Adding a Fancy Center Console Knob to an Old Car
Modern cars are basically just computers on wheels. All of the driver-accessible electronic gadgetry requires an interface more versatile than a few buttons, so automakers integrate some interesting control stuff. Andy from Garage Tinkering particularly likes the rotary knob thingy BMW uses for their iDrive infotainment systems. But he owns a 20-year-old Nissan 350Z, so he had to build his own center console knob.
Andy may have the most highly customized 350Z on the planet — at least electronically. He has done a bunch of different upgrades and modifications, so this isn’t new territory. For this project, he wanted something resembling the BMW iDrive infotainment knob. But because his 350Z lacks an iDrive infotainment system, he had to find another use for the knob. It is a solution in search of a problem, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t cool.
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