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Ryzza5 · September 16, 2011

I purchased this:

To replace this:

The main reason for the purchase is the addition of DSG paddle shifters (it was on special (new), well below half price).

Soundwave · September 16, 2011

The new wheel looks nice Ryzza. :p

Fear Deer · September 16, 2011

Here is my latest purchase..

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This will be followed with a GTX580 (Since the GTX480 of mine decided to break)

I find your lack of win is disturbing, why get the V8 GT, when accordingly to specs and graphs the V6 GT is the best one in cooling...

oh the fail!

TIMELESS · September 16, 2011

@Ryzza, were you not able to change gears manually on the original wheel? I suppose this means the paddles will work with the DSG? Nice looking wheel :)

Dan G · September 16, 2011

If you really have bought that Supra then nice one Softie :)

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj61/DanG323/DSCN1388.jpg

:D

TIMELESS · September 16, 2011

I'm 16, so no I haven't :p

White Supra would look nice next to a black GT-Four though.. :D

Dan G · September 16, 2011

Defnitely :drool: Maybe matching wheels too...

carlos_69 · September 16, 2011

I have bougth this.

It's much better then other car magazines in portugal.

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photo taken with phone

iNotACactus · September 16, 2011

I found something much, much better and that works with my trackball's Unifying receiver.

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I also am getting a new watch, complete with 2GB of internal memory accessible via USB.

Same case of being too lazy with the time machine and camera.

Ryzza5 · September 17, 2011

@Ryzza, were you not able to change gears manually on the original wheel? I suppose this means the paddles will work with the DSG? Nice looking wheel :)

Only the GTI, GTD, and R come with DSG paddles in Australia. Hence why I had to buy this wheel from the UK. I could change manually using the gear stick selector though.

Leadfoot[YT] · September 17, 2011

Only the GTI, GTD, and R come with DSG paddles in Australia. Hence why I had to buy this wheel from the UK. I could change manually using the gear stick selector though.

So you can get the paddles to work? I love the "hot Golf" wheel style, but the radio/cruise buttons and airbags alone are going to make it one helluva project. :eek: Good luck, and keep us informed. :)

-Leadfoot

Ryzza5 · September 17, 2011

Yeah, easily done. Just undo two clips behind the wheel so that the airbag/horn pops out, then use a wrench to get the wheel off, then pop the new wheel and its airbag on.

Get the laptop out, connect it to the car, change a value (to tell it we have paddles now), and job done. :)

Push this metal clip down (plus one on the other side of the wheel) to release the airbag

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Final result:

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Just like the Golf R steering wheel, minus the R badge at the bottom (I didn't want a GTI or R badge since I don't have that model)

Tool831 · September 17, 2011

My last purchase.. (Since my bank locked me out due to extreme spending)

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Fear Deer · September 17, 2011

Ryzza your car looks great :D

killalldude · September 17, 2011

I concur with patch :)

Ryzza5 · September 17, 2011

Thanks guys. I uploaded a couple more pics here.

Dan G · September 18, 2011

Like your new wheel better since it has the perforated leather on the top and bottom :)

Ryzza5 · September 18, 2011

Yeah - turns out having a non-circular wheel takes a bit of getting used to when taking tight turns (i.e. underground multi-story carparks), but I'll manage :p

iLLGT3 · September 20, 2011

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ScoobSTi · September 20, 2011

I was about to ask if you bought that cat. :hmmm:

Anyways, that's a great looking case! I wanted to get something similar, but I just cba cleaning the dust off the top of the case every other day. I'm already tired of doing that around the house. :p