[Littlecoupe]

I don't need this, but you get a gold star for an awesome useful post.

[blueshead]

Originally Posted by Littlecoupe

I don't need this, but you get a gold star for an awesome useful post.

I'll have to downgrade myself to silver as PRINCE THUNDERNIGHT posted a pretty useful pic too (which I didn't notice before replying!) - and an allen key would be a much more appropriate tool to use too! Fair dues!

[grooveK]

you guys are awesome. tempted to try this out again today despite the crazy new york weather lol. i was using a flathead, phillips head, some other stuff but when i was using the flathead, i was using it perpendicular to how i should have been poking around. my common sense failed me.

[BG42]

Originally Posted by grooveK

you guys are awesome. tempted to try this out again today despite the crazy new york weather lol. i was using a flathead, phillips head, some other stuff but when i was using the flathead, i was using it perpendicular to how i should have been poking around. my common sense failed me.

Harbor freight sells basically a mechanics dental pick set that works wonders for this kind of thing.

[Prince Thundernight]

Originally Posted by grooveK

you guys are awesome. tempted to try this out again today despite the crazy new york weather lol. i was using a flathead, phillips head, some other stuff but when i was using the flathead, i was using it perpendicular to how i should have been poking around. my common sense failed me.

Nothing to do with common sense. I used a flathead and tried for an hour, turning it every which way. But totally worth it—I drive the car exclusively in manual mode, and the larger paddles make the job so much easier.

[grooveK]

Originally Posted by BG42

Harbor freight sells basically a mechanics dental pick set that works wonders for this kind of thing.

i was using one of those too bu ttheyre so sharp at the ends i htought i was just poking holes through a wire or something lol.

[P_Chris]

I used a torx driver very easy since it is flat blunt on the end. I found the hardest part was the wire harness for the actual paddle shifters. The blue ones. Could not disconnect them. I ended up leaving the connector and just replacing the paddle to the existing mechanism.

[grooveK]

Today, I installed... my paddle shifters finally! Ha. After much finagling and jimmying the screwdriver here and there for two days, after all the great images and advice posted here I was motivated to get this done.

funnily enough, getting the blue connectors disconnected was the most annoying part today. just had to just an awl/pic tool and finagle some more.

one thing that may help others in the future is to know how deep to go because i was going WAY too deep and did crack a small piece that seems inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. you have to go in just under two inches and find some resistence. then once you do you push like hell and one side of the airbag will pop out. then you do the other side with a dash of confidence sprinkled in.

thanks to the community for the help and i hope my images add to the assistance.

apologies for the dirty ass thumbnail lol.

[speed817]

Originally Posted by grooveK

Today, I installed... my paddle shifters finally! Ha. After much finagling and jimmying the screwdriver here and there for two days, after all the great images and advice posted here I was motivated to get this done.

funnily enough, getting the blue connectors disconnected was the most annoying part today. just had to just an awl/pic tool and finagle some more.

one thing that may help others in the future is to know how deep to go because i was going WAY too deep and did crack a small piece that seems inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. you have to go in just under two inches and find some resistence. then once you do you push like hell and one side of the airbag will pop out. then you do the other side with a dash of confidence sprinkled in.

thanks to the community for the help and i hope my images add to the assistance.

apologies for the dirty ass thumbnail lol.

Does the whole steering wheel need to come off to install the paddle shifters???

[grooveK]

Originally Posted by speed817

Does the whole steering wheel need to come off to install the paddle shifters???

no, just the airbag.

[Ruebarb]

Just seeing this now, to remove the air bag. A screw driver although can work is not the best tool. Use an Allen key with the offset ball at the end, you can feel the clips and the orientation is irrelevant, if you go past the clip you are unlikely to break anything.

[Fronzdan]

Originally Posted by grooveK

Today, I installed... my paddle shifters finally! Ha. After much finagling and jimmying the screwdriver here and there for two days, after all the great images and advice posted here I was motivated to get this done.

funnily enough, getting the blue connectors disconnected was the most annoying part today. just had to just an awl/pic tool and finagle some more.

one thing that may help others in the future is to know how deep to go because i was going WAY too deep and did crack a small piece that seems inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. you have to go in just under two inches and find some resistence. then once you do you push like hell and one side of the airbag will pop out. then you do the other side with a dash of confidence sprinkled in.

thanks to the community for the help and i hope my images add to the assistance.

apologies for the dirty ass thumbnail lol.

All great responses! I’m now convinced I can do this lol.

What are these paddles? I like the brushed aluminum style since I don’t have anything CF inside.

[grooveK]

Originally Posted by Fronzdan

All great responses! I’m now convinced I can do this lol.

What are these paddles? I like the brushed aluminum style since I don’t have anything CF inside.

where i ordered mine from (im like you, i prefer non-cf):

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568...yAdapt=glo2usa

[TobyY]

Originally Posted by PP3121

How long did it take you from start to completion?

Took me 6 hours

[MASHCT]

Originally Posted by darkvader0

Finished painting my rockers and lower rear bumper (again lol), and added on the AUTOID stuff (front lip, sideskirts, mudflaps). I am really diggin the look now.

That's a purty car!!

[johnskiller]

Originally Posted by BlueLEDz

There’s a tech in eco mode on ID8.
However I’ve not done any testing to verify if there are or aren’t any RPM changes between the drive modes.

My eco pro only has Power meter, no rev. Do I need to code it?

[BlueLEDz]

Originally Posted by johnskiller

My eco pro only has Power meter, no rev. Do I need to code it?

This is how mine came from the factory.
Thought it was normal until everyone started talking about only having a power meter.

There maybe a way to code it but I don’t have experience with that.

My car has also stopped showing the wallpaper when changing drive modes, so maybe it’s just doing it’s own thing 🤷‍♂️

[aguycalleddb]

Added some gloss black bumper fins to the standard diffuser, not 100% sure on them but they do fit with the rest of the styling

[nype]

Originally Posted by BlueLEDz

My car has also stopped showing the wallpaper when changing drive modes, so maybe it’s just doing it’s own thing 🤷‍♂️

That’s a setting in iDrive. Something to do with pop-ups.

[J-RO]

Originally Posted by aguycalleddb

Added some gloss black bumper fins to the standard diffuser, not 100% sure on them but they do fit with the rest of the styling

What holds them on?

[aguycalleddb]

Originally Posted by J-RO

What holds them on?

At the moment 3M VHB tape, I didn’t want anything too permanent in case I changed my mind

[cannockwolf]

Originally Posted by nype

That’s a setting in iDrive. Something to do with pop-ups.

Yeah I turned mine off