Too small for my taste. I'm going for something taller and longer and a bit further out from the center of the wheel, more F1 like if you will.

 

Interesting product- they glue or tape onto your existing paddles, so they do make the paddles bigger- they are called "paddle externders"

 

These look interesting

 

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.

 

Please do as I just want something other than flimsy plastic and would like something that looks a little better since I'm getting my wheel re-wrapped in Alcantara.

 

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?

 

Yes the Exclusive Motors here in Miami has an upholstery department that does this on a regular basis. I'm just going to buy a core wheel and have then wrap it and make it a little thicker than stock. Those aluminum evoque paddles may be the way to go.

 

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...les-xkr-96897/

 

I saw that just need to order the part and was still weighing options.. I'm going by the dealer after work to switch out loaner cars so I'll ask them when I get there.

 

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

 

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.

 

I'm hoping the ones I am having made only cost a couple of hundred and look amazing. $500 is a lot for what they are, if they were bigger and looked a lot nicer, I might have gone with those.

 

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

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

Skeeter

 

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.

 

I would be interested for sure.

 

+1 I'm in.

 

Interested

 

Count me in for a set that is taller, larger in Aluminum or carbon fiber.
They must be reasonably priced though. I'm not willing to pay $500 for them....it's not like they have diamonds on them! LOL

 

I actually broke down and purchased the aluminum GT shifters for around 400, Alcantara factory wheel and black piano driver and passanger side panels to replace the plastic "spun aluminum".

 

there is only so much one can take .... enjoy the new goodies and post some pics when they are installed.