In your own opinion, what's the greatest shift knob?

[Ziggens96]

you guys who burned your hands on metal knobs are retarded. 1st of all you should know better, 2nd of all, if you don't know better, just put a hat or some shit over it. 3rdly, how hot could it really get? (Admittedly, I'm a cook so I have a pretty high tolerance for heat)

My UUC RK3 in brushed aluminum is my favorite. Discontinued, for better or worse (rarity?)

[accident]

I have the Febi squareish knob in my e36. In the E30 I had the leather anatomical. I cant decide which I like better.

[Aptyp]

I've had about 20 different knobs in my car. Favorite one was MOMO Anotomic Short. Second best was anatomico.

Really surprising, but one of my favorite was also a leather knob from Autozone. It was a Pilot/Grant brand. Was super comfy and weighed just right. At $20 a bargain, but I replaced with a momo and then lost it :-(.

Stock knobs look great, but I get tired of a boring look. I had a UUC knob and just like Josh, I got out of class one day and put my hand right on it... I cussed for a few minutes then took it off and sold it here on r3v. I would never own a metal shift knob again.

[5Toes]

http://www.koolknobs.com/index.html

Love. And fairly reasonable on price. I wouldn't mind one in a long length



Like that, but a little short. And in white with a black stubble smiley

[xwill112x]

i personally like my oem woodgrain knob.

[Simon S]

'scuse the steering wheel, but you get the idea.

I'm with ya - that is a sweet combo there.

[red325]

One piece illuminated shift knob

[619E30]

Zhp

[nightwing66]

My first knob was nonexistent. Than i got a threaded knob from some old supra until i found my oem vinyl knob, what was the best so far. I jad an oem //m knob from an m5 that illuminated but it was pretty beat up and i didnt like it anymore.

[Pantless Spency]

^^^ very deep shit mayne. ^^^
my thoughts are the same on the M stoof.
the stuff that's not badged doesn't bug me really, but the stuff that's badged or labeled as M/// is just pointless unless it truly is an M car or has been completely built up as one, with all the aesthetics and mechanisms too..
but about your door knob, i have seen a wooden one on ebay with a bmw roundel in it for somewhere near or less than 50$ i believe, i like the whole shape theme behind your interior, a lot more thought processed than most would think!

[Simon S]

I confess to loving my plain-jane, shorty, door knob. It’s so unpopular. I love how obscure it is.

I remember seeing one years ago – but couldn’t quite source one. They’ve been N/A for some time. For a long while, I thought I had imagined its existence.

It’s kinda rare that I check eBay – but I remember coming home one night drunk and ran a quick eBay, ‘e30 knob’ search.. and there it was – an actual, shorty, vinyl, ‘door’ knob. Won it for less than $12 shipped. Was so happy. It was my unicorn knob.

For my interior, I really wanted to make an effort for different elements to tie together – in this case – it was circles. My steering wheel had a heavily circular center piece – and the cupholder also introduced circles. For these reasons, I wanted to incorporate a shift knob which was circular – rather than anatomical in shape. I also thought it would give interior an older character. In general – I also wanted my interior to have a sort of understated, much-restrained, de-cluttered feel.

In a dream-world, I’d have one of these knobs in NOS condition – with a roundel emblem in place of the shift pattern. I haven’t been able to source a roundel shift emblem (also N/A).

Leather: I like the feel of leather – but hate to see how fast it wears with age. I actually opted to keep my vinyl brake handle in light of going with the vinyl knob.

Momo: I really wanted to run a sort of wheel/mats/pedal/knob combo – but – for the love of God, all Momo knobs on today’s market look pretty fucking ghey in an e30 interior. It’s a fact.. and I’m done with set-screw knobs forever.

M Technic: As much I as love an M car – or a rare, factory M Technic-body-kitted e30 – there’s something about M Technic wheels, knobs, and door sills that just kinda bug me. Unless it’s a full-on, actual, dealer-floor, M Technic car – I don’t see the point of adding a knob here – or door sills there – with those goofy purple/pink colors in them. My car will not ‘pretend’ it’s something else.

[ck_taft325is]

Haha, nice. I got it used off a friend. They come up from time to time for sale, but you have to cut the connector off and tap into the rear ash tray or similar for power.

I believe the part number is 25112232547 and it seems like the price has gone up from the last time I looked.



They're not ZHP knobs; they're not weighted. Just the leather anatomic but with the illumination.

I absolutely love it.

That's still beautiful. I loved my one piece illuminated but it was a bit too tall for my tastes. And the ///M is a bit too shiny also. BUT, I'd love to pick up another lighted knob.

[The Volta]

For all the money makin players that aren't with is no mo.

I vote the ZHP knob, it's the best hands down. My second choice would be the taller style ones that are closer to the hight of the steering wheel.

[Xaq]

My big brass ball:



Also made delrin ones in three heights...



If anyone is interested I have a LNIB febi one...$40 shipped
used oem vinyl...$20 shipped
very used leather illuminated (works, no connector, would need to be glued on)...$40 shipped...

[Eric]

I used to have this in my e30 and actually really liked it. It felt shorter than stock but I liked the sort of vintage feel.

Do you still have it? I loved my wood knob like that in the E30.

I replaced it with this, which is only just a little bit better than the old round wood knob!