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#1 JHT1888

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 02:14 PM

Would be great if there was a way we could have a light to illuminate the gear navigator on the aluminium gear knob

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#2 weepuma

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 02:26 PM

Buy a glo in the dark pen!!!

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 02:29 PM

thats not good is it lol

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 02:36 PM

lol, well i canny think of anythin else n I'm bored, would prob need to get it special made or modified.

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 05:02 PM

Why would you want to??? Is it a "look" thing or cos you forget or miss gears??

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 05:06 PM

"A look thing"

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 05:53 PM

Oooohhhh year illuminated gear knob would be good

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 06:50 PM

Sounds a bit chavvy imho, I can't see how it could be done with the standard gear knob as you would have to hollow it out to fit the leds or whatever.

It made me think of these (hence the chavvy bit)

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#9 JHT1888

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 06:56 PM

That's horrible, no, it would have to be the original knob obviously I'm not sure it can be done or not but would look cool.

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 08:48 PM

i think you would have to get the numbers hollowed in... and then place an led into the top of the gear lever, wire it to the ignition, and then put the hollowed gear lever onto the led... not sure how to accomplish that.

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 09:10 PM

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#12 JHT1888

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Posted 20 September 2008 - 09:29 PM

Well same sort of idea but wanting it done on the original puma gear knob

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Posted 21 September 2008 - 09:32 AM

Your biggest problem would be running power to it unless it uses batteries.

You could use UV paint then shine a UV light down onto it.

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Posted 21 September 2008 - 04:40 PM

why would you go to the trouble!!

Too much time on your hands!

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Posted 21 September 2008 - 04:49 PM

Sounds increibly expensive to me- I'm pretty sure the Puma gear knob is solid steel, so hollowing it out would be difficult (pricey). Then you would have to install and connsct some sort of light inside, which sounds very fiddly and again expensive. I really think you'd be better off buying a seperate knob with these features already built in. It might be possible to find one similar to the Puma's, if not exactly the same.

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Posted 21 September 2008 - 06:30 PM

QUOTE (vickydink @ Sep 21 2008, 04:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

why would you go to the trouble!!

Too much time on your hands!

lolol I'd do anything for my puma

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Posted 21 September 2008 - 11:22 PM

The rx8 has this but im sure if you put it in a car like a puma it would be like saying "im a mcdonalds yob"

Before thinking about any flash leds id shorten the gear stick like bok and I have done because it looks stupid being so long with no cover over it.

Once you have cut a couple of inches off the stick pluck out the heely (not sure how thats spelt) coil inside the gear knob, rethread the stick with a die set and put a gear shaft sleeve over it with a new leather gaiter

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Well thats what I done anyway and it looks 100 times better than before!

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Posted 22 September 2008 - 12:53 PM

QUOTE (deeman @ Sep 21 2008, 11:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Once you have cut a couple of inches off the stick pluck out the heely (not sure how thats spelt) coil inside the gear knob, rethread the stick with a die set and put a gear shaft sleeve over it with a new leather gaiter

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Posted 22 September 2008 - 01:20 PM

An alternative would, like the golf gti's where there a led where the interior light is that shines down onto the gear knob? i like that look, thought about doing it on mine but don't know how to!