I was talking to a buddy of mine about switching the paddles on my A3 out for longer, taller ones.
Has anyone done this?

He mentioned using lambo paddles, but I don't know where I'd get them, how much they'd be or whether it's easy or worth doing.

 

interesting, I feel like the stock paddles are in a good position for their size.

I wonder.

 

I was thinking of getting the chrome S3 paddles. Looks great. There is a thread in fourtitude about a guy switching out his paddles. As soon as I heard "Remove 4 screws and take out the airbag" I got too scared to go further! To me, taking the airbag out just doesn't sound minor! (Though I bet it is!)

 

hahahhaha agreed!

 

HEy TPE do you have a conection to that thread? I have to agree if the paddles came up about 1 inch higher they would be perfect for a more spirted driving.

 

Hi 4Rings,
Here it is:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3756164

 

Thanks. Hmm. I wonder if they make a paddle somewere that are a coosh longer?

 

Yeah....

My biggest beef with the paddles is that I can't reach the upshift paddle when I'm turning a a corner to go from 1st to 2nd. With a TDI and 4500RPM rev limit, shifting out of first happens pretty quick, and the wheel is upside down...so I have to use the gear shifter.

While we're on the topic, does anyone else think that the upshift being in the 'up' or forward position is counter-intuitive? For some reason, I want to pull down on the gear lever to upshift, and push it up for the downshifts. Maybe it's just me!

 

I found that intuitive actually =P I drove a mazda3 loaner a while ago that does the opposite. It was an autobox but it sucked so badly that I put it in manual mode the whole time. The thing totally pissed me off because I kept shifting into the wrong gear. Maybe they should provide an option like the "Inverted mouse/joystick" option in games to allow you to upshift by pulling the gear level downwards....

 

That would be a VERY handy mod Omni!

I just really want to pull it down to shift up!