burning hot shift knob

Holy crap weather has been exceptionally warm in my neck of the woods and the shift knob can almost burn an imprint into my hand!

Never crossed my mind that a shiny aluminum shift knob can collect as much heat as it does. Almost a driving hazard in warm climates.

How do you folks deal with the heat? Driving gloves? New knob?

stevescivic said:

Holy crap weather has been exceptionally warm in my neck of the woods and the shift knob can almost burn an imprint into my hand!

Never crossed my mind that a shiny aluminum shift knob can collect as much heat as it does. Almost a driving hazard in warm climates.

How do you folks deal with the heat? Driving gloves? New knob?

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Get the Red Leather optional shift knob.

Have an extra pair of socks ?

I've seen some interesting knob covers on here, and I've been meaning to ask where people get them, or how they make them (some look knit?). I really like the stock shift knob, and would like to keep it but also not freeze or burn my hands.

Subbing to this thread for those peeps to tell us the deets

CHAMPIONSHIPWHITE said:

Get the Red Leather optional shift knob.

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that would be really nice option but that thing is pretty crazy expensive.

Looking for more reasonable options I guess.

Old white sunglasses bag works great, as does a baby sock. My old 350Z had a black leather knob with a metal square in the middle, that thing got so fucking hot it branded my goddamned hand once.

Micah said:

Old white sunglasses bag works great, as does a baby sock. My old 350Z had a black leather knob with a metal square in the middle, that thing got so fucking hot it branded my goddamned hand once.

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hmm okay, some simple ideas. Not the nicest looking but certainly better than being branded by your own car's knob!

erbee said:

Have an extra pair of socks ?

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Always have an unmatched sock after laundry

My thermo meter in my car said 104 degrees the other day. My knob was very hot. I was tempted to pour a tiny bit of cold bottled water I had with me on my knob and the palm of my hand. I ultimately just shifted super quick by slapping the ball with my hand until the inside temperatures cooled off. Someone earlier mentioned an optional red leather knob. Is it easy to install and lineup?

I got this

stevescivic said:

that would be really nice option but that thing is pretty crazy expensive.

Looking for more reasonable options I guess.

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I’ve seen some guys use the old leather wrapped knob from an Si, looks reasonably similar. I’m in agreement that I want to have one specific to the CTR though, either the stock one or the JDM one.

I got this one from amazon lol... $9 for 12 bags. I gave the rest to my wife for jewelry haha I looked a lot of places and couldn't find anything I liked (or would fit right). Kinda surprised there are not more products out there.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LZ8CDYK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Same here. Works good.

sushi said:

I got this

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Beer koozie... insulation keeps knob nice & cool