Ugly Interior Knobs

hotrodz37 · November 28, 2019

Instead of plastidip, why not scuff them up with a 3m pad or sandpaper and paint them black with spray paint? I have used the Krylon Fusion on the center caps of my wheels on my last truck and it held up 5+ years of road use, washes etc. Should be plenty durable for the interior.

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Dali555 · November 28, 2019

1 minute ago, hotrodz37 said:

Instead of plastidip, why not scuff them up with a 3m pad or sandpaper and paint them black with spray paint? I have used the Krylon Fusion on the center caps of my wheels on my last truck and it held up 5+ years of road use, washes etc. Should be plenty durable for the interior.

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Good thought, thanks

Taz56 · November 28, 2019

I too hate the knobs. Not because they are chrome but because I paid 70,000 for a truck and got plastic knobs? WTF..... Plastic looks and IS so cheap......

OnTheReel · November 28, 2019

I hate them either way and I’m glad I don’t have them...but wait...they aren’t actually even real aluminum? They almost had me fooled.

I don’t really think paint is gonna look good. It’ll go from cheap looking fake aluminum to cheap looking, undetailed black. They do need some contrast in the sea of black plastic they reside in. If you’re gonna go through the effort of taking them off to do all that, bite the bullet and buy the Chevy knobs or leave them be.

mistaare · November 29, 2019

Anyone know the parts number for Chevy knobs?

FiatDale · November 29, 2019

I too hate the knobs. Not because they are chrome but because I paid 70,000 for a truck and got plastic knobs? WTF..... Plastic looks and IS so cheap......

If you paid that much for any other vehicle they’d still be plastic. Just seems like a very petty thing to complain about.

Taz56 · November 29, 2019

11 minutes ago, FiatDale said:

If you paid that much for any other vehicle they’d still be plastic. Just seems like a very petty thing to complain about.

Petty? LOL.. Yes I know they will all be plastic but my 2014 did not look so "cheap", neither did my 2011. These are disgustingly cheap looking. They look like they came off my kids play set from Toys R Us. I'll want what I want. Sorry for not being more like you. Wait, no I am not.

Edited November 29, 2019 by Taz56

Donstar · November 29, 2019

1 hour ago, FiatDale said:

If you paid that much for any other vehicle they’d still be plastic. Just seems like a very petty thing to complain about.

I agree. I can also understand that the colour of the buttons/lights/trim on the dash of your vehicle can be less than optimal for your personal (subjective) tastes. Blaming this on the price of your vehicle is a bit of a head scratcher. I find that focusing on the big picture keeps me from fixating on the trivial stuff.

Taz56 · November 29, 2019

8 minutes ago, Donstar said:

I agree. I can also understand that the colour of the buttons/lights/trim on the dash of your vehicle can be less than optimal for your personal (subjective) tastes. Blaming this on the price of your vehicle is a bit of a head scratcher. I find that focusing on the big picture keeps me from fixating on the trivial stuff.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion... That is yours.

No need to take shots at other people's opinions just because they differ from yours.

Edited November 29, 2019 by Taz56

OnTheReel · November 29, 2019

I don’t think it’s so much that they are made of plastic, but by trying so hard to make them look like machined aluminum, they skipped the grippy rubber coating you’d find even on an economy car of 10 years ago. To me, this makes them look and feel cheap, even if the faux aluminum treatment actually costs more to make than the rubber dials of the Chevy. This ain’t the first thread about them either. I think it was a design misstep, and a very typical GM one, at that.

FiatDale · November 30, 2019

Unfortunately you’re probably looking at way more than $250 to swap all of the knobs out. You can’t buy just a knob, you have to buy whatever module they’re attached to. So, new headlight / mode select switch, radio, ac control. If I had to guess, you’re at least double that if not more.

Dali555 · November 30, 2019

5 hours ago, FiatDale said:

Unfortunately you’re probably looking at way more than $250 to swap all of the knobs out. You can’t buy just a knob, you have to buy whatever module they’re attached to. So, new headlight / mode select switch, radio, ac control. If I had to guess, you’re at least double that if not more.

I might be wrong but I think you can buy the trim rings only. Was googling some aftermarket ones the other day