Shift Koncepts paddle extensions

[SolarFlare]

So the owner of Shift Koncepts reached out to me about trying some new paddle extentions he had develoved and give him some feedback so I said sure. They arrived within a week or so, well packaged. He sent them to me with a CF sticker on the face thats removable. They easily snap into place and make locating the paddles quite easily. They dont wobble in anyway and allow shifting from every location except the very tip at the top, at that point you cant put enough pull on it to make it shift. Otherwise feel is good and make locating the paddles with your hands a breeze. They area large enough to block a bit the low end of the RPMs (<1000) and speedometer (>145) depending on the angle of your seat. There is still some fine tuning to do in the finish dept to get the plastic smooth all the way around, just depends on which side he print
s on. I will try to figure out what I can do on my end to improve that finish. Well on to the pics...

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[Rickycardo]

I'll give you my opinion. I have a set from CJPP and really like the look. However there are problems with paddle extension in general for the S550.
Mainly they don't work very well. The paddles themselves are switches mounted to the steering wheel with on 1 screw. Any time I try to shift by pulling on the upper or lower part of the paddle extension the switch twists on the wheel and doesn't shift. Paddle extension longer than 1 inch more than stock are unusable.
Now about that design. I like the CF look. It goes well with the interior. I'm not crazy about it being solid. As you rotate the wheel it will block parts of the gauges. Finally I think the ends might be too pointy. There's nothing that wakes you up like turning the wheel quickly and getting stabbing by a paddle in an unsuspecting hand or finger.
What someone really needs to do is design a strong paddle switch that can be activated without twisting from a longer paddle.

 

[Stam616]

I have the red anodized paddle shifters from CJPP as well and I don't have any problems using them except from the very top of the piece. I used 3M tape and they are solidly connected without any wiggle. I shift from about the middle and saw no difference other than ease of use when compared with the stock small paddles.

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