Author Topic: WTB Illuminated shift knob. (Read 3946 times)

D. Clay · « **on:** August 10, 2007, 03:15:15 PM »

Anybody have for sale?

gearheadE30 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 10, 2007, 08:05:00 PM »

If you don't care about the ///M logo, then you could just take off the stock knob, pop off the plastic shift pattern piece, drill straight through the knob, and run wires and a light through it. If it has to be red, get a plastic ruler or something, paint it red, and place it above the bulb. It looks the same as the Ebay ones.

bmwpower · « **Reply #2 on:** August 10, 2007, 08:52:56 PM »

Quote from: gearheadE30;31409

If you don't care about the ///M logo, then you could just take off the stock knob, pop off the plastic shift pattern piece, drill straight through the knob, and run wires and a light through it. If it has to be red, get a plastic ruler or something, paint it red, and place it above the bulb. It looks the same as the Ebay ones.

Don't the wires come down the side of the knob, below the surface of the leather? How would you get the wires from the bulb to the plug?

BTW, I have one somewhere that I might be interested in selling.

D. Clay · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2007, 12:05:08 PM »

The shift lever is a solid piece. You have to drill all the way down the inside of the knob to run the wires. Here's a link to a DIY.
http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=articles&report=view&ID=00054&Section=02

RED IS 91 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2007, 07:21:24 PM »

Quote from: D. Clay;31436

The shift lever is a solid piece. You have to drill all the way down the inside of the knob to run the wires. Here's a link to a DIY.
http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=articles&report=view&ID=00054&Section=02

excellent write up !

bmwpower · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2007, 08:14:49 PM »

pm sent......

gearheadE30 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2007, 12:12:49 PM »

Yup, thats the one I was looking for.