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At the dealership we got a few more 05 Vibes in (total of 5 now) and I walked past the new ones to see if there was any GTs in the group. Nope all Base Vibes but one has pretty much all the options at a price tag of $27,000 CAD. But what caught my eye on this one was the leather wrapped steering wheel and shifter knob.The shifter knob is what caught my eye. It looks just like the GT shifter everyone else has enjoyed on their 03-04 Vibes but now with a 5spd pattern.Once I get the price and availability of the knob (hopefully comes seperate from the steeringwheel) I'm going to order one. I love the GT shifter and now the Base has one like it. Just thought I'd let you all know.

Wow! I'm going to get one of those for sure!

Quote, originally posted by ebslopp »Wow! I'm going to get one of those for sure!Yep me too! That's awesome! Made my afternoon Yeah I know, lifes pretty exciting when that makes your afternoon

Quote, originally posted by VibeChick »Yep me too! That's awesome! Made my afternoon Yeah I know, lifes pretty exciting when that makes your afternoon Sad lives we live huh.. but it made my day also. Just waiting for friday (canadian holiday tomorrow) to find out more info.

Can someone try to get a part number? You have no idea how bad I wanted this. I was trying to figure out how I could make the five-speed pattern on the six-speed knob. Now I don't have to worry about that. I think that the leather/chrome combination that they came up with looks better than any aftermarket knob I've seen yet.

Quote, originally posted by ebslopp »Can someone try to get a part number? You have no idea how bad I wanted this. I was trying to figure out how I could make the five-speed pattern on the six-speed knob. Now I don't have to worry about that. I think that the leather/chrome combination that they came up with looks better than any aftermarket knob I've seen yet.You'll have the partnumber as soon as I get it on friday if you can wait that long.

Quote, originally posted by ebslopp »Can someone try to get a part number? You have no idea how bad I wanted this. I was trying to figure out how I could make the five-speed pattern on the six-speed knob. Now I don't have to worry about that. I think that the leather/chrome combination that they came up with looks better than any aftermarket knob I've seen yet.i agree. that's why i haven't replaced mine w/ a trd shifter. the chrome/leather oem knob is by far much better than any other a/m one i've seen thus far.

Yeah, it's really nice. The one that comes on the base 5 spds right now is rather ugly

So is this standard equipment in the base Vibes? I couldn't find any info on their website regarding the shift knob. There is, however, an option for the leather wrapped steering wheel rim.

i would assume it would be an upgrade that comes w/ the leather package.

Quote, originally posted by ebslopp »So is this standard equipment in the base Vibes? I couldn't find any info on their website regarding the shift knob. There is, however, an option for the leather wrapped steering wheel rim.No it is as I think I mentioned earlier, a package you can buy for the base Vibe otherwise it comes with the same old ugly shifter. Its a leather steering wheel and shifter knob package for $700+ extra.

Wow! I shoulda stuck mine on ebay before it became available to everyone!

How could you have one? we base vibers want the new leather wrapped 5spd shifter. There won't be any GM ones yet on E-bay unless someone just bought an 05 Vibe and now has it for sale... which could happen lol.I'll have the part number friday hopefully as well as the price for it.EDIT::::: PO# 88973885 (no listed price yet)

Sweet. Bummer there is no price yet. Hopefully it's less than the GT knob. I can't convince my wife to let me spend $70 on a shifter knob. "what's wrong with the one we have?" she'll say.

Hey Jeff, did you get a chance to check on this yet? I'm hoping it's available in the US well before we can get it in Canada Got my fingers crossed.

Quote, originally posted by VibeChick »Hey Jeff, did you get a chance to check on this yet? I'm hoping it's available in the US well before we can get it in Canada Got my fingers crossed.Any reason you wanna wait there Carrie? Low on the bling bling?I can wait for the price cause I am low on the bling bling...

HEY GUYS I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE PART #NUMBER!!!!Anybody can find it plz.... I really want this new knob!JF

Quote, originally posted by jfcou21 »HEY GUYS I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE PART #NUMBER!!!!Anybody can find it plz.... I really want this new knob!JF Mavrik just posted it above: 88973885

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Any reason you wanna wait there Carrie? Low on the bling bling?I can wait for the price cause I am low on the bling bling... I'm just impatient and it seems to take forever to get new stuff in Canada

Anyone know the RETAIL price in CAD??

You know I haven't checked in a few weeks... I'll go check again tomorrow.

Do we have any pics of this mysterious shift knob?

Good point, I'll take one tomorrow... and still no price... whats up with GM being slow on pricing what we wanna buy and over pricing everything else?

Argh, that sucks

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Good point, I'll take one tomorrow... and still no price... whats up with GM being slow on pricing what we wanna buy and over pricing everything else?Where's the pics you promised? and anybody find a part number yet?

I posted the part number back on page 1.sorry about no pic yet. will see about that sometime soon.And the part is from source so no price or how soon it would take to get one. I would imagine its priced the same as the GT.

I found the part on http://www.gmpartsdirct.com and it showed the price (in what I will assume is USD) as $65.66 USD plus the shipping charges.

Did anyone make the purchase yet? Get a photo? (no image or good description on gmparts direct or at the dealer, just says 'KNOB') I want to make the purchase but with the high price and extravagant shipping/handling I want to be very sure I am getting the right thing...

well the manual transmission shift knob, the black rubber one is about $100 CAD... so I had parts price me out the other one listed and its Part Number 88973885 and listing at $197.75 CAD... YIKES! Thats still at least $150 CAD for those with GM discounts like I get.

that's insane! get a nice TRD leather and chrome shift knob for like $50 usd!

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »well the manual transmission shift knob, the black rubber one is about $100 CAD... so I had parts price me out the other one listed and its Part Number 88973885 and listing at $197.75 CAD... YIKES! Thats still at least $150 CAD for those with GM discounts like I get.According to gmpartsdirect.com, part number 88973885 costs:GM LIST: $118.65OUR PRICE: $67.63so it would be about $80 US. I wonder if they have the wrong part number for the leather one? What's the deal?

$80 usd or cdn? or do you mean shipping included? still! that's insane!!! just wait til some 05's crash and i'm sure people will start selling those shift knobs on ebay!

Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 »Never did understand why GM never offered a leather wrapped steering wheel in the Base or AWD Vibes... so suckers like me would insist on getting the GT vs the base or awd for that option.

Quote, originally posted by VibeChick »According to gmpartsdirect.com, part number 88973885 costs:GM LIST: $118.65OUR PRICE: $67.63so it would be about $80 US. I wonder if they have the wrong part number for the leather one? What's the deal?The base Vibe on the lot, its VIN number brought up two part numbers for the shifter knob but did not show which one was leather wrapped like the GT. So I had them bring up both prices, logic would suggest the more expensive one would be the leather one... and that one was the $195 one, the other part number was the $118 one... Only way I would know for sure would be to order one... or get the keys to that Vibe with the leather option and spin off the shifter and hope there was a part number...