"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
08/26/2019 at 00:50 • Filed to: None
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"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain)
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I love my Lancer Evo/Ralliart shift knobs. Something about the shape makes for the world’s best fidget spinner. Unfortunately, they’re solid aluminum, which means they’re awful in the Exocet. So I decided on a whim to pick up a silicone kit on Amazon last night and make a mold. My mold box SUCKED. I’ve bought some LEGO blocks for next time so I don’t waste as much silicone and don’t need to use whatever cardboard is around.
It leaked. Boo.
The plastic tube that I used to extend the end of the shifter melted a bit either from the chemical reaction of the cure or the extra heat I was adding with a space heater.
Fortunately, it came out fine.
Looks like a sex toy, I assure you it’s a shift knob.
I filled it with black tinted resin for a test. Should be cured by this time tomorrow.
facw
> Nick Has an Exocet
08/26/2019 at 01:17 |
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Hope you enjoy your big black knob!
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Nick Has an Exocet
> facw
08/26/2019 at 01:21 |
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XJDano
> Nick Has an Exocet
08/26/2019 at 01:30 |
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I had some aluminum shift knob the previous owner had in my XJ. It had a button and blinky lights. When it got hot outside I just put a sock on it. I think I did eventually grab a junkyard 5-speed knob.
Me in the summer pre 2008
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> XJDano
08/26/2019 at 08:20 |
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I managed to melt the palm of a supposedly SFI rated flame resistant driving glove on the aluminum shift knob of a track Miata (flat black car + hardtop + plexi windows that don’t go down + no HVAC or fans + full firesuit = absolutely miserable place to be when waiting between runs). Those gloves went straight in the bin when I got home.
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Nick Has an Exocet
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
08/26/2019 at 13:24 |
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Good lord, that sounds miserable. Also, RIP gloves.