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Multi-function steering wheel + Tiptronic shift ?
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Multi-function steering wheel + Tiptronic shift ?
Does anyone know of a steering wheel that would fit my 2004 C5 that both has the buttons for adjusting the CD/Radio, and also the tiptronic gear change buttons (don't mind if it's the old-style buttons like I have now, or the newer style paddle buttons on the back of the wheel).
This is what I have now and I'm wishing I had the audio control buttons.
<U>Here's what I have now:</U>
<img src="http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7816/steeringwheelqg2.jpg">
Do the C6 wheels fit/work on a C5? Looking at the pic posted by Pete K (vegasguy) it looks like they do, or is that not a C6 wheel. I notice that he also doesn't have audio controls. Maybe they never made a wheel that does it all.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/107679/wheel_002s.jpg">
This is what I have now and I'm wishing I had the audio control buttons.
<U>Here's what I have now:</U>
<img src="http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7816/steeringwheelqg2.jpg">
Do the C6 wheels fit/work on a C5? Looking at the pic posted by Pete K (vegasguy) it looks like they do, or is that not a C6 wheel. I notice that he also doesn't have audio controls. Maybe they never made a wheel that does it all.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/107679/wheel_002s.jpg">
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Pete's wheel is from an RS6 (C5) paddles shift only...
...the wheel from the C6 is NOT compatible with our cars, unless someone on the NavPlus.us site figured that one out recently.
You can have a steering wheel like mine from 2002 that has tip controls and radio controls. It should be plug-n-play for your car, but not cheap.
an old pic (before I got the matching black dome lights), but here is a pic of my steering wheel...
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/hliu55/alcantara/DSC02511.jpg">
You can have a steering wheel like mine from 2002 that has tip controls and radio controls. It should be plug-n-play for your car, but not cheap.
an old pic (before I got the matching black dome lights), but here is a pic of my steering wheel...
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/hliu55/alcantara/DSC02511.jpg">
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I'll grab the part number later tonight and look up the price...
...but I know the same wheel in the air leather (found in the Euro-RS6) is over $900 at the dealer (heated).
I know that your self-canceling ring is equipped already to handle the wiring for the tipronic controls (obviously), but I am not positive about the radio controls. Regardless, I will confirm the part number of your existing 3-spoke wheel and see if the self-canceling ring is the same one for your steering wheel and mine. Less parts to buy is a good thing.
I know that your self-canceling ring is equipped already to handle the wiring for the tipronic controls (obviously), but I am not positive about the radio controls. Regardless, I will confirm the part number of your existing 3-spoke wheel and see if the self-canceling ring is the same one for your steering wheel and mine. Less parts to buy is a good thing.
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Like mine?
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/70987/april9audi.jpg"></center><p>
It's not sporty but has it all..
(Very old pic btw, before wideangle lenses on afforable digital camera's :P)
It's not sporty but has it all..
(Very old pic btw, before wideangle lenses on afforable digital camera's :P)
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Uh oh, you really weren't kidding when you said it's not cheap
I think I'd have to be crazy to spend over a hundred bucks just to gain those audio controls. I really hadn't thought this through at all. Now if I was upgrading from an empty steering wheel, and I was gaining gearshift ability too, then we're talking substantially more value on the deal.
OK, sorry for the false alarm. If I'm gonna spend close to $1,000 on something, it'll be on that ABT chip I've had my eye on
OK, sorry for the false alarm. If I'm gonna spend close to $1,000 on something, it'll be on that ABT chip I've had my eye on
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Okay, confirmed that your self-canceling ring is the same as the one in my car, so...
...the only cost to upgrade would be for the steering wheel and airbag. Self-canceling ring for 2002 and 2004 with tiptronic wheels is 1J0-959-654-M (also the same as in the RS6 if you wanted to go the paddleshift route).
If I had to venture a guess, I'd say if you were patient enough, maybe you'd score it on eBay for about $250 for the wheel and about the same for the airbag. That would be less than 1/3 the cost of the parts new at the dealer.
Doing the RS6 paddleshift route would be less expensive, since you would be able to reuse your airbag on that steering wheel.
If I had to venture a guess, I'd say if you were patient enough, maybe you'd score it on eBay for about $250 for the wheel and about the same for the airbag. That would be less than 1/3 the cost of the parts new at the dealer.
Doing the RS6 paddleshift route would be less expensive, since you would be able to reuse your airbag on that steering wheel.
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Thanks BD, shame I talked myself out of it :(
Taking my airbag module and transplanting it into another wheel sounds somehow "a bit dodgy" and I'd always wonder whether I could actually trust it to work.
I think I'm gonna have to put up with taking my hand off the wheel and moving it over towards the CD/radio controls to adjust the volume or skip track. It's going to be a struggle I know, but such hardships exist to try us and see what we're made of. I'm fairly confident that I'm up to the job. What next? I'll be having to take my hand off the wheel to change gear too, oh wait, no I don't
I think I'm gonna have to put up with taking my hand off the wheel and moving it over towards the CD/radio controls to adjust the volume or skip track. It's going to be a struggle I know, but such hardships exist to try us and see what we're made of. I'm fairly confident that I'm up to the job. What next? I'll be having to take my hand off the wheel to change gear too, oh wait, no I don't