Upgrade: Paddle shifters?
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Interesting product- they glue or tape onto your existing paddles, so they do make the paddles bigger- they are called "paddle externders"
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Has anyone ordered a set of these..?
Streamline Carbon*|*Northamptonshire, UK: Call us: 07715 055580
Streamline Carbon*|*Northamptonshire, UK: Call us: 07715 055580
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They did to me too. However, I've since done a little more reading up on them. There's some posts on a UK XF board that discusses them fairly extensively and they're commenting on them being too wide. This is causing unintended shifts (nudged by knee) and difficultly with hand placement on the wheel. Apparently Streamline is considering a redesign if they can get enough interest. I may try to reach out to them and get more details. If I do, I'll be sure to share.
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MaximA (02-05-2014)
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The aluminium evoque ones would be great if they were a bit cheaper...They are taller too. The width of the stock ones is fine for me...not sure I would want them sticking out any further like those stick on ones.
Wrapping the wheel in alcantara seems like a great idea. I suppose you found a custom interior shop to do that for you?
Wrapping the wheel in alcantara seems like a great idea. I suppose you found a custom interior shop to do that for you?
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Well it looks like the aluminum Evoq paddles are the best option, were it not for the outrageous price. No way will I shell out that much for such a simple piece of aluminum...
I still have a set of M3 paddles in aluminum, and it would appear to be a simple job to remove the stock shifters and fit the BMW paddles over the plastic stock shifters. However they seem far too large to fit comfortably, so I've held off on that solution. The BMW paddles I bought off Ebay (knock-offs I'm sure) are very well built and only $40 or so as I recall, so spending hundreds on the Evoq paddles is out.
Those add-on carbon fiber deals looked perfectly, so thanks for letting us know there are issues with them, hdavidson...
Guess I'll keep lurking and see what else comes to the surface.
Skeeter
I still have a set of M3 paddles in aluminum, and it would appear to be a simple job to remove the stock shifters and fit the BMW paddles over the plastic stock shifters. However they seem far too large to fit comfortably, so I've held off on that solution. The BMW paddles I bought off Ebay (knock-offs I'm sure) are very well built and only $40 or so as I recall, so spending hundreds on the Evoq paddles is out.
Those add-on carbon fiber deals looked perfectly, so thanks for letting us know there are issues with them, hdavidson...
Guess I'll keep lurking and see what else comes to the surface.
Skeeter
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Considering the XK stock paddle shifters are 24 bucks going to 500 is a huge pill to swallow, but as they say the devil is in the details and little things like this will make the interior as a whole look better. I'm OCD over details so this may have to be a go, depending on what the dealer tells me later today.
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MaximA, I couldn't agree more that the touch points like the paddle shifters are a HUGE factor in the overall feel of the car's quality. In fact, I'm SO fixated with things like this that I started the thread (thinking people wouldn't see it as big a deal as I did - fortunately not the case).
But yeah, $25 to $500 for a super simple piece of machined aluminum is just out of the question just on principle.
I'd bet I could find a custom machinist to make something as good for less![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
As I see it the best option is to find the right size and shape paddles and then combine them to the stock units, cut down and used only as a mounting surface for the 'real' paddles. I don't care even 1% on whether or not they are lit, so I just need to find a perfect fitting paddle that I can somehow epoxy to the stock units.
OR, ideally, one of our fellow resourceful board members finds a better option![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Skeeter
But yeah, $25 to $500 for a super simple piece of machined aluminum is just out of the question just on principle.
I'd bet I could find a custom machinist to make something as good for less
![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
As I see it the best option is to find the right size and shape paddles and then combine them to the stock units, cut down and used only as a mounting surface for the 'real' paddles. I don't care even 1% on whether or not they are lit, so I just need to find a perfect fitting paddle that I can somehow epoxy to the stock units.
OR, ideally, one of our fellow resourceful board members finds a better option
![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Skeeter
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I would like to gauge the level of interest there would be for buying custom made aluminum paddle shifters, priced significantly less than the $500 Rover ones, larger and much better looking. I don't have drawings yet but hope to have the prototype done by this weekend. Think something like Aston Martin.
Please let me know. Thanks.
Please let me know. Thanks.
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MaximA, I couldn't agree more that the touch points like the paddle shifters are a HUGE factor in the overall feel of the car's quality. In fact, I'm SO fixated with things like this that I started the thread (thinking people wouldn't see it as big a deal as I did - fortunately not the case).
But yeah, $25 to $500 for a super simple piece of machined aluminum is just out of the question just on principle.
I'd bet I could find a custom machinist to make something as good for less![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
As I see it the best option is to find the right size and shape paddles and then combine them to the stock units, cut down and used only as a mounting surface for the 'real' paddles. I don't care even 1% on whether or not they are lit, so I just need to find a perfect fitting paddle that I can somehow epoxy to the stock units.
OR, ideally, one of our fellow resourceful board members finds a better option![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Skeeter
But yeah, $25 to $500 for a super simple piece of machined aluminum is just out of the question just on principle.
I'd bet I could find a custom machinist to make something as good for less
![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
As I see it the best option is to find the right size and shape paddles and then combine them to the stock units, cut down and used only as a mounting surface for the 'real' paddles. I don't care even 1% on whether or not they are lit, so I just need to find a perfect fitting paddle that I can somehow epoxy to the stock units.
OR, ideally, one of our fellow resourceful board members finds a better option
![Smile](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Skeeter