Friday, March 27, 2009
Saturday, November 29, 2008
MOMO SHIFT KNOBS vs SHUTT SHIFT KNOBS
MOMO has long held the title of the worlds best interior auto accessories, but there is some competition coming from SHUTT. MOMO shift knobs are very popular worldwide and can be found in all types of rides. SHUTT is very popular in South America and has outsold MOMO, SPARCO, and GRANT for many years, there business started in 1993 and has recently come to the US market in the last two years. Both MOMO and SHUTT are of the highest quality auto accessories only using the best materials in their designs. It seems that the only area the two companies don’t agree is price, with SHUTT consistently coming in around 20% less.
SHUTT was at SEMA 2008 and had a variety of gear shift knobs available for viewing. Made from such materials as leather, carbon fiber, aluminum, chromed details and quality laser imprinted logos. The shifter knobs were very attractive and had a great feel to them…very comfortable. The leather was thick and durable, as it was in all the products. The shift knobs attach to your current shifter lever by way of set screws set around the base usually hidden behind a screw on base…function incorporated into the fashion. SHUTT has several leather shifter boots to go along with your new shift knob, that way you can complete the look.
You may have seen SHUTT ads in some auto mags like import tuner, car stereo tuning, full power and more. And I am sure you will see more in the future, SHUTT will only grow as word gets out that there is another top quality brand out there. SHUTT added a car audio line that will rock your world, 12 inch subwoofers that come in various watts and ohms, a component set and two different lines of amps, one of which is digital.
Overall both companies have very high quality parts, very unique designs, new models coming out every season…so why choose SHUTT over the well known MOMO? Well for one Shutt has a lifetime warranty, I could not gather any info online about the MOMO warranty. SHUTT prices were 20% less overall and in this economy everyone wants to get a quality product at a lower price. MOMO products are the established company and that alone can sway some buyers. Although there is something to be said about a company that will jump up and give serious competition to MOMO, that might sway younger car enthusiast to give SHUTT a try.
After much research I found that Shutt was not that easily located here in the US yet, I called several accessory shops nearby and most had not even heard of the brand yet. The only place that looks reputable is www.shuttusa.com, other than that a few other online sites and that’s it right now. Of course the manufacturers sites are nice but they do not allow any purchases. So you can call and check your local shops but you will probably be back online so remember that site name.
Anyways I can’t wait to go to next years SEMA show, the only thing that would have been better is if this economy wasn’t in a funk so I could have had more money to blow in Vegas. Until next time “tune it in” and have fun.
SHUTT was at SEMA 2008 and had a variety of gear shift knobs available for viewing. Made from such materials as leather, carbon fiber, aluminum, chromed details and quality laser imprinted logos. The shifter knobs were very attractive and had a great feel to them…very comfortable. The leather was thick and durable, as it was in all the products. The shift knobs attach to your current shifter lever by way of set screws set around the base usually hidden behind a screw on base…function incorporated into the fashion. SHUTT has several leather shifter boots to go along with your new shift knob, that way you can complete the look.
You may have seen SHUTT ads in some auto mags like import tuner, car stereo tuning, full power and more. And I am sure you will see more in the future, SHUTT will only grow as word gets out that there is another top quality brand out there. SHUTT added a car audio line that will rock your world, 12 inch subwoofers that come in various watts and ohms, a component set and two different lines of amps, one of which is digital.
Overall both companies have very high quality parts, very unique designs, new models coming out every season…so why choose SHUTT over the well known MOMO? Well for one Shutt has a lifetime warranty, I could not gather any info online about the MOMO warranty. SHUTT prices were 20% less overall and in this economy everyone wants to get a quality product at a lower price. MOMO products are the established company and that alone can sway some buyers. Although there is something to be said about a company that will jump up and give serious competition to MOMO, that might sway younger car enthusiast to give SHUTT a try.
After much research I found that Shutt was not that easily located here in the US yet, I called several accessory shops nearby and most had not even heard of the brand yet. The only place that looks reputable is www.shuttusa.com, other than that a few other online sites and that’s it right now. Of course the manufacturers sites are nice but they do not allow any purchases. So you can call and check your local shops but you will probably be back online so remember that site name.
Anyways I can’t wait to go to next years SEMA show, the only thing that would have been better is if this economy wasn’t in a funk so I could have had more money to blow in Vegas. Until next time “tune it in” and have fun.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Turbo Timer install
Supplies
A few wire straps, (Calterm p/n 69360 found at checker/shucks/kragen)
Electrical Tape
Solder and a soldering iron
a few inches of rubber hose (to tap the FPR line)
5 or so feet 16 gauge wire
In this example, we used a Blitz Dual Turbo Timer, DC Version purchased from Alamo Motorsports, but Options Auto Salon has better prices and harnesses.
Step
Remove the lower dash panel, two screws below and one plastic screw on the left side panel. Pull from the bottom to loosen and then pull the top parts straight out. Rest panel on floor. Look for the blue connector for the ignition wires. Looking in with the tab on the left, the wires are as follows:Top Right - 12 +Bottom Right - AccessoryBottom Left - IgnitionYou can either connect the harness, or splice into the factory wires if you did not get a harness. Only attach the 12+ and the Ignition wire, do not attach the accessory wire to the turbo timer. The accessory wire at the ignition juction must be tapped and a length of wire must be run to the alarm module located above the fuse panel. Look directly above the fuse panel and you will see it. Remove the connector and look for a dark green wire with a black strip (there are two green/black wires, make sure it's the darkest green of the two). Cut the wire and attach the length of wire to the module side. Tape off the extra green/black wire. Another juction must be made from the accessory wire from the ignition harness. This must go to the other alarm module located in the center console. Remove the plastic piece that surrounds the parking brake (piece where the mirror controls are). Pull up from the back, it's just a snap in piece. There is a grey wire that goes to the sensor module. You must cut this wire and splice the accy wire on the module side. Tape the extra grey wire to the side. This splice will allow the alarm to be set while the TT is counting down. Ground the TT, and then mount the remote panel. Test it out and then put the car back together and have fun. Also if anyone wants to add sensors to their stock alarm you can do this by tapping one wire if you have a gound signal type sensor, which most are. On the comfort control module there are 2 connectors one is a 15 pin connector, on this connector wire 1 is again a brown and red wire, tap tis wire like you did all the others and you can run the signal wire from any sensor and it will trip the alarm. all it does is make the car think the hood was opened. Very simple and it does work. Add this with an extra LED and better siren and you will have the features of a 500 alarm for less then 50 bucks and retain the stock remote.
A few wire straps, (Calterm p/n 69360 found at checker/shucks/kragen)
Electrical Tape
Solder and a soldering iron
a few inches of rubber hose (to tap the FPR line)
5 or so feet 16 gauge wire
In this example, we used a Blitz Dual Turbo Timer, DC Version purchased from Alamo Motorsports, but Options Auto Salon has better prices and harnesses.
Step
Remove the lower dash panel, two screws below and one plastic screw on the left side panel. Pull from the bottom to loosen and then pull the top parts straight out. Rest panel on floor. Look for the blue connector for the ignition wires. Looking in with the tab on the left, the wires are as follows:Top Right - 12 +Bottom Right - AccessoryBottom Left - IgnitionYou can either connect the harness, or splice into the factory wires if you did not get a harness. Only attach the 12+ and the Ignition wire, do not attach the accessory wire to the turbo timer. The accessory wire at the ignition juction must be tapped and a length of wire must be run to the alarm module located above the fuse panel. Look directly above the fuse panel and you will see it. Remove the connector and look for a dark green wire with a black strip (there are two green/black wires, make sure it's the darkest green of the two). Cut the wire and attach the length of wire to the module side. Tape off the extra green/black wire. Another juction must be made from the accessory wire from the ignition harness. This must go to the other alarm module located in the center console. Remove the plastic piece that surrounds the parking brake (piece where the mirror controls are). Pull up from the back, it's just a snap in piece. There is a grey wire that goes to the sensor module. You must cut this wire and splice the accy wire on the module side. Tape the extra grey wire to the side. This splice will allow the alarm to be set while the TT is counting down. Ground the TT, and then mount the remote panel. Test it out and then put the car back together and have fun. Also if anyone wants to add sensors to their stock alarm you can do this by tapping one wire if you have a gound signal type sensor, which most are. On the comfort control module there are 2 connectors one is a 15 pin connector, on this connector wire 1 is again a brown and red wire, tap tis wire like you did all the others and you can run the signal wire from any sensor and it will trip the alarm. all it does is make the car think the hood was opened. Very simple and it does work. Add this with an extra LED and better siren and you will have the features of a 500 alarm for less then 50 bucks and retain the stock remote.
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