RX~8 -- MX~5 illuminated Gear Knob Build Pic Heavy now fitted to the car

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RX~8 -- MX~5 illuminated Gear Knob Build Pic Heavy now fitted to the car

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so Missed my RX~8 gear knob in my new Mx~5 so bought some billet ally block and set to it this is pic heavy will be fitting it to the car tomorrow so more pic's then I have gone for green illuminated gear knob this time to match my gauges got all the bits off `eBay for less than £10.00 there's 40 hours work so far but should only take another 2 hours I have to make some rubber seals well I made them but they take 10 hours to set....... this is totally built not bought ;)

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so a few more pics of the fitting and wiring tomorrow thank you for taking the time to look #-o
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Wow nice work Tony! Patience

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A work of art Tony =D>
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"Brilliant" ;) piece of work Tony :thumleft:
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RX~8 -- MX~5 illuminated Gear Knob Build Pic Heavy

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I know you are dying for me to say this Tony :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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I want your Knob
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well thanks chaps so the build went well seals done and Led's and wiring done wire'd them up via a USB connection on the ignition side just to keep thing simple ...... looks and operates well took the car for a small blast every thing worked fine here in no particular order are the rest of the pic's will post a small video later

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sorry some pics are inside down but you get the picture thanks for taking the time to look :lol: :lol:
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Hi Tony,

That truly is a work of art. =D>
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