Tony's ZHP Project

Thank you to Raymond Lee for my 8 month belated birthday present.

I installed the new shift knob today with the old boot. I am not a fan of the leather boot plus it does not really go well with the rest of the alcantara set up in the car. Overall I am really satisfied with the way things turned out.

So let's begin with the write up.

The first step I tried was using a heat gun and heating up the middle ring while pushing down the leather inside out. Causing the glue to melt a little and giving me more room to work with. Then I press on the tab on the left and it release the ring from that side. The other two tabs are larger and I just ended up breaking them off. Pretty much the ring is used to keep the cloth from dropping too low from the shift knob itself. I did not reattach the ring to the knob. I will see how it works over the next week or two before I add a cable tie or something to hold it in place.
http://i.imgur.com/tB7poBC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/h53i6Es.jpg

I made two snips into the leather boot to remove the wiring from the shift boot.
http://i.imgur.com/wdoGjXT.jpg

Followed by snipping the plastic on the right from the ash tray holder wires.
http://i.imgur.com/bkOuhXx.jpg

Reinstalled everything
http://i.imgur.com/jU2rNM5.jpg

I will have some photos once it gets dark. Along with my feeling/opinions towards this knob and lighting.
All photos are here - http://imgur.com/a/mjGTR#0

Updated with more photos :)

http://i.imgur.com/lFipTiK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/eIM0uyB.jpg

You sir, have made me want it bad..lol crap.

I am sorry man! Honestly I blame Charlie for making me want to do so many mods for this car. :) Well it was a pretty easy mod overall. Not sure what to do with the plastic ring since it kinda just sits there. Eventually I would like to have the interior tri-stitch instead.

Nice job, looks good. And, keep away from Charlie or you'd be sucked into a tornadic vortex of modding whirlwind that will never end! :biggrin

So I have driven with the knob for a few days and here is my review. The f10 m5 knob is amazing and the leather is soft. I can't really compare it to a brand new zhp knob however I would probably say it would feel similar. It feels just like the zhp knob and the lighting/color is prefect in terms of it matching the rest of the interior color. Overall I am way to happy that it was a gift for me and that all zhp should have came with this knob.

Great review. A new ZHP knob is always awesome.. Did you just tap into the little ashtray light for the power source?

Yep! I was thinking about splitting the wire so that the ash tray would continue to get the light up but I then figured when will I ever have it open and care about it being lit up or not. So I just use the wire that was there.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day doing super maintenance since I have no history of the car.

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Originally Posted by Tnhl1989

I am sorry man! Honestly I blame Charlie for making me want to do so many mods for this car. :) Well it was a pretty easy mod overall. Not sure what to do with the plastic ring since it kinda just sits there. Eventually I would like to have the interior tri-stitch instead.

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Dude, Charlie is a terrible influence. On top of that, I even regularly drive 2 hours to his house every few weekends to be negatively (financially) influenced by him!!


I'd love to check out your new shift knob in person.... hint hint.

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Originally Posted by Tnhl1989

I am sorry man! Honestly I blame Charlie for making me want to do so many mods for this car. :) Well it was a pretty easy mod overall. Not sure what to do with the plastic ring since it kinda just sits there. Eventually I would like to have the interior tri-stitch instead.

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Tony, I'm glad that I showed you the path to enlightenment ;)

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Originally Posted by johnrando

Nice job, looks good. And, keep away from Charlie or you'd be sucked into a tornadic vortex of modding whirlwind that will never end! :biggrin

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So true John but you're helping me recently with that as well...;)

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Originally Posted by az3579

Dude, Charlie is a terrible influence. On top of that, I even regularly drive 2 hours to his house every few weekends to be negatively (financially) influenced by him!!


I'd love to check out your new shift knob in person.... hint hint.

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Stand by Botond.....more in store for you :biggrin