OEM GSX Shift Knob?

[oplix]

I had a quick question. I just bought a 95 GSX recently and I noticed that it came with a rubber shift knob. I was wondering, isn't the factory GSX/GST knobs leather?

 

[gekido666_1]

Yes.

 

[VTEC_THIS]

Yea leather or pleather.

 

[snowborder714]

^ Not necessarily true.

When I got my car, I had a rubber shift knob (which I'm assuming was original to the car). The part numbers are different between a '95 GST and GSX, although I'm not sure of the differences.

 

[oplix]

anyone know where I can buy a stock leather shift knob?

 

[snowborder714]

OEM Leather Heavy Shift Knob - MR263906

 

[oplix]

what do you mean? I want to know WHERE to get one

 

[snowborder714]

: JNZ Tuning

That is an OEM part number.

 

[DGajre777]

Your local Mitsubishi dealer, an online Mitsubishi dealer or eBay.

 

[Defiant]

Apparently, a regular old plastic shifter lives under the leather-covered ones. I've never destroyed one to find out.

 

[pinder91]

Apparently, a regular old plastic shifter lives under the leather-covered ones. I've never destroyed one to find out.

This is a fact! I found a leather one in the junkyard with broken stitches and dried out leather. I took it home and ripped off the leather to find the plastic/rubbery one underneath, numbers and all. A little Goo-Gone to remove the left over glue and it was good as new.

 

[oplix]

actually i think mine was originally leather too because when i bought it it had a strip of sticky over the plastic. gonna order a new leather one

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

Here is some useless trivia facts on 2g dsms.

Obviously GSXs came standard with leather, meaning standard leather wrapped steering wheel and shift knob. Rare to have cloth stock on GSX unless purposely switched, if they actually came factory cloth from stock I'd like to see the window sticker.

Obviously GS-T leather was a definite option, having done so gets them the aforementioned leather knob and wheel. If either are missing then something was swapped.

Now the weird stuff, Talons, the AWD Talons, having cloth was more common as it was an option. But even as cloth, both the AWD and FWD talons came with leather wrapped wheel and shift knob.

 

[DGajre777]

Now the weird stuff, Talons, the AWD Talons, having cloth was more common as it was an option. But even as cloth, both the AWD and FWD talons came with leather wrapped wheel and shift knob.

Yup. My AWD Talon has cloth interior with a leather wrapped steering wheel and shift knob. Oh and no sunroof.

 

[siceclipse]

I got my OEM heavy weighted shift know from MachV.com and I LOVE it!

 

[oplix]

I just bought a set of 3g wiper nozzles and a OEM leather knob from jnz tuning all for about $24

 

[spyder97gs]

This is the coolest thing I've read on here in awhile. My leather shift knob was peeling when I bought the car and I was just about to buy a replacement vinyl knob. Defiant is right, the rubber shift knob is right under the wrapped leather with numbers and all.

 

[Defiant]

I wonder where the idea of a leather-wrapped steering wheel came from. It's a crappy idea. The leather used is stupidly thin, and has to be treated to the point it's hardly leather anymore. Then, between soaking up sweat, sun exposure, and the inevitable abrasion it'll receive in a DSM, it's not long before they begin to rot and die. To add to the entertainment value, many leather treatment products warn you to not use them on steering wheels, as though a slippery silicone coating on a wheel is a bad idea or something.
Anyway, I have a nice, bulletproof, rotproof, wearproof, sweatproof vinyl wheel just waiting for my ambition to get itself installed.
I guess the sales wonks just insist on having that line in the advertising propaganda.

 

[rodent]

I wonder where the idea of a leather-wrapped steering wheel came from. It's a crappy idea. The leather used is stupidly thin, and has to be treated to the point it's hardly leather anymore. Then, between soaking up sweat, sun exposure, and the inevitable abrasion it'll receive in a DSM, it's not long before they begin to rot and die. To add to the entertainment value, many leather treatment products warn you to not use them on steering wheels, as though a slippery silicone coating on a wheel is a bad idea or something.
Anyway, I have a nice, bulletproof, rotproof, wearproof, sweatproof vinyl wheel just waiting for my ambition to get itself installed.
I guess the sales wonks just insist on having that line in the advertising propaganda.

I agree about the wheel. Can you still get a replacement or is there a place that can re-wrap the leather on the wheel? I like the 3g wheel outer wheel leather wrap but hate the 3 spoke center.

Love my new leather knob from JNZ!

 

[Defiant]

I got a vinyl 2G wheel a couple of years ago, off eBay. Probably an RS wheel or something. I don't know what diameter other Chrysler wheels are, if Avenger wheels are the same size. I prefer a 3-spoke, but I don't like how the 1G wheel leaves the tree-stump of the 2G column shroud just sticking out around the hub.

 

[Bubbs Malone]

When I bought my 97 RS it came with a leather shift knob, nifty. It's a bit beatup and I cleaned it with some saddle soap, so of course it started to peal. But I'll live with it until I buy, or run across one in the junkyrd (not likely). I found a leather Parking break-pull cover and it was from a GT3000, almost fits too. I've seen them in the seebring also, but they are too different.

 

[BoostedinSoFla]

Did the leather knobs only come in black? My beat-up one is black but I wanna make sure before I place the order with JNZ, don't want anything grey.

 

[snowborder714]

If you order the part number I posted above (post #6), you'll get a black leather shift knob.

 

[BoostedinSoFla]

Thanks bro. Didn't know they were that cheap, would've bought one a long time ago.

 

[romeen]

Apparently, a regular old plastic shifter lives under the leather-covered ones. I've never destroyed one to find out.

Correct. And the leather "covering" is paper thin. My car only has 50K miles on it and the leather is already nearly worn through where the heel of my hand touches the knob. Still, the leather does have a much nicer feel than the rubber IMO.