Updating Shift Knob? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Billion · 03-01-2015, 06:02 AM

My 86 has the speed on the dash so i wouldnt mind a knob like this actually

retoocs · 03-01-2015, 08:39 AM

If you are looking down, you can already see what gear you are in.

FiRStsc10n · 03-01-2015, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billion

My 86 has the speed on the dash so i wouldnt mind a knob like this actually

You need to activate it on the manual cars to display the gear in the same digital box as the odometer, mileage, outside temperature.

Billion · 03-01-2015, 12:34 PM

Yeah i just saw that in another random thread i was reading haha! The BRZ i test drove before i bought my 86 had the gears on the dash so i figured you could do it on the 86 i just never bothered to look into it :P

WhiteFRS69 · 03-01-2015, 12:42 PM

you know you can have it display what gear your in, on the display where your mileage, trip mileage and outside temp is

why have it both?

Billion · 03-01-2015, 01:09 PM

Maybe he desperately needs to know the outside temperature and which gear he is in at the same time :P

stugray · 03-01-2015, 01:30 PM

I am trying to imagine how the knob would know what gear you are in.
I dont see how it would work.

Even if you put an accelerometer in it to feel when you move the lever, the car moving around (cornering, braking accelerating) it wouldnt be able to tell.

So sounds like a dream to me.

D.Scrye · 03-01-2015, 02:21 PM

Wouldn't it just be less distracting to drop a hand onto the knob to feel what gear you're in?

WhiteFRS69 · 03-01-2015, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billion

Maybe he desperately needs to know the outside temperature and which gear he is in at the same time :P

it displays both for you at the same time

Billion · 03-03-2015, 01:56 PM

Yeah i see that now! Got it working on my car. The brz i test drove had the gear displayed in the top screen in place of the speed so i thought thats what everyone was refering to :P

myusernameisrob · 03-03-2015, 06:53 PM

This is somewhat off topic but does anyone know if the AT and MT knobs are compatible?

I'm wanting to run a AT knob(without gear logo) on my MT.

FiRStsc10n · 03-03-2015, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yoitsrob

This is somewhat off topic but does anyone know if the AT and MT knobs are compatible?

I'm wanting to run a AT knob(without gear logo) on my MT.

No they are not. Why not get a replacement logo.

myusernameisrob · 03-03-2015, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FiRStsc10n

No they are not. Why not get a replacement logo.

I was hoping to run the AT TRD knob since it only has the TRD logo on it.

robot · 03-04-2015, 01:29 PM

MachV used to sell one. IMHO it was a tacky and not very useful. Why would you look at the gear knob for a readout when you could put that readout in your field of view?

It was electronically controlled iirc, something like rpm, speed, etc. calculated to guess??

I covered my stock shift knob in alcantara. That's as upgraded as it is going to get.

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retoocs Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 168 Thanks: 2 Thanked 63 Times in 43 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If you are looking down, you can already see what gear you are in.

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Billion Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2013 Toyota 86 Location: Toowoomba, Australia Posts: 41 Thanks: 57 Thanked 18 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Yeah i just saw that in another random thread i was reading haha! The BRZ i test drove before i bought my 86 had the gears on the dash so i figured you could do it on the 86 i just never bothered to look into it :P

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Billion Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2013 Toyota 86 Location: Toowoomba, Australia Posts: 41 Thanks: 57 Thanked 18 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Maybe he desperately needs to know the outside temperature and which gear he is in at the same time :P

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stugray Banned Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 GBS BRZ Limited Location: Colorado Posts: 1,925 Thanks: 627 Thanked 1,445 Times in 711 Posts Mentioned: 41 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I am trying to imagine how the knob would know what gear you are in. I dont see how it would work. Even if you put an accelerometer in it to feel when you move the lever, the car moving around (cornering, braking accelerating) it wouldnt be able to tell. So sounds like a dream to me.

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Billion Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2013 Toyota 86 Location: Toowoomba, Australia Posts: 41 Thanks: 57 Thanked 18 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Yeah i see that now! Got it working on my car. The brz i test drove had the gear displayed in the top screen in place of the speed so i thought thats what everyone was refering to :P

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myusernameisrob Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Drives: FR-Z Location: WA Posts: 198 Thanks: 0 Thanked 99 Times in 50 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This is somewhat off topic but does anyone know if the AT and MT knobs are compatible? I'm wanting to run a AT knob(without gear logo) on my MT.

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