Pdk paddles can they be reversed ?
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am I on my own in thinking the paddles on a PDK box are backside first ? my natural reaction to go up a gear is pull back and its the one gripe I have about my car, was driving up over Hartside Pass yesterday and during a spirtited drive I kept pulling back to upshift, just wondering if its possible to reverse the action ?
yes Im referring to the steering wheel gear controls on the Gen2 car,I call it a paddle but the upshift (push forward button) just feels like a push button .
the gearstick manual change is also backside first so I dont go near that!
I have driven sequential track/ race cars for over 10 years and all with gearstick have been pull back to go up , Mrs C has a 335D beemer and that is the same , so jumping into this car it just all seems sooooooooo wrong especially when you are making progress on backroads.
I really like the look of the sports steering wheel linked above especially if its smaller as I find the wheel on my car too big, its like steering a bus .
Edited by JeffC on Monday 3rd November 21:41
reading through that linked thread it is possible then to have pull back right to go up and pull back left for downshift.
from the thread..
I think you can do this by re-arranging the wiring of the 8 & 4 pin plugs on the RHS board, without any work on the LHS board as follows:
Connector A – 8 cables
1=? 2=Ground 3=? 4=? 5=? 6=Downshift (pull) 7=Upshift (push) 8=?
Remove wire connected to Pin 6 of connector A.
Remove wire connected to Pin 7 of connector A & install in Pin 6 slot of connector A
(enables upshift function for pull of RHS button only).
Note: There will be no wire in Pin 7 of connector A, effectively disabling “push” functionality of RHS button.
Connector B – 4 cables
1=Ground 2=Light Power? 3=Downshift (pull) 4=Upshift (push)
Remove wire connected to Pin 3 of connector B & connect to wire removed from Pin 6 of connector A & insulate (enables downshift function for pull of LHS button only).
Remove wire connected to Pin 4 of connector B & insulate (effectively disabling “push” functionality of LHS button).
from the thread..
I think you can do this by re-arranging the wiring of the 8 & 4 pin plugs on the RHS board, without any work on the LHS board as follows:
Connector A – 8 cables
1=? 2=Ground 3=? 4=? 5=? 6=Downshift (pull) 7=Upshift (push) 8=?
Remove wire connected to Pin 6 of connector A.
Remove wire connected to Pin 7 of connector A & install in Pin 6 slot of connector A
(enables upshift function for pull of RHS button only).
Note: There will be no wire in Pin 7 of connector A, effectively disabling “push” functionality of RHS button.
Connector B – 4 cables
1=Ground 2=Light Power? 3=Downshift (pull) 4=Upshift (push)
Remove wire connected to Pin 3 of connector B & connect to wire removed from Pin 6 of connector A & insulate (enables downshift function for pull of LHS button only).
Remove wire connected to Pin 4 of connector B & insulate (effectively disabling “push” functionality of LHS button).
FrankCayman said:
JeffC said:
Well a PDK paddle wheel popped up on ebay the other night and luckily I was heavily fuelled with Grey Goose Vodka so I was a pushover and just hit the buy it now button, It really is about time someone invented a breathalyser system for Ebay.
anyway it came today and I fitted it tonight.
Ha ha...looks great. How easy was it to fit?anyway it came today and I fitted it tonight.
I bet you will enjoy the car 10 times more with that set up. It feels more mechanical...if that makes sense?!
yes looking forward to trying it out, as I said in the first post the old steering wheel was just wrong and my only gripe with this car.
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