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YOUR RESEARCHTiptronic flappy paddle conversion
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Install also - look very nice - delivered wheel now
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ive had my wheel returned today with them fitted also - look very nice - delivered wheel now to royal who will be covering in a nice dark grey alcantara then the wheel can go back on!!
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I've bought a manual wheel with the intention of getting the paddles fitted then retrimmed.
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I did buy a manual steering wheel which I think is Savanna and was thinking of changing the colour but decided against.
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I chose to ask Darren to disable the original buttons as I found that sometimes when I was turning the wheel I was catching the button and inadvertently changing gear.
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If your thinking about having yours done make sure they use a alcantara which is thicker especially for steering wheels the other way to make sure it only comes in the black.
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ive had my wheel returned today with them fitted also - look very nice - delivered wheel now to royal who will be covering in a nice dark grey alcantara then the wheel can go back on!!
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I chose to ask Darren to disable the original buttons as I found that sometimes when I was turning the wheel I was catching the button and inadvertently changing gear.
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If your thinking about having yours done make sure they use a alcantara which is thicker especially for steering wheels the other way to make sure it only comes in the black.
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I once sold a car with the after market wheel which has the paddles (not the conversion). I'm not sure whether it was a better driving experience, over just using the buttons.
The extra padding on the steering wheel was nice though.
KR Lee
theres other threads relating to it - try below - i want it done also but struggling to get contact details for edition9.co.uk and website seems to be down
https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=816445
I purchased an aftermarket wheel from FVD that had paddles built-in (i.e. not a conversion). One of the best modifications I've made TBH. If you are a 'manual' guy this really makes a tactile difference and brings the Tiptronic alive - those switches were just awful. I now never use Drive, always Manual.
Found a phone number on their face book page 079 43 311 332 and Darren replied to say that they are still around. they offer a 4 hour while you wait service or a send me your wheel service.
i upload mine to flickr then paste a link provided - photobucket is also popular for this
so this is the link to a recent photo -
https://c6.staticflickr.c...84941_37bf70cf10_c.jpg
if you add
after it it becomes this-
it will work with almost any hosted online photo
This is a great conversion for a 996 and I decided to do it myself on my 996Turbo. I purchased the paddles from Mercedes £148 (they are AMG C63 paddles) and it took me a couple of hours with a Dremel to make the cut out in the tiptronic wheel. I also disabled the buttons and repainted them to hide the + and - signs. It really wasn't that difficult.
I had originally planned to use a manual steering wheel but couldn't find one in Boxter red so converted my tiptronic wheel. I did buy a manual steering wheel which I think is Savanna and was thinking of changing the colour but decided against. That wheel is available if you would like it.
This really is a very easy and worthwhile conversion.
I take my hat off to a very clever person!! My wife has explained to me many times that my ability is outstripped by my aspirations many times, so in this case, i would rather have an expert who can do the job, do it.
that way, if she says she doesn't like it, I can agree and be blameless [8D]
(secret to a happy life....yes dear!![
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For what its worth Edition9 do a very good job - I have seen a couple of examples of their work and by all accounts their turnaround is pretty quick. You won't regret it.
Would you mind sharing the cost of the re-upholstery of the wheel? I did find someone who would do it but a long lead time and very expensive so I scrapped the idea. As 'boxter red' wheels don't seem to come up very often I would be interested in having my manual wheel re-upholstered and I would then switch the paddles to that wheel and get rid of the buttons altogether. I can use my existing airbag which is the correct colour.
Tykes,
I'm not sure what it would be, assuming you just want to upholster the rim, as my work is a bit more comprehensive and is also tied in with some other leather refurbishment to the interior. Also I would assume you would need to do the work AFTER you get rid of the buttons - I imagine he would need to build up the area where the buttons are before upholstering - but I may be wrong.
The website is
http://www.designls.co.uk
with his contact details, and the guy's name is Linas.
If he is relatively local to you I know he should be quite reasonable if you are delivering the wheel to him! as I am. Otherwise I will be seeing him on Tuesday and will have a word and report back.
Had a day trip to sunny Bolton today to meet up with the lovely Darren of Edition9.
Conversion to very nice Mercedes solid alloy flappy paddies done in about 2 hours. Very professional look and feel. I am super happy with the functionality, feel and look of the conversion and recommend it to anyone. I chose to ask Darren to disable the original buttons as I found that sometimes when I was turning the wheel I was catching the button and inadvertently changing gear.
http://edition9.co.uk
i will take some pictures if anyone wants them...please PM me. Allan
ive had my wheel returned today with them fitted also - look very nice - delivered wheel now to royal who will be covering in a nice dark grey alcantara then the wheel can go back on!!
I found these on the web the paddles was going to try myself. So you still have the old buttons visible? Iam thinking of getting another wheel without the original buttons. will message you for some pics if you don't mind
I've gone for adding paddles to original wheel, wasn't confident of my abilities enough to do it myself, I wont have any pics of mine for a couple of weeks until its been recovered, happy to send some once done, in fact i'll probably post them in here
Thinking of future owners, I kept the original tiptronic buttons although now they are disconnected. Some future owner might want the originality of them.
darren at Edition9 told me that some owners have covered them in carbon fibre or matching OE leather- but I havent done anything with mine yet.
I've just done mine I bought a wheel of a Manuel boxster bought the amg paddles. Cut them in and covered the whole wheel apart from the air bag( which can be done ) I even covered the back all the way down. If your thinking about having yours done make sure they use a alcantara which is thicker especially for steering wheels the other way to make sure it only comes in the black. It's a great conversion and makes a totally different driving experience.
