Get a Grip on Your Shift

Zip Products’ new line of Gripper shifter knobs provide a firm grip for your shifting

Text and images by Justin Abbott

   Form and function. It doesn’t get much better than that when adding an aftermarket component to your C5. With Zip Products’ new Gripper shifter knob, you get both. Form comes in the shape of the good-looking billet aluminum, anodized in either clear, black, or blue with an engraved 6-speed shift pattern on top. Function is added by the unique grooves, which provide a firm grip for any shifting situation. Made from a solid chunk of billet aluminum, the Gripper shifter knob was originally designed by a NASCAR team to