Caterham 310S Gear Knob

[11Budlite]

One of the things on my 310S that I never really liked the appearance of is the gear knob that comes stock in grey paint. The 'R' models had a much better looking black painted finish. To me the grey finish of the gear knob and gauges looked like they belonged on a 80-90's Nissan Sentra. I liked the weight and feel of the stock knob so decided to see what I could do to change the look. Since it came from Caterham with a small nick in the knob I didn't have much to lose. So I cut off the head of a bolt (M10x1.5 IIRC) and chucked it up in  a drill press. About 15-20 minutes later after using various grits of emery cloth and red scotchbrite, I had a nice brushed aluminum gear knob. And the nick was gone too. I'm not sure if I'm going to paint the shift pattern again but to me it looks so much better than before. 

 

Edited Monday at 06:39 PM by 11Budlite

[theDreamer]

Good job and I agree with you about the looks but then I’m biased. I’d like a shifter with a proper big Caterham logo on it like the one in the HPC that Stang70Fastback just sold. But I like the feel and look of the polished ball that came on my car against the grey leather. Even though it has a Lotus logo on it I like that it is the same colour palette. Most don’t realize it is not a Caterham logo until I point it out. Then as I explain the cars history it is easy for them to draw the line from Chapman’s original sevens to the Caterham sevens. Many comment on the fact the Caterham logo is basically a Lotus badge turned 180 degrees. (Which we all know is basically how it came about when Caterham bought the rights to the seven.)