Any advice? on SHIFT KNOB

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I love my heated steering wheel and heated seats, but need a solution to my cold shift knob. Any advice?

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Unfortunately, metal gets hot in warm weather and cold in cold weather. Wood or leather wrapped knobs will solve the problem. For MT cars, there are a lot of options. Thanks for posting and being a Carpokes member.
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I certainly don't know of any good heated shift knob solutions. I live in Phoenix and the high has hit more than 110 for some 10+ days in a row now. I did a quick google search and this does seem to be of interest to people but I did not see any clear solution. There was a DIY heater being worked on but it went around the base of the shifter stalk/knob interface, not exactly a heated knob.

I have yet to try my heated seats or steering wheel. Where do you live that is so cold?
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I went with a "Full Metal" knob. I live in Florida. Usually the heat doesn't bother. Every now and then I notice it when it's cold. I just shift more to get some body heat into it.
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