golfjwr

As most of you know I sent Slowriderr(Chris) my oem type-s AT shift knob so he could cnc one just like he did for the MT knob for us AT guys. Chris and I met up this weekend here in Charlotte and he hand delivered my knob. All I have to say is holy shit, this thing looks and feels sick! At first the knob did not fit, Chris was a little perplexed by this, but he took some measurements and said not worry as he would hand deliver a proper fitting one to me at work the next day. True to his word he was at my place of business with a proper fitting knob and it went on without a hitch. The knob is heavy, beefy and sits lower than stock by more than a few inches. I am sure it could go lower if you want to cut your shifter, but thats a mod I am gonna pass on for now. You can tell a lot of time and hard work went into these, and I have to give props to Chris for making these. I wanted to mod mine just a little bit, so I painted the "TL" and the "Type-S" on the top of the knob. Below are before pics and some after installed in the car pics. I would highly recommend picking one of these up as they feel like butter, my whole ride home from work my hand did not move off of it.

Chris it was great meeting you, hopefully you can get down here for our next Azine meet. Thanks again for all your hard work and attention to detail. Job well done

here's the knob before paint


you have no idea how long it took to tape this bad boy up!!


installed and looking rather sexy

AnthraciteAspec

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Wow I bet that tape work took forever lol

Anyways looks nice. Any closeups after paint? I think I might like it better before the paint. Looked pretty clean!

CLtotheTL32

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Damn that looks simply amazing

I'm jealous

jptl04

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that is sick!!! i think you already know what i think about it

HONgDA

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Great work on the knob but the thin shaft killed it. I'll stay with the oem.

myron

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yea I like the knob but I dont know how I feel about the overal look with the thin shaft. And the taping and painting gets

jptl04

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screw it cut the shaft down and rethread like a short shifter. i think it would look really dope then.

HONgDA

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I have no doubt you'll make it look good Mr. Best in Show and Best in Audio. You'll probably polish it too.

jptl04

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haha, i think it would look really dope in my ride. i just shipped out some interior pieces today to get CF wrapped like my engine cover, keeping it on the DL till i get them back. next year im gonna get best interior too

golfjwr

I will try and shoot some pics at a close up angle, I am not 100% pleased with how the paint came out. Some of it bled and it was impossible to tape off every little spot. And yes the tape took a loooooooong time!

Thanks bro!

JP,
I knew you would like it buddy, just another little custom touch to add to the TLS.

I see what your saying, however I tend to like the look of it. Slowriderr molded this after the new Audi R8 knob, which looks amazing. All in all its clean and feels awesome.

golfjwr

Lets just say that taping the "type-s" took just about an hour.

Don't think that I didn't think about that. I haven't ruled that out yet. Whats cool id you can go really low if you cut it and not have to worry too much about manual mode clearence as it is not tapered like the oem one. I will let you do it first see how it looks then follow your lead

+1 for a sick ass ride

mmade22

Damn dude, you just moved into your beautiful new house and you had the time to tape that thing up? That looked like it took you all day. Looks great and get some closer pictures of the letters.

Steven Bell

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Golf, I like it. At first, it looked too big to me as well. But I kept looking at it and I really like it.

JP-what pieces did you send out to get Carbon Fibered? I'm anxious to see them!

jptl04

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i should get my knob in like a week or so. the CF'd parts will take a while like 3 weeks. its an interior part. i got bored LOL. you will see. i might get the real CF interior trim that vinni has in his type-s. its the real deal and would match this part well. i'll keep you guys posted

golfjwr, when i get it i'll prolly cut the shaft down just a bit, and rethread, i'll post pics. your paint job on it look sweet. dunno if i'll do that though.

dwb993

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Looks really good. I agree with the cut shaft option, tho. Can't wait for the base version!

Timb227

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Looks great, and Im sure alot of time went into it. If only it was alittle shorter. Overall though it looks much better than the OEM knob.

wrxyboy

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Kinda gives it a 6 speed look. If i didnt know that was on a automatic i would of thought it was a short shifter with a sick knob. I know the intense work that probably went into solid works to get that much detail. Sick

alexSU

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wow that thing looks sickkkk!

chill_dog

Looks really good.

Xiomaro

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thats pretty sick. is that something u can get? or is it custom?

golfjwr

Funny you should ask. I just spoke with Chris(slowriderr) and he informed me that one of our stellar vendors Uncald4 is now gonna be distributing these. I think we all know the type of work that Uncald4 puts out and like most vendors here he is pretty picky with what he puts his name on

golfjwr

Here ya go. Little rough around the edges, but I am not done with this baby yet...

DarkSithCL

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sweet... custom piece

dwb993

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golfjwr---that's a great first attempt! I loved the masking job and would have thought it would turn out better.

However, I can't wait to see the sickness you create using JnC's method!

ricerocket336

looks sic man

stillhere153

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looks pretty good. reminds me of when I used a manual skunk2 lookin shiftknob on my auto tl-s... I had to use sooo much pieces of paper over the threads for it to fit tight

ASASN21

Is that sitting at the lowest setting? Cuz that is definitely not even close to a few inches lower than the stock one. It actually looks higher.

golfjwr

I was joking around with Jay(jptl04) that I was gonna let him be the test mule for cutting the shaft down. I couldn't wait, so I went ahead and did it! Now the the knob sits really low and looks even beter. Went over Jon's(mmade22) house yesterday and we began to cut away.
we started off with a mini hacksaw

10 minutes and 2 blades later, we hadn't made much progress

it was time get the dremel out



this baby did the job

sitting nice and low




Big thanks to Jon for all his help and willingness to always have his tools and his garage ready for any mod. Of course you know I had to snap a few shots of very clean WDP...
Custom tinted tails, night shaded side markers, type-s exhaust, Aspec kit, Aspec rims....yeah thats tight

really liking the look of the blackout'd emblem

golfjwr

here are two pics to show the difference in height
before cutting

after cutting

alexSU

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That looks awesome! I got my shift knob from slowriderr just 2 weeks ago They are some piece of work, very very nice.

mmade22

Nice Jesse! I loved the pictures with the sparks flying from the Dremel. What was I thinking of starting with that saw? That shaft was some thick hard steel. The dremel is the only way to go. Love the close up picture of my rear emblem....Might have to make that my new avatar. JPT04, add this to your mod list on that sexy ass WDP.

golfjwr

Thanks Alex!

Jon, I knew that picture was winner the minute I took it. Let me know if you want me to send it to you if you don't want to go the copy and paste route. Thanks again for your help.....the next mod is gonna be really sick

Esquee

one of the best looking knobs I've seen.... post your final product pics as soon as you finish those rough edges!

TL|GTX

looks really good short, gives u better ffeel when man shifting

InFaMouSLink

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dremel FTMFW. looks good. i dont know if its the pics but i need to see one in person. it looks kinda bulky.

Steven Bell

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Jesse, that really looks awesome. Everybody lowers their cars-you lower your shifter knob

Brilliant buddy!

I really like the look of the blacked out ACURA logo too.

Great job!

jptl04

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i thought the same, i got mine in a few days ago, it was too bulky for my tastes at least. you know me im never satisfied, so what did i do? i modified a custom mod!

here's my knob. i'll install it and take pics later. i have a few more tricks up my sleeve for the interior

dragonlord

Man that first one looks like a salt-n-pepper shaker. I'll take the shape of the 6MT knob.

mmade22

^^^ Nice JPTL04 "modified a custom mod!" That is why your car is above the rest! Please post pics when you are done.

04 tl

nice job .... i really like your tails too