Leather Shift Knob

[OzzmosisDSM]

I have one of the factory leather shift knobs but the leather is worn out and dull and starting to rip. If I peel the leather off is there actually a regular non-leather shift knob underneath? I like the feel of this shift knob so I don't really want to replace it, but I could do without the ugly worn out leather. Anybody know what's underneath?

 

[AdoreGSX]

the regular n/t knob is underneath

 

[OzzmosisDSM]

thanks

 

[Spyder FX]

Or you can get an OEM heavy leather replacement from machv, it's only like 30 bucks now. My talon has the same ripping leather problem as you, yeah it's just a vinyl shifter wrapped in cheap leather.

 

[OzzmosisDSM]

I actually have the heavy leather one from machv on my n/t but the damn thing doesn't screw on straight. The solution I came to on my n/t was to use the light duty thread lock stuff from autozone. That was a mistake. I used a drop of thread lock on each side of the shifter threads, screwed the knob on to where it felt nice and let it dry. Let me just say it was a PITA trying to get the damn thing off again. I finally twisted it off with a pair of vice grips just to find it doesn't screw on straight on my tsi, and I don't really wanna use thread lock again. Is there any other way to get the screw on type shift knobs to stay straight without using something like thread lock?