Audi 5K Shifter Knob

["Ritchie, Chris" <CRitchie@acsdefense.com>]

On mine, I just stripped off all the leather and briefly sanded the wood
underneath.  I spent a little care cutting and scraping the leather where
the leather meets the plastic on the top.  That, plus the sanding scratched
the plastic.  Then I varnished the whole thing - wood and plastic.  The
varnish slightly darkened and highlighted the wood nicely and filled in all
the scratches on the plastic so that they were unnoticeable.  Now I have a
nice wooden shift knob with the correct and original gear pattern on top for
almost no cost and little effort.  It would probably take longer to find and
order a shift knob than to do this procedure.