I must admit I was torn on whether to do this or not, the original looks good enough and had no issues with the feel of the gear change... cdv delete and an oil change does wonders these cars! But when marlon had one for sale at a great price I snapped his hand off!
Firstly, taking off the old gearknob.
A right PITA, read a good write on here about straddling the centre console and it worked a treat! Tricky in a coupe due to the roof but got it off within seconds after about half hour of trying from the sitting down!
Some stats
Original style
Height - approx 90mm
Weight - 65g
ZHP
Height - 76mm
Weight - 170g
The gear change is so much slicker now, holding lower down is the first advantage but the rounder shape feels much better too and encourages you to hold the side rather than top as I did with the original. The weight difference is far greater than I thought and clearly has a large impact so all in, a well worthwhile mod for the manual z4!
Firstly, taking off the old gearknob.
A right PITA, read a good write on here about straddling the centre console and it worked a treat! Tricky in a coupe due to the roof but got it off within seconds after about half hour of trying from the sitting down!
Some stats
Original style
Height - approx 90mm
Weight - 65g
ZHP
Height - 76mm
Weight - 170g
The gear change is so much slicker now, holding lower down is the first advantage but the rounder shape feels much better too and encourages you to hold the side rather than top as I did with the original. The weight difference is far greater than I thought and clearly has a large impact so all in, a well worthwhile mod for the manual z4!
Sth. Manchester/Cheshire border
