Today I Installed Longer Billet Aluminum DCT Paddles on the M3

"Danny Korecki" (dannykorecki) 09/22/2019 at 17:40 • Filed to: None

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Urambo Tauro > Danny Korecki 09/22/2019 at 18:01

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Man those look really nice!

So, I’ve never really thought about it before, but are longer paddles a popular mod in the paddleshift community, to the same extent that short-throw shifters are among stickshift owners?

DipodomysDeserti > Danny Korecki 09/22/2019 at 18:11

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Danny Korecki > Urambo Tauro 09/22/2019 at 19:01

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Thanks man.

So the way I see it is many performance cars with DCTs come with paddles very small and very “consumer-y”. Where as some of the big players in the supercar world have large paddles.

Just one hour of driving with them:

1. they feel special compared to the normal OEM ones

2. I can already tell the springing the steering wheel around a corner and “trying” to grab a paddle is already going away. Note - this is only a problem with cars like mine where the paddles go with the steering wheel. A lot of Italian cars Ferrari’s, the new Alfa’s, have paddles that are always at 9 and 3. 

AestheticsInMotion > Danny Korecki 09/22/2019 at 19:44

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I've always wondered which would feel more natural with performance driving. The only cars I've driven with paddles have been economy cars. Various Subarus, and other makes that are too boring to really benefit 

Danny Korecki > AestheticsInMotion 09/22/2019 at 19:51

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It is all one big first world problem.

My DCT paddles aren’t long enough. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Danny Korecki 09/23/2019 at 09:37

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Ooh... looking good!