Gear Shift Knob
Gear Shift Knob
Semi Truck Accessories Are Your Best Advertisement
The best way to add value to your semi-trailer truck is to accessorize it. While these words may seem like a sales pitch by an accessory dealer, the fact is that often the first thing noticed by a potential customer for a trucker's services is his equipment. If the truck, or the whole fleet for that matter, looks well kept and attractive, the impression of that business is positive. This is true for a tow operator, fruit and produce distributor, over-the-road hauler, even sanitation pick-up and septic tank services.
Pride in a job well done and concern for customer service is reflected in the way a big rig is maintained. This can accomplished with a simple but well thought out paint job, and can go to the extreme with elaborate lighting and chrome accessories. For example, semi truck wheels can be simply painted and decorated with lug nut covers, or they can be covered with a variety of wheel accessories like axle covers or complete stainless simulators. A more expensive choice would be aluminum wheels with stainless axle covers and lug nut covers.
Increase Safety and Looks with LED Lights
Lighting is another method of displaying pride in your ride. Besides adding to the safety factor, today's LED lights use a minimum of amperage and deliver a big wallop. A trucker can use ten times the number of lights than in past years, and yet not draw any more power from the battery. LED lights are available in a large variety of styles and colors, and can be installed in unusual places on the vehicle - in wheel wells, in the grille, on a visor and in air breathers.
Big Rig Accessories Make Long Hours Behind the Wheel Enjoyable
Other standard equipment - fenders, bumpers, tool boxes, exhaust pipes, mud flaps - can be left in stock condition, but are often seen in chrome and stainless. These all contribute to a fine public image of your truck. Interior accessories, while not necessarily visible to the public, also give a sense of pride of ownership and make the long hours spent in the cab more pleasant. For example, there are dashboard accessories, designer steering wheels and gear shift knobs. Chrome and stainless accessories are available for most semi truck models, and custom items can often be fabricated. In all, these items add a touch of class to any big rig!
Make that truck shine with chrome
A large variety of chrome goodies are available to customize the look of both large and smaller trucks on the market. These enhancements are constructed in a variety of materials, such as stainless steel, chrome plated steel and chrome plastic, including cut-outs, light brackets, license plate holders, hood ornaments, headlight accessories and chrome tape. Some of the most chrome truck parts include Chrome Cut Outs, Chrome Tape, Edge Molding, Grab Handles, Headlight Accessories, Hood Ornaments, License Plate Holders, Nut Covers, Permit Holder, Shift Knob. Chrome is not only a beautiful way to accessorize a truck, but it can also protect an extend the life of many truck parts.
About the Author
Michael Chase is a freelance writer for VirgoFleet.com. Virgo Fleet specializes in
semi truck accessories
including the widest assortment of big rig chrome accessories on the Internet.
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How to Remove a BMW Gear Knob
The question I have been asked most consistently by my customers over the years is "how do I remove my original BMW gear knob?".
The question is almost always asked about original BMW gear knobs for manual transmission BMWs made from 1982 up to the present date. These models all have gear knobs with the same type of fitting.
Despite what many think, original BMW gear knobs are not screwed on or glued on. They are all a simple push on fit. If your old BMW gear knob is glued on, then the chances are the inside of it has fallen apart and someone has chosen to glue it on rather than buy a new one.
The method I recommend is quite straightforward:
1. If you are right handed, sit I the front left seat. Sit in the front right seat if you are left handed. This will allow you to get the best grip that you can on your BMW gear knob.
2. Take hold of the gear knob firmly with both hands. Try giving a sharp tug upwards but be careful not to hit yourself in the face when your it comes off. You may laugh but I have seen it happen so many times. If it is very tight and still won't come off, you may have to try again, but this time put your bodyweight into it. It can sometimes taken several attempts if it is very tight. Don't worry about damaging anything as I have never done so in 20 years of changing them.
3. Once your it is removed, you will notice that there is a diagonal slot in the top of your gear lever. Your new original BMW gear knob will have a notch up the inside of it that fits into this slot. Take a look up into it and you will see. To fit it, simply slide the knob onto the gear lever and push downwards. Gently twist it from left to right as you push until you feel the notch on the inside of it meet up with the slot on the top of your gear lever. You will know when this happens because you won't be able to twist it any more. All you then need to do is to give it a firm thump downwards with your fist. Your new BMW gear knob is now fitted. That's all there is to it.
There are a small number of original BMW gear knobs that have the gaiter attached. In other words, the gear knob and gaiter are all one piece. These gear knobs still fit in the same way but before you go to pull the gear knob off, you have to detach the gaiter first.
As the gaiter is attached to a plastic frame that clips into the console around the gear lever, all you need to do is to feel for the frame through the material of the gaiter and squeeze it inwards towards the gear knob, whilst lifting it. Doing this on each side will free the gaiter from the console. You then can remove the BMW gear knob using the instructions above. When fitting a new one piece BMW gear knob and gaiter, fit the gear knob before you clip the gaiter into place.
About the Author
Nigel Marston has been an independent BMW accessories and parts specialist for the 20 years and a BMW enthusiast since the late 1980s. He has owned many BMW models over the years and is well known by people in many countries for his knowledge and enthusiasm about BMWs. To subscribe to his BMW newsletter and read other BMW related articles he has written, visit =>
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