Paddle shift pattern modifications possible?
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Cruising
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From: Spring TX
Paddle shift pattern modifications possible?
On a 2006 coupe with paddle shifters, how can you modify which paddle handles upshift versus downshift? I want the current right side downshift (behind the wheel) to become upshift. I don't want to use the current upshift buttons at all (front of wheel thumb buttons). I just want to use the current left side (behind the wheel) to handle downshifts and the right side to handle upshifts. Why? Since 2004 I've also owned an Audi S4 with paddle shifters and this is the pattern (which I like). Going from car to car I have different shift paddle functionality...and occasionally downshift when I need to upshift...ouch!
Drifting
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From: Turlock CA
On a 2006 coupe with paddle shifters, how can you modify which paddle handles upshift versus downshift? I want the current right side downshift (behind the wheel) to become upshift. I don't want to use the current upshift buttons at all (front of wheel thumb buttons). I just want to use the current left side (behind the wheel) to handle downshifts and the right side to handle upshifts. Why? Since 2004 I've also owned an Audi S4 with paddle shifters and this is the pattern (which I like). Going from car to car I have different shift paddle functionality...and occasionally downshift when I need to upshift...ouch!
--Dan
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Here's my writeup -- http://web.mac.com/dbrat10/iWeb/C6-A6/index.html -- and you can email any questions you may have. I really like the change.
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Here's my writeup -- http://web.mac.com/dbrat10/iWeb/C6-A6/index.html -- and you can email any questions you may have. I really like the change.
--Dan
--Dan
Racer
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I love the write up, Dan.
This link has a wiring diagram that may also be helpful:Reprogram Paddle Shift?
This link has a wiring diagram that may also be helpful:Reprogram Paddle Shift?
Melting Slicks
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From: NorCal
Here's my writeup -- http://web.mac.com/dbrat10/iWeb/C6-A6/index.html -- and you can email any questions you may have. I really like the change.
--Dan
--Dan
Drifting
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From: Turlock CA
I love the write up, Dan.
This link has a wiring diagram that may also be helpful:Reprogram Paddle Shift?
This link has a wiring diagram that may also be helpful:Reprogram Paddle Shift?
--Dan
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wow what a awesome mod. the paddles the way gm has done it sucks. now i need to get up the nerve to do this. i heard bad stories about airbags and how they store energy, even after disconnecting the airbag
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Electricity is not stored in the air bag modules. Only in the air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM).
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So you can call off "*****."
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i have a question on the paddles for you A6 guys. having only driven my car 57 miles, i noticed that the back side of the paddles are not very user "friendly" to the downshift. there is no "flat" surface for you to touch. is this a design flaw or am i not doing something right. "push" forward to upshift, "push" the paddle towards you to downshift. any suggestions or ideas?
thanks
thanks
Drifting
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From: Turlock CA
i have a question on the paddles for you A6 guys. having only driven my car 57 miles, i noticed that the back side of the paddles are not very user "friendly" to the downshift. there is no "flat" surface for you to touch. is this a design flaw or am i not doing something right. "push" forward to upshift, "push" the paddle towards you to downshift. any suggestions or ideas?
thanks
thanks
I always found pushing the little + tab on the top to upshift to be a pain which is why I changed their action. I can still use the top tabs to reverse the action side-to-side but I find it much easier now to pull the left paddle to downshift and pull the right paddle to upshift.
--Dan
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From: Short Hills, NJ
i have a question on the paddles for you A6 guys. having only driven my car 57 miles, i noticed that the back side of the paddles are not very user "friendly" to the downshift. there is no "flat" surface for you to touch. is this a design flaw or am i not doing something right. "push" forward to upshift, "push" the paddle towards you to downshift.
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That's what my instructions say in the second paragraph: "First thing, a smart person said to disable the airbag in the steering wheel. There is probably a designated fuse for this but I couldn’t tell from the fusebox cover information which one it was so I disconnected the ground wire instead (photo 2). It is there next to the fusebox and takes a deepwell 13mm socket."
So you can call off "*****."
So you can call off "*****."
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i have a question on the paddles for you A6 guys. having only driven my car 57 miles, i noticed that the back side of the paddles are not very user "friendly" to the downshift. there is no "flat" surface for you to touch. is this a design flaw or am i not doing something right. "push" forward to upshift, "push" the paddle towards you to downshift. any suggestions or ideas?
thanks
thanks
Drifting
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From: Turlock CA
Hopefully everyone will follow YOUR GOOD instructions. I have seen people work with jewerly on around high voltage and can weld themselves to the circuit and get killed. In addition, some people don't think that these percautions apply to them, I'm sure you have seen and heard of this before. I once saw a person working on a 220v breaker box and shorted the screw driver and he was still standing there petrified after I literally "flew" down the stairs from the second floor when I saw the flash while doing school homework. This is not the first time I have seen people make foolish mistakes and not use common sense. He should have known better to turn the power off; yes, some people like to work the power on, it only takes once. Keep up the good advice and I hope others will follow.
Thanks for your good input. It is much better to be safe.