Review on 🚗 Gray Shift Knob: Enhance Your Driving Experience with this 5 Speed Shifter Knob for Focus Mondeo MK3 Mustang S-MAX Galaxy by John Hall

The leather parts of the Original Equipment shift knob began to fray and loosen at the stitching on our 2006 Mustang after 12 years of faithful service. I searched the internet and found this replacement grip at a much lower price than the original part. It's cheap enough that I didn't hesitate to try it - I could always opt for an OEM pen if that didn't prove acceptable. Well, this knob is easy to install and has a small bar at the bottom for a leather shift boot to snap onto. It looks just like the original, although I can tell that the black bits on the sides are plastic instead of leather like the original (and there will be a more expensive OEM replacement). It feels good so I have no real issues with this part. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that so far it's had a bit of an issue when I turn it on. to align it properly and hold it tight enough not to move at all. I had to rotate it 360 degrees a few times after installing it. I thought it was tight, but after a few weeks of riding it became loose enough to twist when shifting, so I rode it again, at this point it seemed tight and in the correct H alignment just to get around finding that as the week progressed he again started spinning under my hand. So I ran it again and believe me it's tight. This time it took me two hands to turn it all the way so the H pattern was facing forward. If it comes loose again I'll probably have to remove it and screw the locknut onto the threads before reinstalling it so I can get a wrench and tighten the locknut until the new shift knob is in the correct position. But if you've done this before, you'll understand that this is a fairly non-trivial operation, since the leather gear knob always tries to completely hide the gear change. But I assume that with enough "persuasion" I can make anything work. I hope I don't have to do this as the original didn't have a 'lock nut' and has been fine for years, no twisting or untwisting. It does the job, looks good, slight installation issues (maybe me), 4 stars.