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Aftermarket Steering Wheel on Tiptronic


DShox
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Hi Dshox, I second the query...Im lusting after the TRD wheel, but it doesnt seem to be available for the tipt .....I love the button shifting but they is a bit small and fiddly, and Id have preferred down on one side and up on the other (not front and back)...it would be cool if a paddle-shift conversion was poss, then the whell options would be wider........

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ah so you have the same probs too finding mods for the tiptronic! i dont really use the buttons much either cos im a 'point and press man'...but would like a different wheel ah well. paddle shifts are a great idea in theory but they are well difficult to get right - the words 'flappy paddle gear box' comes to mind. The Alfas' with Selespeed gear boxes and the Maseratis (early models) have been slated with their paddle shifts. I drove the Ferrari 355 and didnt like the paddle shift on that either... :scare:

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paddle-shift would only be an option if it looked and felt right, and the only AM wheel I like is the TRD, which would mean dumping the tipt in the absence of aforesaid paddles....I specced the tipt from the importers deliberately coz I wanted one and Im happy with the gear shifts, and besides, the standard wheel looks like a TRD if you squint a bit...sort of talked myself out of my previous post

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Hi DShox..March '98....no, its std except for bilsteins / wheels / wing and Megaphone cat back....Im sort of thinking its too mint / low mileage at the mo for big mods, but the more I read this site the more keen I get - Im working on the logistics / finance for a semi-hard transformation in a year or so....earlier if I can sell that bloody Seadoo

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cool not sure what month mine is but 98 too - isnt really much ahead of standard bhp but im finding it difficult to stop adding to it! im about to go back outside and finish off changing the handbrake eheh. have you had it long or are you still finding annoying little probs with it...??? can share horror stories if you need...

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thing about paddle-shifts is that they are easier to use than buttons and you only have two - right for up left for down or vice versa....as to wether they are any good or not, well you are either an auto guy or a manual one....Im a tipt guy, so all Im saying is that the tipt would be even better with a proper paddle-shift

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