"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
11/18/2014 at 20:22 • Filed to: None
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"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
11/18/2014 at 20:22 • Filed to: None | 1
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My replacement shift knob arrived last Saturday. You might recognize it as the base RSX 5-MT knob or as the optional Fit knob. In any case, it was a pretty good buy at $40, considering that the stock knob cost about the same and the titanium JDM and leather USDM Integra Type-R knobs go for anywhere from $50 to $100+. I'm not dropping $100 on a shift knob.
Weirdly, the 6-speed knob was a few dollars cheaper, but I'd look like a fucking moron putting a 6-speed knob on a 5-speed car. Or a genius, because I'd catch some thief unaware. But then I'd be an idiot because he'd have to force my car from 5th to R...
I left out the little collar because it rode way too high for my liking (i.e. covered the entire linkage except for the knob) and I'm not sure if I want to move it down to show off that sweet dual-bend linkage or keep it up like this.
The old one is heavy like a house brick - I'm pretty sure I could throw it through a window. It didn't really help shifting because I'd still grind gears every so often and it was totally the shift knob's fault. Not mine whatsoever.
I took it off because it never felt quite the same since I let my friend drive it. It always felt a little sweatier after that day no matter how hard I cleaned it. Moreover, the PVC leather covering (not real leather) is starting to disintegrate and I hated having to dust black shavings off my hands.
I'm still keeping it though. I just need to find something in my house with a 10x1.5 metric thread.
jkm7680
> promoted by the color red
11/18/2014 at 20:31 |
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Turn it into a walking stick cane thingymajig.
That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
> promoted by the color red
11/18/2014 at 20:37 |
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For some reason, "it always felt a little sweatier after that day no matter how hard I cleaned it" made me laugh a lot. Like the dude is just so damn sweaty that everything he touches is sweaty... forever.
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promoted by the color red
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
11/18/2014 at 20:41 |
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He was nervous about making perfect stoplight launches. His solution was to go agonizingly slow and gentle with the throttle inputs. I had to keep urging him to be harder on the car.
SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
> promoted by the color red
11/18/2014 at 20:53 |
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that's phallic!
Spacegrass
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11/18/2014 at 20:56 |
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I put one of the Pep Boys (spensive with a japanese name, I want to say Takata, but I know thats entirely wrong) aftermarket ones on my Maxima. Aluminum and weighted, but really small. Wish I had a picture but made it feel totally different. Only thing is during the winter...
whoarder is tellurium
> promoted by the color red
11/18/2014 at 21:06 |
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Needs more B&M short shift lever and poly bushings too. Those mods helped so much. My 2nd Integra:
MonkeePuzzle
> promoted by the color red
11/19/2014 at 12:10 |
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6 speed s2000 knob in my 5 speed civic :D
don't know about a thief, but it caught a friend off gaurd