel one from lathewerks and although its pretty nice looking and it has a good feel to it, I still find myself going back to the OEM (I was able to remove mine originally without destroying it).

I think the issue with these knobs is the height. If there was a company that made a knob the same shape and size as OEM but heavier, that'll be just awesome.

I also believe you get more leverage and in essence... a heavier shift knob; when the knob itself sits higher.
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I've had a weighted shift knob for a while now. I purchased a round stainless steel one from lathewerks and although its pretty nice looking and it has a good feel to it, I still find myself going back to the OEM (I was able to remove mine originally without destroying it).

I think the issue with these knobs is the height. If there was a company that made a knob the same shape and size as OEM but heavier, that'll be just awesome.

I also believe you get more leverage and in essence... a heavier shift knob; when the knob itself sits higher.

you don't want a higher knob
you want a lower one

weight is good, as you want to be able to feel that shifting

its also part of the fun

this is a z not a damn big rig truck
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you don't want a higher knob
you want a lower one

weight is good, as you want to be able to feel that shifting

its also part of the fun

this is a z not a damn big rig truck
Speaking from personal experience, that's not the case... well for me at least. The shifting feels much better to me with the OEM and since I'm able to go back and forth between the two at any time, I can see the difference.

Idk if you still have your original, but for those of you that may still have the oem one laying around, change it and you'll see what I'm talking about.
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