Havank
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The new gear knob which I bought from Germany arrived today, and I had a bit of spare time this evening, so I got on with it (took me about an hour to fit)
This new gear knob fits nicely and matches my aluminium look within the car
I have made a small how too guideline for other who want to do this
First step is getting the old one off as you need it as a template for the new one, (the new one is square and our one is round)
To get the gaiter off simply pull the leather upwards (NOT THE KNOB), this will pull the aluminium ring upwards and out of its simple locking mechanism (three clips) then pull the leather over the know and you will see a metal clip - this is the most challenging exercise of the switch
Take a pliers and take this ring off then pull the knob and gaiter upwards off.
Next step is trimming the new gaiter. This means we have to do some marking and measuring. But before we do this we have to take the plastic ring of, which is easy, just use a small screwdriver to lift the staples and then a plier to take them out
Here you see the old and the new one next to each other
This is how the bottom of the old gaiter looks like
I use masking tape to lay out the round shape (which was 15 cm from the bottom of the aluminium ring)
Then used a scissor and took off the excess
This new gear knob fits nicely and matches my aluminium look within the car
I have made a small how too guideline for other who want to do this
First step is getting the old one off as you need it as a template for the new one, (the new one is square and our one is round)
To get the gaiter off simply pull the leather upwards (NOT THE KNOB), this will pull the aluminium ring upwards and out of its simple locking mechanism (three clips) then pull the leather over the know and you will see a metal clip - this is the most challenging exercise of the switch
Take a pliers and take this ring off then pull the knob and gaiter upwards off.
Next step is trimming the new gaiter. This means we have to do some marking and measuring. But before we do this we have to take the plastic ring of, which is easy, just use a small screwdriver to lift the staples and then a plier to take them out
Here you see the old and the new one next to each other
This is how the bottom of the old gaiter looks like
I use masking tape to lay out the round shape (which was 15 cm from the bottom of the aluminium ring)
Then used a scissor and took off the excess