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Shift Knob Mod Finished (Mostly)

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Old Sep 29, 2006
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Shift **** Mod Finished (Mostly)

It took a while, but my shift **** mod is mostly finished. Just need to wire it up to the lighting system in the truck. I wired it up to a 4.5v battery on my bench to make sure it works. Behold...



What it looks like turned off...



And one more comparison to what it looked like before the mod...



It came out alright, but I learned a lesson. Krazy glue changes the appearance of sanded plexiglass. The light is somewhat splotched, and even when off you can see light and dark areas under the plastic. The Krazy glue turned everything it touched under the ring clear

Sorry about the crappy "lit" picture, the camera never takes a steady photo when the flash is turned off.
 

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Old Sep 29, 2006
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Not to shabby
 
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Old Sep 30, 2006
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thats pretty cool
 
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Old Sep 30, 2006
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that isn't too bad....do a write up on how you did it and show us pics of the install...
 
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Old Sep 30, 2006
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have you tried polishing the ****?



lol seriously though, it will fill in the ruff areas and clean it up some
 
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Old Sep 30, 2006
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very cool idea!
 
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Old Sep 30, 2006
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Originally Posted by KARPE
have you tried polishing the ****?
Any ideas what I should use?

I'm thinking about redoing the plastic part... the light and dark splotches really bug me.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2006
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That's cool!
 
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Old Sep 30, 2006
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freakin sweet. do a how to on it. very neat idea man
 
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Old Oct 2, 2006
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That is really cool. How bright is it? I looks really bright.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2006
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looks pretty cool man..to bad i dont have one of them...
 
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Old Oct 2, 2006
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That's awesome.

You def. need to write a how-to.

Brenton
 
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Old Oct 2, 2006
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To bad the pics won't load....
 
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Old Oct 9, 2006
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Originally Posted by EdGe_wannabe
That's awesome.

You def. need to write a how-to.

Brenton
Done. https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...d.php?p=456289

Hopefully the images stay up. They are all hosted on my college's web server, which has had its share of problems.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2006
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Sweet idea, too bad i dont have a 5-speed...lol
 
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