are these easy to remove? ... - .- -.




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Why?

They're pretty easy to fit so removing them should be easy. I fitted mine so I could more easily engine brake when doing long downhills - yes I know that isn't the modern way but then neither am I.  Geoff

will never use them craig and i dont like them...

i suppose its a steering wheel off jobby geoff? ... - .- -.




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Oh ok... Im guessing you will throw up a gearbox error though Stan... Thats why i asked...

You can simply remove them (unplug the elec supply) and fit the lower silver covers (you usually remove them to fit paddles...) BUT, as i said above... Im sure you will cause issues with the trans ECU...

Maybe drop Christian from GAP an email?

sounds risky...i dont want to invalidate the warranty which this procedure might do ..i thought it was just unscrewing them somehow...

many thanks for your expert input craig [as always]  ... - .- -.




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Easily removed Stan. And they're only switches for High and Low CAN signals to the box ECU, the ECU doesn't know if they are there or not until you actually use them.. The IID can turn them off as well. I went through this fitting them to my 2010 S/C and the car doesn't complain if they're physically fitted or not. Steering wheel off job and I have the silver backs some place if you want them.

i was going to use a dremel to cut them off...


cheers for the info [and offer] Dom, after thinking about this ,i'm going to put this idea on the back burner for the moment as i'm off to the french alps next week and i dont wont to risk any problems occurring.. ... - .- -.




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Dremel.....you bloody pikey.

Whip the airbag off and you can disconnect them without physically removing them. That should set your mind at rest about errors if you use it like that for a few days. Then go the whole hog once you're happy.

I've never had paddles before, at least not on a car....

I don't really use them but I have found them good for dropping a couple of gears for a swift overtake. It's probably me, but it seems a bit hit and miss getting a quick down change using the accelerator....... Perhaps I need to learn how to drive again!

I don't like the plastic though, should have been aluminium for the feel of quality..... 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

^ Yes, and fixed to the column so they don't rotate with the wheel. You always know where they are in one like that.

@Dom, even taking off the airbag isnt something i want to do at the mo, i'm ocd about making sure things are ok before my road trip ..

i'll play with it when i'm back .......and stop sending me dirty text messages  ... - .- -.




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and fixed to the column so they don't rotate with the wheel

I suspect they are designed like that so that you dont have to move your hands around the steering wheel......think F1 steering wheels  2021 D350 Fifty Edition - Carpathian Grey
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Well the ones in the Wife's Aston are fixed and they are much easier to use. F1 wheels don't turn more than 180 degrees so there's no arm twirling going on so it makes sense there. Less so in a car with 2 or 3 turns from lock to lock.

For what it is worth Stan, I didn't use my paddles in the first 6 months of ownership.
Then I found out oil was building up because the revs never got high enough to run the second turbo.
I regularly drop down a couple of gears when I am on a clear bit of motorway now just to burn it off.
Yours may have the oil pipe mod done being 2012 ?