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12-11-2017, 05:32 PM

H-M3

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D3 steering wheel upgrade

Hi peeps just wanted a list of best steering wheel upgrades ppl have done on theirs. Mine is 4.2tdi with paddle shift, what’s the best plug n play upgrade?
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12-11-2017, 07:17 PM

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You've pretty much got the best one.

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12-11-2017, 07:39 PM

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aluminum

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Hi peeps just wanted a list of best steering wheel upgrades ppl have done on theirs. Mine is 4.2tdi with paddle shift, what’s the best plug n play upgrade?
cheers

For my 2006 W12 I took the controls from a 2008-2010 A8 that have Aluminum trim and the Aluminum shift paddles from the same car. Brightened-up my world a little bit. Next I am swapping my window switches for Aluminum trimmed Q7 switches.

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12-12-2017, 01:08 AM

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any pics? Is that plug n play the Q7 switches?
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12-12-2017, 02:56 AM

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I have from the factory a hybrid solid wood with Leather around the main grip area's. It has paddle shifters and all of the MMI controls, etc. That package came with a matching solid wood shifter ****... very nice touch! The only thing I wish it had was the heater in the leather areas on the steering wheel... very nice feature on those -20c days!

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12-12-2017, 07:05 AM

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almost P-N-P...

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any pics? Is that plug n play the Q7 switches?
cheers

A couple of mm of plastic need to be trimmed away on the underside of the armrest. I will post pics if successful with that endeavor.

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12-12-2017, 02:45 PM

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lot of guys in the UK are putting the Audi TTS steering, anyone here done that?

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12-18-2017, 01:20 PM

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Hi peeps just wanted a list of best steering wheel upgrades ppl have done on theirs. Mine is 4.2tdi with paddle shift, what’s the best plug n play upgrade?
cheers

You can try replacing it with a D4 steering wheel, just as I did here, but please note that it's not quite plug and play, and you will have to do some modifications. The only thing that is fully compatible is the horn. Airbag also seem to be compatible (no errors on dash/VCDS), although I don't have a way to fully test it.

I still have to update that thread when I will finish with the multifunction keys modification (work in progress, I will finish in a couple of days... I hope

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I have from the factory a hybrid solid wood with Leather around the main grip area's. [...] The only thing I wish it had was the heater in the leather areas on the steering wheel...

Audi never manufactured heated wood+leather steering wheel. If you want a heated steering wheel, it must be full leather.
The only car manufactured by VAG group which has heated wood+leather steering wheel seems to be VW Phaeton.

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lot of guys in the UK are putting the Audi TTS steering, anyone here done that?

If you are referring to the steering wheel with flat bottom, then I did that on my old A6 4F. It wasn't quite a sensation (except that it was brand new and with perforated leather), but I don't think it will look good on A8.