Oxford White GT

[Centurion07]

Slight diversion, if ford offered it as part of PDI - We'll add all LEDs to your car for £50-80 I'm sure most of us would have said yes.

Exactly. No-one's going to look at a £35K price tag and go "hmmm, it's those damn LEDs everywhere, I'm not buying!", are they? :lol:

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[Manders Mustang]

Exactly. No-one's going to look at a £35K price tag and go "hmmm, it's those damn LEDs everywhere, I'm not buying!", are they? :lol:

I wouldn't, I probably wouldn't have thought about them had it not been for the forum?

 

[Centurion07]

Fitted the alcantara bits from JPM today.







Couldn't be arsed to do the handbrake boot today as that requires the centre console to come out. :tsk:

 

[SteveS]

Fitted the alcantara bits from JPM today.

Look really good. Not sure I could be doin with the faff however ;)

 

[Centurion07]

Definitely a faff. Huge amounts of paranoia during the whole thing about getting adhesive on them! :lol:

 

[Ian whu]

Looks nice mate, hard to do?

 

[Centurion07]

The process is easy; trying to keep adhesive off the "show" side is not.

CJ Pony Parts have done a couple of install vids and as usual make it look like you'll be back on the road in no time. The reality, however...

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It's perfectly simple as long as you think through exactly how you're going to handle everything once you've applied the adhesive. I'd recommend a few trial runs to get it straight in your own head. Also, make sure you watch the video properly otherwise you may miss something (like the bit where he says when reinstalling you need to pull the reverse lockout up slightly otherwise the collar won't engage properly). :lol:

I've made it sound more complicated than it is. Care is the main thing required.

 

[Centurion07]

No manufacturer was able to do this for me so I made it myself. It came out even better than I dared hope!







Ignore the cracks in the top, somebody (NOT me!) screwed it on without the locking nut in place and cracked the top, which played a part in deciding to use it as a prototype for my customisation.

This was a completely plain (except for the shift pattern) gearknob I got from [MENTION=13598]Gibbo205[/MENTION] as he'd already imported several from the US. You remember which one this is, as I want a white one and this one is off-white?

I made the Martini stripes and Ford Racing logos using waterslide decal paper. Once printed, spray them with clear lacquer, leave to dry, then apply them as you would any waterslide decal.

The beauty of this is you can now completely customise your gearknob.

Obviously I went for Martini stripes, but if you buy a totally plain one you could print out the shift pattern in whatever font you want, as well as adding any random logos/stripes/patterns which the manufacturers I spoke to seemed unable to do.

I was running this gearknob with a small horizontal stripe prior to doing this version to check how the decals would hold up. After a few hundred miles it was still as good as when it went on, but if you really want to make sure it's permanent, then a coat of lacquer over the finished knob would achieve that.

However, if you ever get bored of your design and fancy a change, a quick rub with some nail polish remover and you can take the decals off and replace with a new design.

 

[Ian whu]

Looking good mate.

 

[Centurion07]

Ta. Look even better when I do it to a pure white, unbroken one!

 

[SteveS]

I like.

 

[Manders Mustang]

Looks good mate, nice job!!!

 

[Jimboy2]

Looks awesome mate. Well done

 

[stevec]

It never seizes to amaze me what people do on this forum.
Who thinks "You know what, I am gonna put Martini stripes on my f~~~ing gear knob?"

Brilliant job.

Shame you damaged it by screwing it on too far!

 

[Centurion07]

That wasn't me!!!! :frusty:

Seriously. I'd own up to it if it was.

Like I said, I want a proper white one anyway rather than this off-white one so it's not so bad.

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