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Just bought my first car and therefore my first mx5, so be nice, newbie here. It's a 2000 series 2 (NB8B?) and the gear knob is fairly worn and want to know whats involved in installing a new one. Was looking at mx5mania gear knobs such as the tt shifter and wanted to know if its easy to install myself considering im in melbourne. Does anyone in vic know of a good place to go? mx5factory? do they have those sorts of accesories?. If anyone has some tips or suggestions on what i should do it would be greatly appreciated.

Screw off old one...
Screw on new one...

Enjoy Voodoo voodoo is my preferance (and very popular with others) James at the mx5centre (forum sponsor) sells them

Oh and my first car was my mx5 too Had it for almost 2 years now. Great choice!!! Any other questions feel free to ask, we're all happy to help

Lefty loosey, righty tighty...

Welcome though

Welcome shake and bake

The knob will feel like it is glued on, when you first take it off, but keep unscrewing it anticlockwise, and eventually you'll hear a "snap", ad then it will just unscrew easily.

If you do'nt have the strongest grip, you can use a pair of vice pliers, but please make sure you put a soft cloth under the jaws so you don't damage the current knob.
You may need it again.

One word VOODOO

Jules

If you struggle with the grip but don't have the tools, I've found wrapping it in those thick red rubber bands or even better, those non stick mats helps.

Anti-clockwise will unscrew it

I've never understood lefty righty...

Initially I couldn't undo the knob despite my best efforts.
I found going for a drive warmed the gearbox (which transfers heat into the stick) and made it easier to unscrew.

You've never heard that before Andy? I didn't think it was that exciting a saying

Scrubs:

Lady: I can't believe that six young men stopped to help an old lady change a tire!
J.D.: And don't you forget who put that tire on and tightened those lugnuts, Martha! Okay, sweetie, have fun at the swap-meet! Drive safe.
J.D.'s Narration: Yep. It sure feels good to do the right thing.
J.D.: Righty loosey, lefty tighty.
J.D.'s Narration: Oh, "righty tighty! lefty loosey!" Ohhhh, man. It still feels good.

shake and bake wrote:Just bought my first car and therefore my first mx5, so be nice, newbie here. It's a 2000 series 2 (NB8B?) and the gear knob is fairly worn and want to know whats involved in installing a new one. Was looking at mx5mania gear knobs such as the tt shifter and wanted to know if its easy to install myself considering im in melbourne. Does anyone in vic know of a good place to go? mx5factory? do they have those sorts of accesories?. If anyone has some tips or suggestions on what i should do it would be greatly appreciated.

Come to "The Garage" on a Thursday night and you can have any number of people help you out. It's a cafe/restaurant we go to every week, details are in the events section under victoria and weekly meet up. Hope to see you there

Ben

Hey guys i checked out some pics of the voodoo gear knobs. dont really rate them maybe i need to see one in the flesh. Im thinking bout getting the tt shifter that mania has for sale. Has anyone seen or installed them on their cars? wat do u reckon?

What style of gearknobs do you like?

Voodoo are nice and cheap, I prefer round as it's easier to grab a hold of, instead of taller style (similar to oem), which requires pulling/pushing/palming the knob.

Voodoo are slightly big for some, I would prefer an ARC one cause it's slightly smaller than voodoo, but not enough $$$.

Sandor wrote:We opted for a Skunk2 gearknob - made a big difference.

440grams of knobly goodness


You do realise that you don't have to buy a gearknob from a specialist MX-5 shop?
Anything with a 10x1.25 thread pattern will fit

Avoid those universal knobs with grub screws. They work well for a couple of months and then fall to pieces.