[M-A8]

Morning everyone.
Hope you all well and have a better Monday than I.

Anyway, I'd like to hear your opinion about the improvements to the driver's experience I will be undertaking shortly...hopefully before ADI event, that's the aim.

I know you all, same as me, are strong believers of OEM and only OEM, but unfortunately no matter if we like it or not, OEM is not always the best.

This little project will involve 3 little mods:
- I've purchased already a wide lcd instrument cluster.
- Steering wheel chromed switches


- and aluminium OEM paddle shifters

...and that's where the problem with OEM is, paddles are just not big enough for Dynamic drive. On the motorway it is not a big problem I guess, but who uses paddles on a motorway.
We do have to ''extend'' our fingers quiet a bit to comfortably change the gears especially when driving dynamically

So, two options here:
- one is to extend the aluminium OEM paddles with REAL carbon ones (approx 220-250Euro) like hear, depends where you get them from.
http://www.custom-carbon.de/shop/shi...ml?language=en

I actually managed to find a manufacturer in Germany and strike a very good deal.
Quick note; the only reason I'm considering carbon ones is because of the carbon wrap interior.

- two, is to completely forget about the OEM aluminium paddles and go with proper custom aluminium ones from US, again, I managed to strike a quiet fair deal here.

more pictures here:
http://www.s2tpp.com/Audi-Paddle-Details.html
options:
I'm thinking about the Polished Clear ones as they are darker than silver and not so dark as the black ones, and I think they will nicely match the carbon interior and grey trim, where the silver ones will stand out
http://www.s2tpp.com/AUDI.html

I also found this, but the actual manufacturer does not offer them on the website which is weird, unless they discontinued them
http://www.audituningmag.com/sportec...-gear-changes/

Here is the driver's view so you can more less get the idea of my thinking.



Any opinions welcome.

PS. Don't suggest the custom paddles just to buy the aluminium OEM ones from me
Applies to D3 owners only

Many many thanks guys

Marcin