Gear knobs/gaiters

[Grapo]

Anyone fittet an aftermarket gearknob, like the universal MOMO ones or something?

How did you fit the original gaiter to the bottom of the gear knob, or did you get an extension thing on the bottom or new gaiter?

Any ideas, pics would be great

thanks

 

[Ibiza4284]

i have an altea gearknob on my mrk4

 

[Grapo]

pics/

 

[Pepz]

Ye, im also abit confused about this, as I want to change my gearknob but don't want the gaiter to look *crappy* after changing it :|


Mike

 

[MAdMAtt84]

The seat ones seem to be expensive but i dont knoe what i can fit or about the surround etc.

Pics please.....

 

[Grapo]

Like i say i got a momo one but hard to fit the gaiter to the base of the knob neatly

 

[IbizaRocks]

Iv got a red seat ibiza, but im not as young as you guys sound, im 64 but my seat is still cool cos im hip and with it! I fitted a red gaitor to mine that i got from momo, looks very smart but had to be trimmed grapo

 

[MAdMAtt84]

got a mate who is 50 and over a yr in and we are still building the ultima gtr well him mainly but i get my hands dirty when pos, your never to old thats what i say tho i am at the other end of the scale.

Curious, how do you find the other road users treat you ie for your age/car/driving style?

Matt

 

[Grapo]

He is 20, and is taking the peesh!

 

[MAdMAtt84]

tut tut - i hear saga do cheaper insurance for the over 50's

 

[Lukea6]

I just fitted a MOMO on my mk2. The gaiter is too short to tuck into the bottom of the knob.
I'm going to get a new one this week. For now I have used black electric tape to hol it up. Sounds really really bad but looks ok (just like a plastic connector) as a temp measure.

 

[Ibiza4284]

pics/

Picks are here mate, these are old ones by the way:

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/728477

 

[clipse_t]

grap, if you get a momo one, force the top part of the gaiter throught the bottom screw on bit of the new knob then screw that to the top main part with the gaiter tucked inside. took ages to do as gaiter was blocking screw threads but got there in the end. looks well smart now.

 

[Grapo]

Yeah that was my plan but the top of my gaiter is f'd up! Need a new gaiter really but they are stapled onto the gear surround, could be quite fiddly to fit a new one.

 

[RichieRich]

sorry to bring this back up but how do u change the gaiter's handbrake and gearlever? never done this before and im thinkin of leather gaiter's from ebay do i have much hope? and is it worth changein the handbreak lever at the same time?

 

[Ad Lav]

I have the original gear gaitor to my sport somewhere

 

[Ad Lav]

I also have aftermarket gearknob and handbrake cover/gaitors!

 

[Aimez]

grap, if you get a momo one, force the top part of the gaiter throught the bottom screw on bit of the new knob then screw that to the top main part with the gaiter tucked inside. took ages to do as gaiter was blocking screw threads but got there in the end. looks well smart now.

I got a momo one same problems, i eventually had to stitch the gaitor up at the top as it kept falling through, im gonna get a cupra one soon so it looks better but il have to do the same thing!

 

[Phil_beeza]

ive fitten a red/silver one from ebay which looks a bit like a snakes head

my gaiter cloth is just sitting scruffily haolfway up the stick, but its actually quite good, because the cloth is now slack, it's a great place to put my mobile phone

 

[danmay]

i fitted a chrome sparco gear knob to mine, same as aimez i had to sew the top up so it went tight and didn't fall down, is ok now though!

a cupra gear knob and gaiter costs £45 plus VAT!!!!

there's also a guide somewhere on how to fit the gear knob, it's from a leon i think but the same principle!!


Ad lav....... what's the gaitor from your sport like, is it just plain black or does it have funky stitching??