R50/53 Case Of the Yellow Shift Knob
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From: Ft Lauderdale, Fl
Case Of the Yellow Shift ****
Well thank god my MCS hasn't been plagued with the yellow shift **** problem, but almost every other multi year old and daily driven MCS i see does have this problem (where the white part of the shiftknob that has the gear positions is yellow)
who has it, though, and what has caused it. i can only guess dirt maybe, but yellow seems an odd color for dirt to turn the shift ****. Still i constantly wipe my shift **** down with a cloth and mine looks nearly good as new.
so who really knows wht the deal is with this
who has it, though, and what has caused it. i can only guess dirt maybe, but yellow seems an odd color for dirt to turn the shift ****. Still i constantly wipe my shift **** down with a cloth and mine looks nearly good as new.
so who really knows wht the deal is with this
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it is the plastic coating affected by the UV rays, causing it to yellow over time. That is my guess.
My OEM **** sits on my file cabinet in my home office, amongst other MINI collections...I run my Whalen, which will never yellow
My OEM **** sits on my file cabinet in my home office, amongst other MINI collections...I run my Whalen, which will never yellow
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Mine's hasn't turned yellow... I had it for more than a year... But just recently changed to the Alta (got the SSK)
. Mine's hasn't turned yellow... I had it for more than a year... But just recently changed to the Alta (got the SSK)
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Well thank god my MCS hasn't been plagued with the yellow shift **** problem, but almost every other multi year old and daily driven MCS i see does have this problem (where the white part of the shiftknob that has the gear positions is yellow)
who has it, though, and what has caused it. i can only guess dirt maybe, but yellow seems an odd color for dirt to turn the shift ****. Still i constantly wipe my shift **** down with a cloth and mine looks nearly good as new.
so who really knows wht the deal is with this
who has it, though, and what has caused it. i can only guess dirt maybe, but yellow seems an odd color for dirt to turn the shift ****. Still i constantly wipe my shift **** down with a cloth and mine looks nearly good as new.
so who really knows wht the deal is with this
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