DSG Paddleshifter Extensions....

[RedRobin]

look good robin,  cant help but think that the one on the right doesnt look like its mounted propably, it looks abit "wonkey"  look smart thow, how much were they, apologies if its in your post, too much reading at this time in the morning 

....The moulding is such that it's impossible to mount them wonkey but they are slightly angled towards the palm of your hand (a good feature) and so the pic might have emphasised something.

Since posted: Price for the carbonfibre paddleshifters, including vat but excluding postage/shipping is £159. The aluminium versions cost £99.01 but I wouldn't recommend them because I know from the experience of an aluminium gear knob how hot and cold the material feels to the touch. The aluminium ones don't have the 'finger-ridge' either and would look much more in-your-face too - Not so subtle.

As Biali's Dan says, who works with CF: "Whats more amazing is the amount of design work that must have gone into that mounting part.  Still trying to work out how they made it!  The paddles are made in 2 halves and bonded together which is difficult to do neatly and it adds quite a bit of time to manufacture of them.  Not sure how much they were (think I've seen online price) but reckon it was a bargain for how difficult it is to make each one."

[SteveP]

Another good write-up Robin.   

I will be definatly asking for a look at these on the 4th of October at the RR day if you don't mind? 

....You're very welcome to, mate And I'll let you have a feel as well if you're a good boy.

Thanks RR.

I promise to be good, I may even try to bring a few tins of biscuits and sweets from work if that helps get be a feel as well 

[RedRobin]

....SteveP - I've just noticed your Ed30 spec - Interesting!

[SteveP]

....SteveP - I've just noticed your Ed30 spec - Interesting!

In what way RR?

[RedRobin]

....SteveP - I've just noticed your Ed30 spec - Interesting!

In what way RR?

....A remap I don't know of but ITG plus Carbonio which is what I have.

[Top Cat]

SteveG did that thread you started about having a better coloured GTI for a couple of day's get lost in the crash. 

[SteveP]

SteveG did that thread you started about having a better coloured GTI for a couple of day's get lost in the crash. 

If you mean the thread about the worse possible colour for a GTI, then yes it was sadly lost in the great forum crash of 2008 

[Top Cat]

Good it was useless anyway. 

[SteveP]

Good it was useless anyway. 

How rude!!! 

[SteveP]

....SteveP - I've just noticed your Ed30 spec - Interesting!

In what way RR?

....A remap I don't know of but ITG plus Carbonio which is what I have.

The reason behind me having that remap was covered in the thread TopCat was referring to where I had a remapped (dodgy colour) normal GTI from my dealers as a loan car for nearly a week.

Basically after some issues getting a delivery fault and subsequent (dealer caused) damaged sorted on my car they offered me a good price on the services of their sister company Richter Sport to provide a remap.

As I said above I had been driving their normal GTI demo car which had also been remapped by them and had been very impressed with the improvement to the car.

While if I had been paying for the map my only choice would have been Revo, however this opportunity plus the commitment from my dealer to fully support any warranty claims that could fall into the "grey" area of where the remap could have caused the issue, I felt happy to try it.

It's now been on for nearly 2 months and 6K miles and I am very happy with the overall result