8.5 Steering Wheel on an 8?

[flipflops]

Hey, has anyone tried to fit an 8.5 SW to an 8 to delete the horrible haptics? Bolt on, bolt on and code or does it not work at all?

Thanks

[Dav3smith]

Not me. I actually have no issues with the haptics and prefer them.

Why do you dislike them so much to the point where you want to change?

[flipflops]

I find I use the bottoms a lot and know my way round the non haptic version without looking, the haptics are just a bit of a faff and not as accurate when using without looking

[Dav3smith]

Fair enough and I understand what you mean about pressing intuitively. I guess I don't use them that much to be concerned by this.

[JoeGTI]

You don’t need to swap the entire wheel. The buttons are a straight swap. No coding required.

[KFiddy]

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/vw-steering-wheel-controls-retrofit-kit-genuine-vw-kit-02314

[davo245]

Hey, has anyone tried to fit an 8.5 SW to an 8 to delete the horrible haptics? Bolt on, bolt on and code or does it not work at all?

Thanks

https://youtu.be/3qgkk-ND4uo?si=EmpNebV-OyAOzUov

[flipflops]

Thanks both, game changer!!!!

I've been looking at CS's for a while, 8.5 are nice but still ££ so a slightly older 8 CS with normal buttons would be perfect

[fredgroves]

It's not nearly as bad as one press guy wrote about (and every other lazy journo copied) but swapping them out is possible as described above. Personally I'd not bother.

[flipflops]

Thanks, I test drove one a while back and obviously didn't live with it but wasn't a massive fan. I use then constantly in the 7.5 for cruise and audio, I'm happy with the swap, genuine parts and can swap back if needed