*** Custom Paddle Shifters ***
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Vrus put a lot of effort in designing and making this product. Unfortunately, you or your technician or both of you together****ed it up during the installation without knowing the delicate procedure, I guess. Because that did not happen to me and other who installed them correctly. If the installation manual did not come with the product, you could have asked him for it and therefore not break the hinges.
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Vrus put a lot of effort in designing and making this product. Unfortunately, you or your technician or both of you together****ed it up during the installation without knowing the delicate procedure, I guess. Because that did not happen to me and other who installed them correctly. If the installation manual did not come with the product, you could have asked him for it and therefore not break the hinges.
btw...Who gives a sh*t how much effort one puts into something. In life, it's about output and not input to be successful.
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Did the instructions differ from how you orginally installed them? I think I already know the answer to my question but why don't you let everybody know your true experience. I know you don't care about getting a refund and will just write this off as a bad experiment but I want to let people know if it's a great product or not at all so they don't waste their money if it's the latter.
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Vrus put a lot of effort in designing and making this product. Unfortunately, you or your technician or both of you together****ed it up during the installation without knowing the delicate procedure, I guess. Because that did not happen to me and other who installed them correctly. If the installation manual did not come with the product, you could have asked him for it and therefore not break the hinges.
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Did the instructions differ from how you orginally installed them? I think I already know the answer to my question but why don't you let everybody know your true experience. I know you don't care about getting a refund and will just write this off as a bad experiment but I want to let people know if it's a great product or not at all so they don't waste their money if it's the latter.
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How the F*** do you know if my set was defective or not? The hinges on the right paddle were not broken and they do not work either. Ikrchner also did not break the hinges and his DOES NOT work either. You don't own a C55 nor an SL600 so don't assume these paddles fit every model that Victor claims. I asked him if he tested these paddles on every model he is selling them for. Are you looking for a discount from VRP by brown-nosing?
btw...Who gives a sh*t how much effort one puts into something. In life, it's about output and not input to be successful.
btw...Who gives a sh*t how much effort one puts into something. In life, it's about output and not input to be successful.
BTW, I am one of the first people who bought the set. And paddles work well on my car, and this is the fact for me.
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Who are you to tell me where I should stand? Don't forget buddy. This is an open forum and I will say what I want in this thread. what's so wrong with sharing own experience about the product. So if you are not here to share your experience or thoughts about this product, I would say you should focus on your business.
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Do you consider this foul language? It is merely a statement of fact. I wish that I grew up in such a pristine world as you probably did.
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Who are you to tell me where I should stand? Don't forget buddy. This is an open forum and I will say what I want in this thread. what's so wrong with sharing own experience about the product. So if you are not here to share your experience or thoughts about this product, I would say you should focus on your business.
Anyone can offer contructive, supportive, helpful comments. Jumping in to criticize another member's work without being there, knowing the whole story demontrate a lack of maturity and sophistication.
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The paddle on the left was my fault, I broke the pivot piont on the original assembly as shown on your first picture. The other picture that you have clearly shows that the paddles are not seated properly. . On the + side everyting fit fine but the shift pattern was erractic. I think that the shaft on the paddles were too small and caused the button activation to be erractic. That aside I tried to go back to the original buttons only to find that you cannot buy the button mechanism, you have to buy the entire steering wheel. Lets stop trying to blame Victor, since he had the ***** to take on this project. In this case, self included, the installer has to step up to the plate.!!!!
I agree with you that the posts/shafts of the paddles are TOO SMALL rather than TOO BIG as Victor was assuming. In my case. The paddles just does not click. It almost seems like a spring of some sort is needed to pop the paddles outward. For me, the right paddle is just "DEAD". No movment, frozen solid...
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Oh~~~ D/C is something that YOU might be looking for by bashing tuners just as you did to HPS in the past. I would suggest you not to think that everyone else in this world behaves shameless like yourself.
BTW, I am one of the first people who bought the set. And paddles work well on my car, and this is the fact for me.
BTW, I am one of the first people who bought the set. And paddles work well on my car, and this is the fact for me.
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Allright, I get the point. Now think about this. Just as it's in the quote, where was the so called constructive, supportive, helpful comment in your previous post about me staying in the sideline? Explain it to me first then I will explain after you. Fair enough?
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Since you are smart enough to figure out that I am not your buddy, restrain yourself from calling me a dude next time. If you don't remember your previous post, go back and read it again.
Allright, I get the point. Now think about this. Just as it's in the quote, where was the so called constructive, supportive, helpful comment in your previous post about me staying in the sideline? Explain it to me first then I will explain after you. Fair enough?
Allright, I get the point. Now think about this. Just as it's in the quote, where was the so called constructive, supportive, helpful comment in your previous post about me staying in the sideline? Explain it to me first then I will explain after you. Fair enough?
I offered my opinion based on what happened on this thread, from your posts to AMGSC. The facts supporting my call for moderation were evident. You, on the other hand, on Aug. 29, without knowing what AMGSC had actually done, used some pretty demaning remarks on him and his technician. Do you even know if he had a tech, or you just unilaterally jumped on him with your conclusion? You obviously took side with VRP, fell insulted somehow that how dare someone has a problem with them (the guy must be in idiot, in your mind) so you took off on him without facts.
You remarks were factless, and demeaning. My remarks were based on your post, very evidently, and only called for you to sit on the sideline, because the problem between AMGSC and VRP is not yours. I was helping to give you a dose of reality check. It's obvious you're not taking helpful suggestions well.
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Please guys.. let's not argue..
I will figure out what the issues are and correct them. I asked AMGSC to send me back his paddles so I can get a look at them here and check them on the C55 we had here before.
We will get to the bottom of it.
Let's all play nice...
I will figure out what the issues are and correct them. I asked AMGSC to send me back his paddles so I can get a look at them here and check them on the C55 we had here before.
We will get to the bottom of it.
Let's all play nice...
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WTF!!!!! Broke the right hinge too
I was removing the POS shifters for a refund and found out the right hinge was also broken!!! Now both my OEM button shifters don't work either. They just wobble loosely and looks like ****!!!!!!
I must now get a brand new steering wheel!!!! I AM EXTREMELY PISSDED about this product!!!!!!! What a piece of crap! You guys out there have been warned! Victor still has not emailed me instructions and diagrams on how to install these. Even with instructions, it's just WAY TOO RISKY buying this product and F***ING UP a $3K AMG Steering Wheel. Those brackets cannot be re-ordered because the wiring is integrated into them!!!! DO NOT TRY THESE because YOU MAY TRULY REGRET IT!!!! Don't say you have NOT been warned.
Vic, You will getting a call from a very irate ex-customer of anything you sell or service. I am completely done with VRP. Kleemann all the way for all my needs.
I must now get a brand new steering wheel!!!! I AM EXTREMELY PISSDED about this product!!!!!!! What a piece of crap! You guys out there have been warned! Victor still has not emailed me instructions and diagrams on how to install these. Even with instructions, it's just WAY TOO RISKY buying this product and F***ING UP a $3K AMG Steering Wheel. Those brackets cannot be re-ordered because the wiring is integrated into them!!!! DO NOT TRY THESE because YOU MAY TRULY REGRET IT!!!! Don't say you have NOT been warned.
Vic, You will getting a call from a very irate ex-customer of anything you sell or service. I am completely done with VRP. Kleemann all the way for all my needs.
Last edited by AMGSC; Sep 15, 2008 at 08:35 PM.
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I had to order a new steering wheel from Peformance Products and it cost me $1,977.95 with a discount! I expect to pay for 2 hrs of installation which would cost me another $250. So my estimate of $3K was not too far off.
Do you want this to happen to my fellow forum members?
I got so pissed off I threw them in the trash. SUNK COST of $300 for a worthless gadget that was not even tested before being released and can easily cost you the entire steering wheel. NICE GOING VRP!.
Tip: If you want to use the forum to pitch your products then be prepared to take the feedback. positive or negative...
Do you want this to happen to my fellow forum members?
I got so pissed off I threw them in the trash. SUNK COST of $300 for a worthless gadget that was not even tested before being released and can easily cost you the entire steering wheel. NICE GOING VRP!
.Tip: If you want to use the forum to pitch your products then be prepared to take the feedback. positive or negative...
Last edited by AMGSC; Sep 16, 2008 at 09:25 PM.
