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Old 14th May 2014, 04:51 PM
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But you have got me thinking about the gear knob. How easily does it come off? My "chrome" button is in a pretty bad way so I want to refurbish or replace it anyway.
Sergey did a write up on here somewhere. I'll try to find it later as well a photo of the gearshift he fitted.
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Old 14th May 2014, 05:42 PM
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Yes, there's some information in the Interior Upgrade Stickies, but I'm a bit wary of "popping the knob off" in case it won't go back on easily!

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I'm tempted to replace item 3 with one in black just because it won't show the marks from the lever going up and down!
I decided to colour mine to match the grip using "The Wonder of Woolies!"

It's covered (where it hasn't rubbed off to expose the black plastic) with that horrible soft rubbery paint they use on the door shells as well (and other places). But not being porous and having a matte surface it's easy to paint and dries quickly. The colour of it on my car is called "Jive" or "Grey Beige".
I did 3 coats of Woolies on the exposed bits inside an hour and I think it looks great! Might clearcoat lacquer it another day to stop it rubbing off.

(By the way, if people don't know how to take this stuff off it's dead easy. There's a captive plug under the rear end of the leather grip that can be eased out with a small blade such as an electrical screwdriver and it then slides forward letting the lever cover lift up at the front releasing a tab at the rear)
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2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
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1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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Old 22nd May 2014, 02:39 PM
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Sergey did a write up on here somewhere. I'll try to find it later as well a photo of the gearshift he fitted.
It's here: http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2918
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Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .
Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
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Old 18th June 2014, 02:35 PM
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I'm a bit wary of "popping the knob off"
Sorry that make me chuckle, I am so immature
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