I think the fit and finish on this thing is pretty top notch and I liked the weighted feel (in comparison to stock I would say more than double the weight on my hand scale). In terms of installing the knob itself, I spent a good amount of time admiring the knob outside the packaging. I felt like I was able to achieve a near stock look after the fact. One point of emphasis I want to make is that I was highly concerned of the appearance of my shift boot after the fact- no offense to anyone specific on here but some of the "aftermarket knob" photos turned me off because the boot looked like it was reinstalled pinched or just flat out sloppy. I went through probably 2-3 flat head small precision screw drivers to find a decent "fit" to wedge things away. I really made sure that with any of the rings that I used tools that fit up to the task and didn't force anything. Seemed fairly easy to do if you took care and time. I did recycle my stock boot so I was more mindful not to rip or tarnish that in anyway or form. It probably doesn't need to take this long but I was extremely careful and I also went the route of using a hair drier to heat up the plastic teeth ring around the original knob. I would say that the removal and installation itself took me about a solid 45 minutes. More or less mostly because of how they made it seem like some "modifying" was needed in order to remove the OEM knob and expensive mistakes felt close around the corner. I was a little turned off by the installation guides that I've encountered (really only one on here) and some videos I saw that made the installation process seem very "hack job-ish". Most of my background experience though comes from Asian branded vehicles and among other things I felt inclined to take a chance on BFI since I knew they offered products for VW/Audi/BMW to stay true to this car's roots. I plan on updating this thread probably this weekend with personal photos but I haven't really had a good opportunity since it gets dark out so fast during the week.įirst some background information I've already had an experience with a Raceseng knob slammology in a Honda S2000 and I've also had other experiences with "no name/lesser name" knobs through other people's vehicles that I've encountered. I installed the knob last Sunday when the temperature spiked to about 55 degrees F (it snowed here the day before mind you) and it was pretty seamless. This thread isn't meant to be an installation guide but I will share my installation experience and if anyone has any questions I would be happy to answer them directly. Clip the 8 points in and you’ll be left with this.Just wanted to share my experience with a relatively new product from BFI that I actually pre-ordered back in late September/early October. I left about 1/4 of the boot under the zip tie to give it something to bite onto. You’ll secure it to the section above the 2 set screw in the picture above. Also not a bad idea to stuff a rag around the shifter in the case of a dropped screw.ħ) Ok I suck and forgot to take a picture but it’s pretty self-explanatory, you’ll take the boot and slide it on the new billet piece and secure it with the supplied zip tie. I highly suggest using lock tight on these. Imagine threading needle, this will allow you to select a gear.Ħ) Next once the top set screw is tight you’ll slide the bottom section to its highest point and secure it in place with the 2 supplied set screws. You’ll take the supplied billet collar and slide it over the rod, the set screw that’s already pre installed will need to go through the plastic portion of the rod. Once the knob/boot is off (step 3) you’ll be lift with this. The shifter can be tossed in the trash where it belongs.ĥ) Almost done, back to the shifter rod. When you get the retaining piece off the two will separate and you’ll be left with just the boot. I resorted to cutting the plastic band off with a hot razor lol I wasn’t having such luck and was worried I was going to rip the leather prying. In BFI’s video they were able to pop the plastic retaining piece off with a screwdriver. In this step you’ll be separating the knob and boot. They are combined so don’t worry about the knob falling off. It’s a tight area and my tin snips didn’t have a tight point so I had to use a combo of snips.Ĥ) Once the metal retaining ring is off you can simply slide the boot/shift knob off the rod. There is a total of 8Ģ) Second lift the boot/collar up to expose the shifter rod.ģ) Third, once you have access to the shifter rod you’ll need to cut the metal retaining ring off. Made a quick little DIY for the BFI shifter on my 2021.5 Atlas.īFI’s videos were great and will be linked below but this is a little more specific.ġ) First step is to remove the shifter boot, I found it’s easiest to pull from the driver side corner and work your way around the trim.
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