| Author | Message | ||
| Dr. I. M. Ibrahim (Coachi)
Junior Member Username: Coachi Post Number: 211 Registered: 5-2002 |
when you have produced them, i would be interested in one, provided they are as reasonable as the aluminum one i bought from you before | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 264 Registered: 8-2002 |
Nice Momo site, but I went through the entire product selection and though they have a LOT of nice knobs to choose from, and found NO neckless spheres to match the Ferrari factory shape. | ||
| Justin Randall Kenyon (Kenyon)
Junior Member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 136 Registered: 10-2002 |
If you go to www.momo.it they show some I understand. | ||
| Justin Randall Kenyon (Kenyon)
Junior Member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 133 Registered: 10-2002 |
Heres a photo of the inside of my car. Notice the MOMO gearknob !!! Mine is not necklace but if you go to MOMO website they have them.  | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 263 Registered: 8-2002 |
Justin: I have never seen a Momo spherical neckless knob (like the factory knobs from Ferrari) in the U.S. If that's what you were able to buy in the U.K. please upload a picture... I'm interested. | ||
| Justin Randall Kenyon (Kenyon)
Junior Member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 132 Registered: 10-2002 |
Well, I use MOMO Corsa and have a gear knob from them. They are one of the official suppliers to Ferrari. Momo supply sleeve is adapter for the Ferrari lever and its well cool. | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 262 Registered: 8-2002 |
Justin, I believe that the Momo/Corsa knobs are NOT THREADED, they have "necks" and use an allen screw. For most of us, that would not be preferable/acceptable. | ||
| Justin Randall Kenyon (Kenyon)
Junior Member Username: Kenyon Post Number: 123 Registered: 10-2002 |
MOMO CORSA sell this type of gear knob already. | ||
| Byron (Bmyth)
Member Username: Bmyth Post Number: 329 Registered: 10-2002 |
Mike, do both, with and without H's... I think you will generate enough interest with both. Tell me when these babies start rolling off the assembly line! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2369 Registered: 8-2002 |
Randall- very awesome idea, very classy... | ||
| Randall Booth (Randall)
Junior Member Username: Randall Post Number: 116 Registered: 1-2003 |
What do you all think about roman numerals instead of numbers? | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 261 Registered: 8-2002 |
Guys, for the 5-speed decal to go under the resin, do you prefer the japanese example that has the "H" between the numbers, or would you like it better to have just the numbers, like on the factory black plastic knob? Of course, for our voodoo aluminum knobs, we had the "H" put in , but I think I personally would prefer just the numbers, to show off more of the underlying fiber weave material. I welcome your opinions. | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 260 Registered: 8-2002 |
Yoshi, that's about twice what we expect our U.S.-made carbon fiber and carbon kevlar knobs to sell for, as mentioned at the beginning of this thread. | ||
| Yoshi Toda (Ytoda928)
Junior Member Username: Ytoda928 Post Number: 66 Registered: 6-2001 |
Guys, I suppose I can import them and sell here. I think they carry a multiple types that fit various mdoels. Would you be willing to pay $200 plus shipping? | ||
| Tom Bakowsky (Tbakowsky)
Junior Member Username: Tbakowsky Post Number: 223 Registered: 9-2002 |
My knob works just fine thanks!! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2344 Registered: 8-2002 |
Any chance i could get one for my Saturn...?  | ||
| Dave (Parts_man_soda)
Junior Member Username: Parts_man_soda Post Number: 101 Registered: 8-2002 |
Very Nice ! Where can you get them at? | ||
| stephen r chong (Ethans_dad)
Junior Member Username: Ethans_dad Post Number: 155 Registered: 3-2002 |
Yoshi, How much are they? Can they be imported in to the States? Which models will they fit? | ||
| Sean F (Agracer)
New member Username: Agracer Post Number: 15 Registered: 2-2003 |
"is never worth more than $100 even if it has a Ferrari logo on it" It's always worth 5x that if it has a Ferrari logo on it. At least, Modena thinks so. | ||
| Yoshi Toda (Ytoda928)
Junior Member Username: Ytoda928 Post Number: 65 Registered: 6-2001 |
Check these out! They are available in Japan. One is a carbon type and another is a carbon kevler type.   | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Junior Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 222 Registered: 8-2002 |
OK, has anyone got a closeup picture of what it looks like? | ||
| Red (Redhead)
Junior Member Username: Redhead Post Number: 130 Registered: 12-2001 |
The knob that Chris and Nika are talking about first showed up on the F50. It was then carried over to F355 Fiorano's, that where sticks, and 550 Fiornaos, and most recently, the 550 Barchetta. The FNA retail price is $641.32. And like Chris stated, it has a silver cavallino inset on the top/center. | ||
| Modified348ts (Modman)
Member Username: Modman Post Number: 443 Registered: 11-2001 |
Manufacturing cost is less than $20 for these carbon balls and retails for $45 and up as I have seen. $700? for a shift knob? unless it's platinum with diamonds is never worth more than $100 even if it has a Ferrari logo on it. It is easy to laminate over a decal to customize a factory look but not legal to sell though without approval agreement. | ||
| Chris Parr (Cmparrf40)
Member Username: Cmparrf40 Post Number: 557 Registered: 3-2002 |
I did not pay for the knob in my F40, but I was told it was $700.00. a bit pricey. | ||
| Nika (Racernika)
Member Username: Racernika Post Number: 812 Registered: 12-2001 |
well - the price was included in the service - enough to make me cry! When the car is out of hibernation - I will gladly send you a pix. $100 - fair price......I paid quite a bit more to have the interior of my SUV changed from fake wood to carbon fiber | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Junior Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 214 Registered: 8-2002 |
Nika, how much was the 550 knob at dealer price? We expect these will sell for under $100.00 but of course they don't have the "horse" I'd love to see a nice picture of the 550 knob. Thanks | ||
| Nika (Racernika)
Member Username: Racernika Post Number: 811 Registered: 12-2001 |
Chris - I have the same one in the 308....I did keep the original wood one for when (if I EVER) sell the car. Mine came from the dealer.....from a 550...and for the price I should be wearing the darn thing as a necklace! | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Junior Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 211 Registered: 8-2002 |
Sounds nice, Chris -- was that a one-off? I'd love to see a picture of it. | ||
| Chris Parr (Cmparrf40)
Member Username: Cmparrf40 Post Number: 556 Registered: 3-2002 |
I have a carbon fiber shift knob on my F40 with a silver cavallino inset on the top of the knob (covered with resin). | ||
| Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Junior Member Username: Mcharness Post Number: 208 Registered: 8-2002 |
As many of you know, I'm the "instigator" of the Voodoo aluminum shift knob for Ferraris (TeamVoodoo.com). That actually started for me as a carbon fiber knob project, but getting carbon fiber to properly wrap a sphere without wrinkles hasn't been easy. But we've finally had success! Solid carbon fiber with just a threaded insert didn't have the nice hefty feel in your hand that a solid aluminum shift knob does, so we used an undersized Voodoo knob as a "core", which gives it the weight to make it feel "right". And when wrapped in CF, it's back up to the standard knob size used in 355's and 360's. You can see the resultant prototype below. I'll have "in car" photos in a couple of days.  I don't know anyone else who is producing CF neckless spherical threaded shift knobs on a production basis, unless you want to buy a replacement F50 knob at your local Ferrari dealer. Evosport used to do one in Corvette threading, but they've either discontinued it or gone out of business. These knobs will probably be offerred through TeamVoodoo if there's enough interest. I'd appreciate some feedback! We expect to be able to do the same thing in carbon kevlar, which you may know produces a striated pattern different than carbon fiber, and also potentially adds some color (the kevlar can be red, yellow, blue, etc, striated against the black). The photo below shows an example of CK in yellow (someone else's one-off). We'll likely do a prototype, but I don't know if we'll go into production on it, as I don't think there's as much of a market.  |