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Black Forest Industries Introduces GS2 Air Leather Shift Knob

Not to toot our own horn, but we’re pretty sure we’ve just raised the bar when it comes to one of the most frequently touched parts of your car’s interior. This heavyweight shift knob feels like butter in the palm of your hand, thanks due to the top grain perforated air leather that it’s wrapped in. While we’ve borrowed inspiration from shift knobs passed, we think we’ve really perfected the proportions this time around- with the 3/4 leather to metal ratio. Visually this thing leaves nothing to be desired. The machining is top notch, and the detailed crest coin gives that classy yet sporting look which elevates any interior’s level by at least 50 cool points. These are all actually made here in-house by us. The leather is cut to shape, sewn, stretched and glued into place to ensure the highest possible level of quality.


The included threaded adapter works just like our previous GS1 and can be used to work with just about any VW / AUDI shift lever. The knob threads onto the earlier generation (up to MK3) and is secured using three fat set screws for the later generations.


You might think that this is a lot of hype for such a little part, but try telling that to us once you’ve had the chance to hold one of these guys in your hand.


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