OK guys. I know some of you are waiting for news of my paddle shift retrofit.
Well unfortunately it did not work.
Removing the airbag and wheel was simple enough. All the connectors were the same, except for the black 6 pin from the paddle shift wheel. I noticed that it had 6 wires to the connector, while the non paddle wheel had 4 wires to it's 6 pin connector. The female part of the connector did have 6 pins visible. This kind of lifted up my hopes because I assumed that the missing wires were for the paddle shift. So since the pins were on the slip ring, I assumed the wiring for the paddles was there.
Ah well at least all the other functions, including heat work. Plus I have a nice looking napa leather wheel. I'm going to keep it until some clever person finds out a way to do this retrofit.
Pictured above is the 6 pin connector from the regular wheel that plugs into the slip ring. Note that it has 4 wires.
And here is the 6 pin connector from the paddle shift wheel with 6 wires. I'm sure the extra wires are for the paddle shift.
I don't know guys. Maybe it needs coding. I will try to see if Okee the remote coder can help. I hope so. I am so convinced that the wiring is already there in the sport package models, and I did see 6 pins on the connector on the slip ring. I did not however remove the steering column cover to see if there were actually 6 wires coming out of the connector.
Bummer!
