Member Since: 21 May 2009
Location: Molepolole
Posts: 20
Meee tooo.
15th Dec 2011 11:52 am
disco32009
Member Since: 12 Oct 2009
Location: worcestershire
Posts: 295
Sounds a very good mod if it comes off.
I would be very interested.
21st Dec 2011 12:08 am
bellautos
Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532
I have a few heated paddle RRS steering wheels availble at a good price if any one wants to start collecting parts ? They come with the main switches and paddles attached and are all heated.
Pete
21st Dec 2011 12:22 am
JDB
Member Since: 25 Mar 2010
Location: NW Hampshire
Posts: 2486
What sort of price are we talking Pete?
Thanks
21st Dec 2011 5:48 am
bellautos
Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532
Hi
The ones I have are nearly brand new take offs with all the switches and paddles on them, with Uk mainland shipping I can let them go for £160+vat each.
21st Dec 2011 6:40 pm
MARKW
Member Since: 29 Aug 2008
Location: SW
Posts: 2390
What else is needed to get the heated/paddles working?HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
They shall not grow old as those of us left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
21st Dec 2011 7:06 pm
bellautos
Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532
The adaption kit from bbs is needed to finsih the job.
Pete
22nd Dec 2011 9:23 am
MARKW
Member Since: 29 Aug 2008
Location: SW
Posts: 2390
Having looked at the BBS site there is no mention of this project that I can see. Any ideas if this has gone into production yet? Having read the full thread it seemed almost complete......HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
They shall not grow old as those of us left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
22nd Dec 2011 2:36 pm
MARKW
Member Since: 29 Aug 2008
Location: SW
Posts: 2390
I'm so wanting to press the buy it now from Pete button but am unsure of the price of the rest of the kit to make it all work. This could become an expensive ornament if I buy it and then realise I'm into a huge bill to get it to work. Does anyone have a ballpark figure of the costs of the other parts?HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
They shall not grow old as those of us left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
22nd Dec 2011 9:36 pm
trm
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: brisbane
Posts: 75
Look forward to more information on this as it would make my decision to keep the car for another year or two
23rd Dec 2011 8:46 pm
radders89
Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1051
Any news on this BBS?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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5th Mar 2012 12:26 pm
aljo
Member Since: 20 May 2007
Location: west sussex
Posts: 804
I would be very interested in this !! Do you still have a few heated/ paddle wheels left pete ?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!!
5th Mar 2012 6:06 pm
BBS SPY Site Sponsor
Member Since: 15 Jun 2007
Location: Sunny Cyprus
Posts: 3054
Yea there is indeed now some progress.
Those following the technical detail will know that when i back burned this project i had already got everything working except the back lighting LED's.
I got the color match right, but LED'S don't take 12 Volts, only 2 or 3 at best and you need to add resistors to drop the voltage. These generate heat which has to be dissipated somehow and so on the last prototype boards i added a flood plain of copper on both upper and lower sides of the PCB joined by vias to achieve this.
The last prototype boards turned up with the Vias but not the copper flood.
This has now been sorted along with understanding that we might not have to cope with a full 12V raw feed but only a PWM'd feed from the lighting switch.
The next Prototype PCB has been confirmed as having the copper flood present and has just been submitted for production which will now take about 10 days.
I will write back with more info once i have this and can try it out, but it is certainly great to be back on the case.
5th Mar 2012 6:23 pm
Baben
Member Since: 15 Feb 2006
Location: Kyalami
Posts: 2059
Well that is great news indeed
Please count me in for a unit
18th Mar 2012 8:26 am
radders89
Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1051
Still holding my breath for this bit of kit. Am dying to get myself a new D4 / RRS wheel but want it to have full functionality.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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