First round of Mods on the CLK
02-12-2007, 11:24 AM
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209/W210 Estate /W211 modded by MBENZNL
Maybe I wasn't clear in my previous post. The transmission in my car (04 CLK 500) already supports a tiptronic mode - I can move the console selector left or right to down or upshift. What I was saying is to extend that capability to shift selectors on the steering wheel by means of wiring two switches in parallel - those switches being the "paddles" - so when you depress the paddle it closes the circuit as if you moved the shift selector left or right.
The hardest part would be retrofitting the paddle hardware into an older style wheel. Even if the new paddles used something other than micro switches (which I doubt) it would be easy to convert. I see no reason it can't be done.
The hardest part would be retrofitting the paddle hardware into an older style wheel. Even if the new paddles used something other than micro switches (which I doubt) it would be easy to convert. I see no reason it can't be done.
Even IF one could wire it via the touch shift...One still has to wire it to the steering wheel....Through the contact ring behind the steering wheel
As it works off of resistance ....
All the functions go through the contact ring behind the steering wheel
The Steering wheel/shifter would be the easy step in the mod
