I did finally have a chance to get in a GT premium today. The unexpected problem was that the metal shift **** was already very hot, and it was sort of early in the day in March. For those of you who do not know the Phoenix area well, in tthe summer, the steering wheel and other such surfaces can get so hot that they can literally burn your hands. I have been all over this country and can say that this problem is unquestionably much worse here with the bright sun and 120 degree days than almost all other places I have seen. While I do have driving gloves for the summer, and a sunshade for the front window, these are not totally effective. A much cooler shift **** would help.

So, are the Grabber Pony ***** significantly cooler to the touch in summer? Are there any other nice looking options, or am I stuck driving with gloves until the shift **** cools down in the summer?

 

There are literally probably tens of thousands of shift ***** you can get to replace the stock ones. There are ones made out of phenolic, glass, metal, plastic, rubber, etc... if you can dream it, somebody has probably made it.

Just sayin'. Also, they make silicon gloves that work like oven mitts...

 

trade me your aluminum shift **** and boot. The 400a **** doesn't heat up at all

 

 

Just leave the car running 24/7 with the a/c on and all the vents pointed toward the ****.

 

For those who do not live in Phoenix, I know this might sound silly, but this summer weather gives a whole new meaning to the word hot. I am not the only one who has had to go back into the house to get potholders from the oven in order to touch the steering wheel, after forgetting to put up the sunshade. This heat really is something entirely different than what I ever faced in any other part of the country. I know that there theoretically are many materials available for shift *****, but are there any good looking ones for mustangs, that just happen to be cooler than the stock ones? When the ambient temps in the shade are between 115 and 120, then on the blacktop in an enclosed car, the steering wheel and shift **** will get well above 200 degrees. I do not know the exact temps, but I do know that it really is just about like taking something out of low to medium temp oven. Since no one really seems to either know or care much about how to solve this, I guess I will just stick to the sunshade and gloves. Silicon oven gloves actually could work, but I already have leather gloves that do almost as well. I might also just stick an oven mitt over the top of the shifter while it is parked outside.

 

I understand the problem (I live in SoCal), but my offer still stands if you wanna trade.

 

Bud, you are far from alone in this situiation, not just in arizona does the sun bake the interior and cause everything in the interior to become super-heated.

You could be in alaska and have the same problem.

Just leave a towel or two in the car to cover the steering wheel and shift **** with.

No biggie...

 

Last summer I had this issue in the Texas summer heat. The best thing to do is get a dark cloth and drape it over the shift **** when you leave the vehicle. It doesn't keep it cool, but it def keeps it from being scalding hot.

 

I've had this problem in the past. I use a sunglass cleaning sock and just put it over the shifter while it's parked outside. I would imagine a clean (or dirty if you prefer) sock would do the trick also. Looks a little weird but it gets the job done.

 

I actually have lived in quite a number of places, and have been to all the lower 48 states. I do understand that heat is a problem other places, but you have to understand that by experience I have come to see first hand that it just is a whole different level here in Phoenix. I have lived it and seen it first hand and there is a very noticable difference. I always just toughed it out in other parts of the country, but here that just is not possible. The suggestions here are nice, but still given the heat problem in AZ, I am thinking that there has to be a more suitable material for the shift ****. Even with other materials, I am sure I will still have to use gloves and towels, but given the very large part of the year where it is 110+, I think it makes sense to look for something that has a lower heat transfer rate.

I do like the sock suggestion, and the oven gloves, but I do not really want to drive with a towel when gloves are smaller and much easier to deal with. One of the reasons for the thread was that I was suprised at just how hot the shift **** got as compared to the other materials in the car. Being March, I can just imagine what it would be like in June or July.
I still am curious about other materials for shift ***** because it might just make sense in a climate like this not to have a **** that gets so darn hot. Until I find something suitable, and likely afterwards, I will have to use the oven mitt to cover the **** while parked in the sun, and the gloves to drive with.

 

Well, it's been going around for a couple of years now about the "branding iron" metal shift **** so it's nothing new. And I spent a year in Pheonix one week in the middle of summer so I am very familiar with how hot it gets and I still maintain that it's not any better anywhere else in the country when the sun heats the interior. It will get that metal shift **** hot enough to burn your hand.

I'm surprised some knucklehead hasn't sued Ford because the shift **** in his car burnt his hand.

Buy a white plastic **** from one of the companies that sell them, put it on the car and make sure to put your sun shield in the windshield when you park it and be done with it.

 

Cheap solution = a sock over the shifter to keep the sun off of it

More expensive solution = www.grabberpony.com

 

this is the biggest reason I'm planning on having the windows tinted once my car arrives, plus a sunshade for the winshield

 

Grabber Pony ***** are the way to go. They seem to always stay warm to the touch no matter how hot or cold it is outside. The aluminum shift ***** are horrible ... they freeze your hand in the winter and cook it in the summer.

 

Gearshift ****, steering wheel trim, and seat belt hardware... all of them get so hot in the summer that they make me think of that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when the German dude grabs the medallion. And I am nowhere close to Phoenix.

I wrapped my gearshift **** in buffalo hide last weekend. Mine only has the metal trim on top. I don't want to think how hot the solid aluminum ***** get in PHX!

I'm now toying with the idea of adding leather "spats" to my steering wheel where the metal trim wraps around the wheel proper. Should I do the same for the seat belt hardware? lol

 

I have an aluminum e-brake handle and in the summer I can burn my hand on it lol.
I'm in jersey so I can imagine how it is over there in phoenix.

 

I've got a Grabber Pony **** and in the summer, it's no hotter than touching any piece of plastic or leather in the car's interior. Plus you can have them engrave whatever you want on them.

 

It took me less than a week to ditch my aluminum **** in the Saleen in Houston. The blisters were around substantially longer....

I got a carbon fiber / leather Momo **** and it solved the problem nicely.