Aluminum paddle shifters installed
#21
I find them much easier to operate for the reason you mention - I tend to drive with my hands gripping the wheel where the bulges are and the extended ones are just the right length for me to lightly pull with the tips of my lower two fingers without even thinking abut it. With the original shorter paddles I had to slide my hand down sightly to trigger them which made feel it a little forced. I do have quite small hands though.
The paddles are identical fitment across all the current Jaguars and a lot of Range Rovers too. They are on eBay all the time now for about £200 a pair.
#23
I bought mine of ebay for £180. At that price, they're worth it.
Note to aftermarket suppliers: they are identical to the plastic items, but with the paddle component replaced by a lump of metal that's 50% longer. I estimate the additional cost of the metal component to be to about £10 - and it looks like you could retrofit it in place of the plastic item in less than 5 minutes...
Note to aftermarket suppliers: they are identical to the plastic items, but with the paddle component replaced by a lump of metal that's 50% longer. I estimate the additional cost of the metal component to be to about £10 - and it looks like you could retrofit it in place of the plastic item in less than 5 minutes...
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The cutouts and asymmetric shape seem to overcome any difficulty in telling which one is which though.
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I don't want them noticeable, whether it's orange, red, or big and aluminum. I don't want to look at them, I simply want to feel them in the right place. I want them subtle and as small as possible, which the OEM, base car, black ones are.
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Two cents
Just bought these for $485 USD. They are very easy to self install, 20min tops (do requie a T20 star drive). They do have a more solid feel than the platic ones IMO, and are slightly longer, but the finish is not of great quality, almost too chrome like and the +/- are not illuminated like with the original plastic ones. The original gold color looks better to me, and I may switch them back. I wish they made them in the same anodized bronze color to match the start and dynamic buttons. Overall not a good value, and you wont feel special having put them on your car.
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#34
i found a cheap set on ebay and grabbed them
tbh it is a nicer feel, more tactile and a touch firmer/heavier
the original silver plastic paddles are pretty good for a plastic paddle to begin with so the gain isn't huge but noticeable, i really had no reason to swap them out other than coming across a new metal set for a few hundred bucks - they are nowhere near as bad as the plastic paddles on an r8
tbh it is a nicer feel, more tactile and a touch firmer/heavier
the original silver plastic paddles are pretty good for a plastic paddle to begin with so the gain isn't huge but noticeable, i really had no reason to swap them out other than coming across a new metal set for a few hundred bucks - they are nowhere near as bad as the plastic paddles on an r8
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