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

[Cyrix2k]

dayum,
that doesn't sound too fun, i'm fortunate my PO only left stock things stock, beside the lame walmart knob :P

I guess it depends on what you want. I have an e39 as a fairly clean DD so the e30 can truly be a project car. I didn't want to start with anything too clean because I'd be afraid of destroying it. With this car, I have no such worries :) After the m50 is up and running, I'm going to try and mini-tub the e30!

[Gooch]

Whoa, hold the phone, back that bus up and stop on red. Where'd you get that?

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.

i've seen these quite often on the internetz, they usually go for 70-100.
but not to sure about all of them being real zhp knobs?
if they even are lol.

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

I absolutely love it.

[Pantless Spency]

lol, it was pretty terrible. The car is a serious project and we gutted the interior. I ended up swapping in black seats and later black carpet (sort of), but still have no back seat or door panels. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to swap in a good black interior or just leave it gutted (race car style). Right now my focus is on the power train and then the exterior which needs extensive work.

dayum,
that doesn't sound too fun, i'm fortunate my PO only left stock things stock, beside the lame walmart knob :P

[Cyrix2k]

oh gosh what condition did the PO have your car in?!?!!
it seems like it was pretty horrid and needed alot of back to stock shit.
lol but good job on using the switch for a good idea.

lol, it was pretty terrible. The car is a serious project and we gutted the interior. I ended up swapping in black seats and later black carpet (sort of), but still have no back seat or door panels. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to swap in a good black interior or just leave it gutted (race car style). Right now my focus is on the power train and then the exterior which needs extensive work.

[Pantless Spency]

I think they were for underglow/light up windshield wiper nozzles, and interior lighting. Only one is hooked up now and I use it to override the electric fan (I run a mechanical fan delete).

oh gosh what condition did the PO have your car in?!?!!
it seems like it was pretty horrid and needed alot of back to stock shit.
lol but good job on using the switch for a good idea.

[Cyrix2k]

are those some sweet hydrolic switches below the headlamp switches?
if so thats funny as hell ahhahaha.
imagine an e30 with hydrolics and 100 spoke rims.... haha.

I think they were for underglow/light up windshield wiper nozzles, and interior lighting. Only one is hooked up now and I use it to override the electric fan (I run a mechanical fan delete).

[flyboyx]

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.

that is an awesome shift knob. i have one too but i don't use it because i found this one:



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

[Pantless Spency]

are those some sweet hydrolic switches below the headlamp switches?
if so thats funny as hell ahhahaha.
imagine an e30 with hydrolics and 100 spoke rims.... haha.

[Pantless Spency]

Whoa, hold the phone, back that bus up and stop on red. Where'd you get that?

i've seen these quite often on the internetz,
they usually go for 70-100.
but not to sure about all of them being real zhp knobs?
if they even are lol.

[ck_taft325is]

Illuminated hands down:

Whoa, hold the phone, back that bus up and stop on red. Where'd you get that?

[Pantless Spency]

lol i'm considering buying this and fabricating it to be a shift knob,
for my good friend who passed away, his favorite was always pabst.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pabst-Blue-Ribbo...item2eb4308073

[Cletonius]

Another vote for the zhp.

[SpecM]

I have the one 5spoke posted, only in black with a ///M insert

I *think* its an e21 or early euro e30 knob

I like mine

[jasonsnoddy]

+1 for febi, oem with a good weight to it.

[Cyrix2k]

My friend has the ZHP knob in his e34 and I really like it. I also rather like the shift knob in my e30 which is some ricetastic carbon fiber thing as seen below. (BTW, the interior looks completely different now. I'm not responsible for the rice!)