Did a sport steering wheel with paddle swap today.
Happy to say the paddles worked perfectly with no coding or wiring required!
Got the wheel for $150 off ebay, and the sport airbag cover for $30. Lots of guides on swapping the airbag guts to the sport airbag cover so I'll skip that and go right to pictures.
Before:
Airbag gut swap:
After:
I gotta say the sport wheel is much nicer. It's a smaller diameter for sharper turning radius, and much fatter for that sporty feeling.
Paddles are pretty cool, but I doubt I'll use them much. Just wanted them so I could downshift at will when towing my boat.
One thing I noticed - before I'd have to lower the wheel entirely to get it to feel right when driving. This one I had to raise by ~30%, so there's that bonus.