I twisted my knob off with my hand. It took a couple tries, but it didn't hurt the threads or the outside. I haven't had the knob on in the summer, but in cold weather, it gets real cold. I can imagine it's going to end up burning my hand

I never had a metal shifter in my 350, but it did have that metal cap with the shift pattern on it that got pretty hot in the summer. After a few times where I swear I burned the shift pattern into my palm, I bought a nice little hand towel that I kept in the car to simply cover the shifter (or I simply used a hat). This solved all heat issues for me and might not be a bad idea for those of you with the metal knobs.

Yeah that lil plate burnt me many times in the summer. For some reason I would always forget and a minute later I'd burn myself again...

Let me clarify... the towel was used for when the car was parked, not when I was driving the car.....

metal shift knobs are great but they do get super hot and super cold with the seasons.

i know cause i use them on my other cars.

My girlfriend got me the black Nismo shift knob for x-mas early and I put it on tonight. It took me two wrenches and about 15 minutes to get that damn stock knob off, completely destroying it in the process...

The rubber fitment piece it comes with is way too thick so I had to cut in half to get the top of the boot to sit flush with the bottom of the knob. I love the look and feel of this one, and my car is parked in an underground garage so I never have to worry about coming out to a hot/cold car.

Some iPhone pics:

Half of the destroyed stock knob
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee127/tru610/asd.jpg

New installed
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...10/photo-1.jpg

looks nice man :tup:

btw here's my favorite shift knob Blake. I just can't justify the $425 price :ugh:

ZELE titanium
http://www.rhdjapan.com/images/produ...mal/Image1.jpg

http://www.rhdjapan.com/images/produ...mal/Image2.jpg

$425 for a shift knob....WOW....that's nuts!

Made by Gucci or???

AK has expensive taste :tup:

Oh yes, that is a thing of beauty to be sure. It is hard to spend that kind of money on a shift knob though considering all the other parts you could get for the same price. I wonder how different the weighting and texture feels from less expensive options...

I'll be posting a lot more pictures when I finish installing a few other goodies :tup:
I need to resurrect my old journal!

I just ordered this one, and for the price, looks, you cant beat it. I got this one with the black base, should look good in my Solid Red Z! And if i'm not mistaken, I believe this is the one used in the DDMotorsports time attack Z.

Password: JDM
http://d5otzd52uv6zz.cloudfront.net/...044a53-420.jpg

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it looks very nice :tup:
but the price :eek: