997.1 Turbo steering wheel

[jsk206]

Hi,
Has anyone fitted a 997.2 pdk steering wheel with paddles onto a 997.1 Tiptronic with toggle switches, is it even possible?
I've seen the posts where the Mercedes paddles have been fitted but I do prefer the slightly larger Porsche paddles.

[Rich_AR]

jsk206 said:

Hi,
Has anyone fitted a 997.2 pdk steering wheel with paddles onto a 997.1 Tiptronic with toggle switches, is it even possible?
I've seen the posts where the Mercedes paddles have been fitted but I do prefer the slightly larger Porsche paddles.

I believe its possible. Have a search on Rennlist or 6speed. I'm sure there is a thread or two.

[davidlaurel]

Yes I've done it and quite a few others lots of threads on 911uk.

[jsk206]

davidlaurel said:

Yes I've done it and quite a few others lots of threads on 911uk.

Hi David,
Do you have any photos you could send?
Did you encounter any problems fitting it or did you get someone to fit it for you?
I did have a look at 911uk forums and read of a German company selling the paddles but I have not had any reply back from them yet.

[davidlaurel]

Hi Jsk,
yes I have a photo, not the best but you get the general idea....Tip box & Pdk shifters.
Also a photo of a paddle shift conversion made for that steering wheel, I bought it from Techart in Germany a while ago just haven't got around to fitting it.

I may sell the paddles if I don't fit them soon, they were expensive though over £300 if I remember rightly !

The conversion is straightforward enough you just need a wheel, Airbag, plus a bit of coding with Piwis at a good indy or good OPC !

I took mine to my local Porsche centre who decided it wasn't possible (ie not in the manual) to code the Gen 2 wheel in a Gen 1. Drove two miles away to a recognised Porsche Indy who coded it in straight away ...took about ten minutes.

I have a couple of Gen 2 wheels with Pdk shifters that I could make one good wheel from, one black one gray, one with multifunction one without.
If you need one.
Airbag I sourced secondhand and it cost about £450.

Hope that helps
David

[davidlaurel]

Forgot picture of paddle conversion kit.