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Stu wrote:
Just having looked at the title of this thread. I'm not fussed about the tiptronic bit, but is there a box to enable the main switches to work, ie cruise control and stereo control?
As above
Flappy paddles would be nice though
Got a D4 leather wheel sitting in the back of the car, waiting to go on My D3 Build Thread
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Anything happening with this ?
Ids
30th Dec 2013 4:17 pm
aljo
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I gave up waiting all these years
so bought another RRS to go with my paddle shift steering wheel Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where,s the f**king ceiling!!
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30th Dec 2013 4:19 pm
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Yep, this thread is just about to turn 4 years old.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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Have faith Al...........2014 is going to be the year of the working flappy paddles in a D3. MY15 D4 SDV6 HSE Corris Grey - Gone
MY05 D3 TDV6 SE Zambezi silver Auto Alpaca leather - Gone
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30th Dec 2013 4:22 pm
aljo
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Dont hold your breath mike Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where,s the f**king ceiling!!
30th Dec 2013 4:23 pm
Robbie
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Quite a few of us who originally posted on this thread did indeed get flappy paddles, wrapped in a D4.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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Unfortunately a D4 is a long way off for me I'm afraid. MY15 D4 SDV6 HSE Corris Grey - Gone
MY05 D3 TDV6 SE Zambezi silver Auto Alpaca leather - Gone
MY02' Seat Leon 1.6s Metallic Black cloth trim with a hint of mould
Club Sandwich
Women... Can't live with em, can't kill em...
30th Dec 2013 5:39 pm
ids
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Robbie wrote:
Quite a few of us who originally posted on this thread did indeed get flappy paddles, wrapped in a D4.
Sadly its not going to happen for me. The D4's are far to nice and tidy to warrant having one, specially with stupid painted bumpers !
I hope Colin's 'dangling carrot' of hope comes off finally this new year. I know the Nanocom launch has been keeping BBS busy...... but we are a restless lot as I am sure he is aware.
Ids
31st Dec 2013 12:29 pm
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Fingers crossed here that Colin has some spare time in the New Year too!
I also have 2 spare complete steering wheels with paddles if anyone is interested....... in anticipation.
31st Dec 2013 1:09 pm
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Hiya Chaps
What can i say ?
I am of course actutely and painfully aware and even quite embarressed that this side project has been dragging on for so long, kept folks hoping, me more than anyone, but as yet has not yielded something we can supply.
I took on this side project at a point in time when i could easily afford to do so and fully expected it to be relatively quick and simple.
I have tried my best and certainly spent vast amounts of time and money on this.
However we have unfortunately encountered untold and unforseen amounts of problems in attempting this and have also had huge amounts of unforseen and unexpected problems that have required we focus completely more on other things.
After all this side project was only ever going to be something we hoped to provide to folks outside our normal business activities and never something that ever would help pay the bills.
It is now a New Year and I continue to hope and believe that we will somehow find the time to provide this in at least some form.
ATB
Colin
1st Jan 2014 6:29 pm
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if anyone can you can!
Thanks for the update and I am sure it will be worth the wait. Happy New Year.
1st Jan 2014 6:57 pm
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Hi BBS Spy,
I'm new to this forum and have read through this thread. I also came across your video on YouTube showing how you enabled a D4 steering wheel attached to a D3.
As a recent owner of a 57 plate D3, I was wondering if you had an update on this project and if the conversion kit you were hoping to develop will be available anytime soon.
Many thanks, Fletcher
27th Apr 2014 11:11 pm
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BBS SPY wrote:
Hiya Chaps
What can i say ?
I am of course actutely and painfully aware and even quite embarressed that this side project has been dragging on for so long, kept folks hoping, me more than anyone, but as yet has not yielded something we can supply.
I took on this side project at a point in time when i could easily afford to do so and fully expected it to be relatively quick and simple.
I have tried my best and certainly spent vast amounts of time and money on this.
However we have unfortunately encountered untold and unforseen amounts of problems in attempting this and have also had huge amounts of unforseen and unexpected problems that have required we focus completely more on other things.
After all this side project was only ever going to be something we hoped to provide to folks outside our normal business activities and never something that ever would help pay the bills.
It is now a New Year and I continue to hope and believe that we will somehow find the time to provide this in at least some form.
ATB
Colin
Colin, if you don't have the time to donate to the project, can you let us know what is involved in getting the D4 switches working?My D3 Build Thread
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Like your thinking DM! MY15 D4 SDV6 HSE Corris Grey - Gone
MY05 D3 TDV6 SE Zambezi silver Auto Alpaca leather - Gone
MY02' Seat Leon 1.6s Metallic Black cloth trim with a hint of mould
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comes off finally this new year. I know the Nanocom launch has been keeping BBS busy...... but we are a restless lot as I am sure he is aware.
