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What is the most cost effective route to upgrade to a mult-function wheel?

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And I seem to recall people talking about replacing the wheel function controller module with a newer one from the era where the wheel you have was an option on the 987 or 981.
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'09 987.2 S I recently acquired. The car has a few mods on it from the previous owners, one being the Sport Design wheel. This week, I swapped out the awful PCM 3.0 to an Xtrons Android-based factory look unit (their top model offered). One big design flaw of this unit is the lack of physical volume controls and getting to the software volume controls is a multi-step process - I want to fix that. What is the most cost-effective swap to get a wheel with volume controls on it? I have the Foxwell NT530 , so I can do some coding with it, but not sure if it will do MF wheel enablement or not. I see the Macan wheel (plus airbag) is popular and I like it a lot (way more than the Sport Design wheel), but I'm very open to other ideas. I don't want to break the bank on a steering wheel.

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Hi @Nitrousbird , welcome to Planet-9. Just a comment or two on your post and question. - does the Xtrons unit claim to support factory wheel controls? If so - it might simply be plug and play with a newer wheel, but in a few threads here - people have made mention of an interface device between the wheel and the wheel function controller. And I seem to recall people talking about replacing the wheel function controller module with a newer one from the era where the wheel you have was an option on the 987 or 981. It might be worth your while to spend some time with our search engine (Search Community at the top of every page), and perhaps Google on a site-search basis, ie: How to Search an Entire Website in Google: 4 Simple Steps Click in the Google search bar or your address bar if you use Google Chrome. Type “site:” followed by the name of the website you're searching. ... Follow the website name with a single space and then type the search phrase. Hit Enter or Return to begin the search. in search bar-> "site: planet-9.com multifunction wheel " That will give you lots of links to look at. You might also contact these guys, they're in the business of making a conversion device: gpsadapter And when you have a chance, please visit New Member Introductions and tell us about you and your car. Photos are optional but very popular.

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