honda hrv

joanofarc

hi there, i'm a newbie so hope i'm posting in the right place.
can any of you tell me where i'd get a cheap gear box knob for my honda hrv? honda dealers are quoting me 62 e and halfords and general car part shops don't do knobs for honda hrv's. my one has 2 little clip thingys at the end that fit into the silver ring over the leather cover. hope that makes sense!!! any advice?

EPM

Try a few scrap yards maybe. Rare enough car so might be tough. www.traynors.co.uk could be worth a shot, so could fleabay

joanofarc

ya think thats what i'l do, all the car shops say they'r universal gear knobs but they ain't!!! cheers

bazz26

There seems to be alot of them for sale on eBay though my gut feeling is that most are universal:

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=honda+hr-v+gear+stick+knob&_sacat=See-All-Categories

joanofarc

problem is that all the so called universal ones don't have the double clip thingy at the end. seems that my only option is to buy new or from scrap yard...will try scrap yard first. ta for your replys

joanofarc

tried here already to find out where to get a gear knob for my honda hrv...bar buying a new one (62e) i've tried car ass' shops and scrap yards to no avail. can anyone please tell me if theres another type of gear knob that will fit a hrv ( the current 1 is unusual in that it has a double clip thingy at the base that the silver ring fits over). can't afford the 62e for a new one so would love to find an alternative. (someone took a screw driver to the current one!!!) please help!!!

joanofarc

oh if it were only that easy....see heres the prob, that link you posted shows a gear knob identical to the ones for sale in halfords....theres a million of those types on e-bay and they all say honda hrv but in actual fact are the "universal" variety which will not fit my Feckin gear stick. that type will screw on the to gear stick but don't have the clips at the end to hold the silver ring ( attached to the leather glove) in place!!!!aaarrrgggg!!
thanks so much for posting the link and taking the time....but surely to god theres a feckin knob:D out there somewhere that will fit my car!!!
(i'm sure you've guessed i'm a girl:o and blonde...so that doesn't help;)

TURRICAN

a good resin like tiger seal would hold that all together ,bit messy but in the right hands it could be done right and tidy.

joanofarc

what i might do is go to halfords and get the guys there to fit a universal one and get the tiger seal and bring that to my local machanic and see if he can make it look presentable!!! might be worth the 30e or so euro i'l save.thanks:cool:

colm_mcm

best thing to do is get one with a lip at the bottom, then remove the gaitor and tuen inside out, cable tie the gaitor around the knob, then turn the right way round. roll some insulating tape around the shaft under the cable tie so it doesn't slip down screw the knob in, then click the gaitor back in.

I hate aftermarket gearknobs though, they're never of a comparable quality to originals.

JHMEG

^ Colm's method is satisfactory. When used with a sold metal gearknob the result can be surprisingly good.

I had one like this once, backlit and all. Cost about €15 shipped.

colm_mcm

Type R gearknob JHMEG?

Backlit, how does that work?

JHMEG

colm_mcm wrote: »

Type R gearknob JHMEG?

Backlit, how does that work?

Two small wires come out the bottom. Run them inside the gator to the backlight wire in the loom for the stereo. Backlighting on mine was pale blue. In a mate's 05 Accord now, used by me in my DA6 before that.

You'd like them. Would go well in your car too, in red tho.

Cunning Alias

Any chance you could post a link to where you got that JHMEG? Looks interesting. Cheers

JHMEG

Sorry, got it on ebay maybe 4 years ago.

Cunning Alias

No worries. At least I know they exist now.

joanofarc

lads yer full of info'.....thanks a million, tried a universal 1 2day and was going to use the tiger seal as suggested previously but the knob wouldn't fit right at all!!!!! so will keep trying the scrap yards and if that fails i'l try get one like the one you've shown on ebay. thanks again:o