R Paddle shifters for GTI

[JRG4]

Has anyone seen anywhere in which you can buy the extended paddle shifters that the R has so i can hopefully fit them to my clubsport? (when it eventually arrives)

[GTi Andy]

I was about to ask the same question. The MK8 R has longer paddle shifters as standard so we could do with someone taking theirs off to see if the fitment is the same. If they are then they should be available from VW parts.

[miromen]

https://www.amazon.de/Overdrive-Racing-Schaltwippen-Verl%C3%A4ngerung-Schwarz-Erweiterung/dp/B07GH29HMQ/ref=sr_1_5?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=18PJMDZUYJS6A&dchild=1&keywords=schaltwippen+golf+8&qid=1613557103&sprefix=schaltwippen%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-5

https://www.ebay.de/itm/123824032826

[fredgroves]

Lots of third party ones out there but I rather fancy just the R oem ones.

[karlos]

Any idea if they would fit a 7.5?

[mcmaddy]

Any idea if they would fit a 7.5?

I asked this when the first r reviews came out, nobody really answered. From looking at you tube videos though they look to be a different shape to 7.5 ones, could be wrong though.

[Kenis]

Can’t remember which review I saw last night or whether it’s accurate but it said the mk8 paddles are different to 7.5 and to change them wasn’t as simple as removing the pin, and would require steering wheel disassembly.

Has anyone with a gti or gti cs looked into changing the paddles yet? Do they have the same pin fitting as the 7.5?

[SRGTD]

Can’t remember which review I saw last night or whether it’s accurate but it said the mk8 paddles are different to 7.5 and to change them wasn’t as simple as removing the pin, and would require steering wheel disassembly.

Has anyone with a gti or gti cs looked into changing the paddles yet? Do they have the same pin fitting as the 7.5?

I’ve read the same somewhere - sorry, can’t remember where. If they can’t be easily removed, then stick on paddles are always an option, although with stick on paddle shifters I suppose there’s always a risk they might fall off.

[fredgroves]

The know-how for Mk8 stuff is still pretty thin on the ground.

Given that most of this sort of thing is done by performance golf owners, there aren't enough Mk8 GTI/Clubby/Rrrrrr owners yet to see much of that conversation get moving.

Equally the potential demand for third party parts manufacture isn't there either yet.

[Exonian]

Never mind paddle extensions, how about paddle warmers?
It’s been bloody freezing at 5am this week and although it’s lovely having a nice warm wheel to hold, the paddles are positively ice cold!