I've tried using the search but there is so much buried in the likes of 45 pages of images it's impossible to find with any accuracy so thought I'd start a specific thread in here...

 

Due to take delivery of a vRS 4x4 with the DSG box and am interested in extending the stock DSG paddles with some after market ones. I know you can buy some on ebay that stick on with tape and have seen varying reports on them for great to useless and don't waste your money... 

 

Are there any known screw/bolt on paddles or are they all sticky tape ones?

Do any of the other VAG DSG steering wheels use the same stock buttons to be able to search for them (again seen varying yes/no on this)

 

Thanks

There are......buy they are not cheap and from memory of reading on one of the golf forums, it requires some of the wheel being taken apart.

I have been driving a vRS with DSG for almost 3 years and have never felt the need to extend the paddles. Correct placement of my hands on the wheel negates the need for longer paddles. I also plan ahead so that changing gear mid-corner is not necessary. For me the design of the paddles is perfect.

Edited 6 April, 201610 yr by philbes

I've tried using the search but there is so much buried in the likes of 45 pages of images it's impossible to find with any accuracy so thought I'd start a specific thread in here...

 

Due to take delivery of a vRS 4x4 with the DSG box and am interested in extending the stock DSG paddles with some after market ones. I know you can buy some on ebay that stick on with tape and have seen varying reports on them for great to useless and don't waste your money... 

 

Are there any known screw/bolt on paddles or are they all sticky tape ones?

Do any of the other VAG DSG steering wheels use the same stock buttons to be able to search for them (again seen varying yes/no on this)

 

Thanks

I'd take a peek in the Golf R forum, there's a very good tutorial on replacing the original paddles.

 

DC 

I have been driving a vRS with DSG for almost 3 years and have never felt the need to extend the paddles. Correct placement of my hands on the wheel negates the need for longer paddles. I also plan ahead so that changing gear mid-corner is not necessary. For me the design of the paddles is perfect.

 

Correct placement of hands on the wheel these days is anything from 9-3 to 7-4 and I usually place at 8-4 hence my wish to extend the paddles...

I have been driving a vRS with DSG for almost 3 years and have never felt the need to extend the paddles. Correct placement of my hands on the wheel negates the need for longer paddles. I also plan ahead so that changing gear mid-corner is not necessary. For me the design of the paddles is perfect.

+1 for the system...

 

Correct placement of hands on the wheel these days is anything from 9-3 to 7-4 and I usually place at 8-4 hence my wish to extend the paddles...

 

I'd like to see how you actually manage to steer effectively with your hands on the bottom half of the wheel like that

 

I'd take a peek in the Golf R forum, there's a very good tutorial on replacing the original paddles.

 

DC 

 

Do the Golf paddles fit the Octavia? I've read comments that say they won't as it's a different steering wheel...

+1 for the system...

 

 

I'd like to see how you actually manage to steer effectively with your hands on the bottom half of the wheel like that

 

 

If you are changing gear when steering then you aren't preparing for your corner properly and you move your hands when steering... you should be changing gear when driving straight and 8-4 is within the recommended hands position for doing that...

 

what's the point of this though? everyone has their own driving position and mine would benefit from extending the paddles which is what I'm interested in.

If you are changing gear when steering then you aren't preparing for your corner properly and you move your hands when steering... you should be changing gear when driving straight and 8-4 is within the recommended hands position for doing that...

 

what's the point of this though? everyone has their own driving position and mine would benefit from extending the paddles which is what I'm interested in.

I'm well aware of the need to enter a corner at the correct speed and in the correct gear, I'm genuinely interested in how manage to steer effectively from an 8-4 position.  I was taught with the 10-2 position (and I'm not saying that just because that was how I was taught it must be correct) and part of my training involved circling a roundabout using only a "push" and a "pull" on the wheel and the difference in control between the two, hence my question

Meanwhile back to the original question..........

 

look at these.

 

http://www.s2tpp.com/VW.html

 

http://www.vwroc.com/forums/topic/3514-best-paddles-for-the-golf-r/

Do the Golf paddles fit the Octavia? I've read comments that say they won't as it's a different steering wheel...

I'd think that they would, they look the same on my Skoda & VW.

 

The replacement paddles to be found on the Golf R forum are just that, they are not attached to the originals, they fit (with a retaining pin) onto the switch cluster. 

The thing about having your hands in a 10-to-2 position or anything like that is just so you're ready and in control. You should move them around the wheel when steering, but avoid crossing your arms over. Even I remember that from my driving lessons thirty years ago.

 

The DSG paddles are just a gimmick as far as I'm concerned, and here's why: Unless your hands are in the dreaded fixed position (see above) you will always have to think twice about where the paddle is that you want, and you may even have to look down at the wheel, then probably move your hand to flick it. No no no. Any add-on levers only serve to highlight how crap the paddles are. 

 

Stick to using the tiptronic. The selector lever is always there when you need it. 

Just ordered these for my R.  The fitting pics show the paddles they fit so if yours are the same they will fit

 

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Car-Styling-GOLF-R-VII-GOLF-GTI-VII-Top-Quality-Aluminum-Steering-Wheel-Shift-Paddle-Shifter/32390533594.html

 

If you do want to order use this link as others also sell them on this site at different, higher, prices and also charge shipping. 

Edited 6 April, 201610 yr by octavia5

I fitted the golf ones from eBay well over a year ago. They said they wouldn't fit, but as the original paddles in the picture looked the same as mine I bought them. One unfortunately fell off in the hot weather but the other is firmly stuck with the supplied tape. I refitted the other with strong black "evo stick" silicone. They both work fine. I have to say that I don't use them a lot, except windy roads when I'm on my own. But for the price it does no harm to try them. I found the as fitted ones difficult to find when turning etc

Ours is the same as GTI mk6 paddle shifter.

 

Did it to mine.

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/296662-post-your-mk3-octavia-photos/page-83#entry4567271

Quite why you would need extended paddles to change gears mid corner is beyond me.

No better way to unbalance the car and shift it's weight all over the place.

You shouldn't be doing anything mid-career but steering and using acceleration sense to keep the car at a constant speed throughout the corner, accelerating out as you see the limit point extending.

Quite why you would need extended paddles to change gears mid corner is beyond me.

No better way to unbalance the car and shift it's weight all over the place.

You shouldn't be doing anything mid-career but steering and using acceleration sense to keep the car at a constant speed throughout the corner, accelerating out as you see the limit point extending.

If you read above... quite the opposite, shouldn't be changing gear in a corner at all...

Ours is the same as GTI mk6 paddle shifter.

Did it to mine.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/296662-post-your-mk3-octavia-photos/page-83#entry4567271

Reckon these will be the same as last gen Audi as well? (eg. http://relakhq.com/Rtech-Paddles-Aluminum-RtechAlu.htm )

Reckon these will be the same as last gen Audi as well? (eg. http://relakhq.com/Rtech-Paddles-Aluminum-RtechAlu.htm )

Just by looking at the picture alone, I think it has a different base plate (the one that attached to the paddle shifter) compare to that of an mk6 paddle shifter. It look much wider and shallower. 

 

Mk6 one has a notch at the bottom. 

Personal opinion. With pressing the button, the button is pushing in directly, if the button has a long lever fixed to it then its not going to be pushing in directly its going to be pushing with a twisting action - I can't see the button mechanism lasting long as its not designed to be operated in this way. However I have not seen how the button is fixed so I may be talking ******! 

If you read above... quite the opposite, shouldn't be changing gear in a corner at all...

Exactly my point so why the need for extended paddles because if your changing gear whilst going straight then your hands 'should' be ideally placed where the original paddles are located.

I'm not criticising so please don't think I am. I'm just curious as to what possible benefit these would offer other than aesthetics.

The thing about having your hands in a 10-to-2 position or anything like that is just so you're ready and in control. You should move them around the wheel when steering, but avoid crossing your arms over. Even I remember that from my driving lessons thirty years ago.

 

The DSG paddles are just a gimmick as far as I'm concerned, and here's why: Unless your hands are in the dreaded fixed position (see above) you will always have to think twice about where the paddle is that you want, and you may even have to look down at the wheel, then probably move your hand to flick it. No no no. Any add-on levers only serve to highlight how crap the paddles are. 

 

Stick to using the tiptronic. The selector lever is always there when you need it. 

 

As long as you remember to put it back from manual to auto each time you want to override the DSG...... Which you don't have to do with the paddles as the car automatically goes back from manual to auto after a few seconds.

Edited 7 April, 201610 yr by WaveyDavey

Exactly my point so why the need for extended paddles because if your changing gear whilst going straight then your hands 'should' be ideally placed where the original paddles are located.

I'm not criticising so please don't think I am. I'm just curious as to what possible benefit these would offer other than aesthetics.

Simply that for me, with my hands in my ideal position of 7:30-4:30 they aren't ideally located, that's all... if you look at most modern performance cars, they all supply larger paddles than in the vRS so it isn't just me

As long as you remember to put it back from manual to auto each time you want to override the DSG...... Which you don't have to do with the paddles as the car automatically goes back from manual to auto after a few seconds.

 

Depending on what you're doing. Yes, I noticed that too. 

 

Easy with tiptronic it stays in manual indefinitely and when you want auto again you just pull the lever towards you. No guesswork involved.

Depending on what you're doing. Yes, I noticed that too. 

 

Easy with tiptronic it stays in manual indefinitely and when you want auto again you just pull the lever towards you. No guesswork involved.

That's why I prefer the paddles.... When wanting to overrule the DSG and change up a gear on one of our many hills with the stick you have to first put it over into manual then change gear then remember to put it back over to auto..... Compared to one press of the paddle and done.