Gear Knob

[brumue]

Haha, thats a shocker.

It looks like it could be more at home in someones bedroom.

[Kai]

Haha, thats a shocker.

It looks like it could be more at home in someones bedroom.

Funny you say that.

Its actually called the "dildo shifter"

[PeterHBne]

Kai funny you should talk of the steering wheel - I was looking at mine today and thinking about how it will wear.

When you say shagged, do you mean the leather?

I wonder about it actually being leather - apparently these days 'leather' can be made of lots of things that haven't neccessarily come off some poor cow somewhere.

[Kai]

Kai funny you should talk of the steering wheel - I was looking at mine today and thinking about how it will wear.

When you say shagged, do you mean the leather?

I wonder about it actually being leather - apparently these days 'leather' can be made of lots of things that haven't neccessarily come off some poor cow somewhere.

Yeah the leather.. its starting to go a faded colour wear my hands go. Feels abit thinner too.

[GT3]

Feels abit thinner too.

kai, just wrap the steering wheel with race type, be fine

[insanekiwi]

Try the tennis grip! Super sticky. You can do 360 turns with one hand easy.... no slip! even in wet! (with your dodgy looking gear knob... that is)



On more serious note, maybe I should start doing leather conditioning on the steering wheel.

Another popular mods overseas is fitting MK V GTi wheels which are really awesome. They look really good. Seen the photo on UK forum.

[PeterHBne]

On steering wheels - anyone else find the standard wheel too big? In a few reviews I've read the comment is sometime that the standard wheel is quite large. I don't find it to be so and I like a small wheel.

[Kai]

Another popular mods overseas is fitting MK V GTi wheels which are really awesome. They look really good. Seen the photo on UK forum.

Different stud pattern...

[Adam]

Different stud pattern...

i think he meant the steeringwheel..

i thought about doing this at the begining of the year, but dealer here wants 1000+ for one, and getting it posted from germany cost around 500+...

Which i think is a big ask for just a steeringwheel mod

[Kai]

i think he meant the steeringwheel..

i thought about doing this at the begining of the year, but dealer here wants 1000+ for one, and getting it posted from germany cost around 500+...

Which i think is a big ask for just a steeringwheel mod

oh.

hahaha yes.

[PeterHBne]

I hate airbags (well, until I need one).

I like to be able to buy a nice little Momo for whatever I'm driving and whack that on.

Mind you Momo's these days are **** compared to what they were up to the mid 90's. They used to be hand stitched and thick, quality, real leather - no glue.

Now they are that cheap looking leather and obviously machine stitched and glued.

[brumue]

The flat bottomed golf gti wheel would look sweet. Maybe there'd be some way to get the steering wheel stereo controls working too?

anyway, i wonder if you can just get the 'knob' portion of this setup

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Golf-Jetta-MK4-4-Euro-R-Line-GTI-Shift-Shifter-Knob_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33703QQihZ019QQitemZ290180682639QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW