Stock Shift Knob Plastic Top Cracking

[Anthony3o55]

So whats the deal with the stock shift knob cracking on the top where the gears are shown. I almost bought a white MK7 with a fat crack down the middle. I have no idea how tf my shit started to crack.

Im definitely gonna buy this BFI knob

https://blackforestindustries.com/p...-shift-knob-schwarz-golf-ball-vw-audi-fitment

 

[jimlloyd40]

Who knows? The owner could have caused it. Never heard anyone else say it's a problem.

 

[ReadTheBook]

I dont see a crack and have never seen that reported. You could use some all purpose cleaner.

 

[Keehs360]

Looks like a scratch. Maybe it’s the camera angle?

 

[Anthony3o55]

The crack is hard to see. It looks like a scratch. Look at where the flash is. You will see a small ass line going upwards to the right. Very hard to tell. When I got this car the shift knob was perfect.

EDIT: Found a better picture.

 

[Keehs360]

The crack is hard to see. It looks like a scratch. Look at where the flash is. You will see a small ass line going upwards to the right. Very hard to tell. When I got this car the shift knob was perfect.

EDIT: Found a better picture.

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It’s a scratch I think. Could’ve been jewelry? Or maybe when you were wiping it down you scratched it? Your talking about that line that starts on the lower left. Curves up and to the right. Terminates. Then another short dash scratch?

 

[SRGTD]

It’s a scratch I think. Could’ve been jewelry? Or maybe when you were wiping it down you scratched it? Your talking about that line that starts on the lower left. Curves up and to the right. Terminates. Then another short dash scratch?

Yes, it does look like a scratch to me too. If it had started from the edge of the gear shift insert I’d have been more likely to think it was a crack. As you‘ve said, jewellery might be the culprit, or maybe a piece of grit in a cleaning cloth.

In addition to the long mark and the short dash mark above the horizontal line on the gearshift pattern below the 1 and 3, there’s a short vertical one below the 4.

@Anthony3o55, if you run your fingernail over the mark and it doesn’t catch, you may well be able to polish it out; that’s assuming it‘s a scratch and not a crack though.

 

[Strange Mud]

this is why DSG's are better



Mud

 

[Anthony3o55]

this is why DSG's are better



Mud

not really..


I‘m gonna look at the knob more closely when I’m free today. Before the mark I used to get a strange cracking sound when grabbing the shift knob.

p.s DSGs take no skill, oops

 

[Anthony3o55]

Yes, it does look like a scratch to me too. If it had started from the edge of the gear shift insert I’d have been more likely to think it was a crack. As you‘ve said, jewellery might be the culprit, or maybe a piece of grit in a cleaning cloth.

In addition to the long mark and the short dash mark above the horizontal line on the gearshift pattern below the 1 and 3, there’s a short vertical one below the 4.

@Anthony3o55, if you run your fingernail over the mark and it doesn’t catch, you may well be able to polish it out; that’s assuming it‘s a scratch and not a crack though.

I did what you said it catches. It’s all good though. It’s strange because I never wear jewelry. Even if I were to scratch it I would’ve remembered. I used a microfiber cloth to clean my interior. F it though new shift knob it is!l

This is how my knob looked when I got the car.

 

[Jovian]

You need to polish your nob