Boomba shift knob lettering?

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Finally broke down and got a new shift knob. (Tired of almost burning my hands on the stock one)
Got the Boomba in black but now that it’s here I’m not really happy with the lettering. (Love the weight and feel though.) In all the pictures on their site and most of them on here, it looks like the etching is bright white, or st least silver. On the one I received however it’s an ugly off white almost tan. Anyone else’s look like this?

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Boomba says it’s just “part of the laser engraving process”. If it is they need to find a better method. Either back to searching for a knob or maybe I can either cover it or do a little machining and remove it. Or just try a sharpie.
-Steve
 

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it looks bright on their picture is cause they are using bright white lights pointed directly at it to take the pictures
 

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i use to have this exact knob and liked everything about it except the cheap highschool lettering plastered all over it
 

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Nice that looks great! did you do the same to the top?
 


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Nice that looks great! did you do the same to the top?
No. My wife has to borrow my car occasionally. Every other stick car we’ve had has had reverse to the left.
I am seeing if I can buy just the red cap. Otherwise I can live with it.
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looks great! what is a burnished razor?
 
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looks great! what is a burnished razor?
Take a razor blade and run the sharp edge across a sharpening steel or file handle and it will sort of curl over the edge into kind of a hook. Makes it into a superfine and sharp scraper. Drag it over Delrin (or other plastics) and it will remove super fine shavings and leave a polished finish.
I actually had to go over it with some steel wool because it was too shiny.
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