Heres a go at both stock and one with a carbon fibre center section.
Exact reprodction that dont wear out.

Stock


Carbon Center Section

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willing to make a little bit out of this? thats supurb what youv achieved there! im really impressed.. how much did it cost to re-fab? and how much do i have to pay you to redo mine? done well

Thats great work! What are they made from?

That looks awesome, well done!
What are we all going to be sucked in to pay now?

WOW! looks really good. also interested on how much for one of these?

ooOoooO I have seen these in real life!! They are excellent!!!

Im assuming this is Peter!!

Yes its Peter
They are made out of polyester resin.
There not refab gear knob but a new molded one.
The mold was taken off a almost new one and the process reporduces every detail right down to the crinckly leather/vynl finish of the original stock one.
As to price ! Ha ! Ive been making these for years and could never get any one to look at buying them or even looking at them for that matter.
In the end I gave away my stocks and sent them to people here on the forum at my own expense then basically gave up trying. No one was instersted when I told them they were exact repros made of polyester resin and couldnt tell the difference even looking at point blank.
I started out at $50 and went right down to $30 for the stock one. Couldnt sell one. Almost a year of development work off ond on to get the stock knob molding process right so it could be made all in the one go.
I never bothered to work out a price for the C/F one as that is a bugger to make. You gotta make two stock ones cut off the side panels on one and uses the center section on the other. Then profile down the center section C/F it, make the H pattern, then put about 5mm clear over the top. Sand and polish to the right profile and then attach the side panels. Oh and I can make the stock one in just about any colour.

they look freakin great.
have you made, or thought about making another type. rather than the stock one?
i'm sure that's where you'd find a market.

Yes I have made other types.
I still have stocks of exact repro stock 300zx ones in the standard black and a bunch of other colours. The 300 gear knob is a lot longer than normal and when you try to replace it with an aftermarket one theres a large gap between the boot and the new knob.
In the 300 style I have a prototype totally water clear knob with bunch of clear diodes in the bottom that light the whole thing up when you put your lights on.
As to styles, I guess any thing can be done.
Polyester resin is fairly versatile and can be coloured just about any how.
I always thougth that the best looking style of knob was the stock shape with either the side panels in the colour of your car and the center black or the center section in the colour of you car and the side panels black.
But thats just my opinion and everyone an individual.

Ok so say i really really wanted the carbon one what would you charge? I supply my gear knob thats all.
And u charge 50bux for stock ones re-done?

Dude ! You misunderstand me. I dont need your gear knob.
There not reconditioned they are reproduction. I got a couple of finished stockers and about 6 unfinished one some where in a box around the place

aww these pics dont work for me i wanna see them

Just tried to up load them again and they wont go into the attachments file any more ?????

its just a temporary issue with the forum due to the recent migration

its a problem with the entire board. happened when the host changed..apparently its being worked on? i want my IP gallery back!

can you do anything for us auto boys? there is a great lack of knobs for autos that have full functionality (over drive) and dont look like arse.