paddle shifter

[Astin]

Wow - thats a lot of money for two steering wheel buttons. You would really need to enjoy using them ALOT to get the value from that investment.

[HwoALanG]

i sent the email to dealer and this is their reply...-_-



The paddle shifters for these cars are a factory option only. There is no possible way to add this option to your vehicle.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
James Butcher
Parts Advisor
Euro Motorcars Germantown
301-601-5500

[drlukas]

Originally Posted by tho_schmitz

If you need to have the paddles, I'm afraid that there's no alternative solution available so far.

If you just want the shifting knobs to be "left = down" and "right = up" you can easily do it on your own (like I did). The most difficult part is to find out at which side a soldering iron gets hot...

Here's a pdf that shows you how: http://www.mbslk.com/files/artikel/S...ippenumbau.pdf

If you need assistance with german text translation, let me know.

Greeetz, Thomas

Really interesting I suppose can be done even on my Ml 280 steering wheel, unfortunately no german skill, please help us

[Corkscrew]

Paddles came with my 2005 SLK200k.

[bloflin]

Originally Posted by Corkscrew

Paddles came with my 2005 SLK200k.

Corkscrew, he is talking about large silver "buttons" on the steering wheel to change the transmission gears, not leather things you hold in your hand!

[Corkscrew]

Originally Posted by bloflin

Corkscrew, he is talking about large silver "buttons" on the steering wheel to change the transmission gears, not leather things you hold in your hand!

Yes...my SLK200k came with those large silver buttons on the steering wheel.

[Corkscrew]

Originally Posted by bloflin

Corkscrew, he is talking about large silver "buttons" on the steering wheel to change the transmission gears, not leather things you hold in your hand!

These things?

[dsb]

Corkscrew,

Those are buttons. New vehicles come with paddles that are visible from the Driver's seat. Do a search, I'm sure you'll find what I'm talking about.

[panosGRig]

New slks come with paddles that are noticeable from driver seats.Those are mentioned above are button and IMO suck!I drove an sl350 with buttons and its was a dissapointment.Mine 2007 slk comes with paddles

[McBain]

Saw this on ebay and wonder if this is a good option for getting paddles on your steering wheel? Can the dealer (or who ever doing the install) swap the air bag from the original steering wheel onto this one?

eBay Motors: Mercedes-Benz SLK R171 Tiptronic Airbag Steering Wheel (item 320056893381 end time May-01-07 05:41:59 PDT)