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318touring
Monza
Joined: 21 Jan 2011
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Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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 Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:07 pm Post subject: Sport Design Steering Wheel + Sport Chrono
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997.2.
For those who have a Sports Design Wheel (paddle shifters) with Sport Chrono and Launch Control indicators on the left and right side of the wheel, are they visible when none of the Sport Chrono function has been activated?
I don't have Sports Chrono and wondering how annoying it will be if I installed a 2nd hand steering wheel with these indicators and literally getting reminded that the original owner cheaped out.
Or I could either retrofit Sports Chrono or wait for buy a steering wheel without these indicators.
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Stuttgartflyer
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Joined: 12 Nov 2016
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Location: Salisbury
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| Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 2:29 pm Post subject:
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It’s barely visible with no modes selected, but if you can afford to retrofit sportschrono+ I would highly recommend it (if you have PDK), I’m always in Sport or if I don’t need 7th gear Sports+
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murph7355
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Joined: 20 Mar 2012
Posts: 53
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 2:39 pm Post subject:
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Agree with the above.
You can barely see the text when the Sport/Sport+ buttons are off. But well worth fitting Chrono+ - I believe you can do this without the dash mounted timer.
I spend most of my time in Sport+ (manual mode) now. The car is so much more alive that way.
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deMort
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Joined: 21 Mar 2015
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Location: Brighton
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:10 pm Post subject:
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Im not sure im answering the question correctly but ..
If you retrofit a sports chrono wheel with launch contol light then it will not illuminate .. it only works if a factory fit .. retro and it wont illuminate .
Sports light will work however .
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Counter Of Beans
Monza
Joined: 10 May 2018
Posts: 246
Location: Hampshire
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:54 am Post subject:
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DeMort, is coding required or should that "sport" illumination happen automatically?
I've had sport chrono retrofitted but neither of the two lights on the steering wheel come on when I select Sport or Sport + (car's a 997.2).
Cheers, Mike.
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mikeluke
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Joined: 03 Jun 2014
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Location: Hampshire
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:32 am Post subject:
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As above....
I did not even notice the text was on the wheel until I pressed the 'Sport' button - it is very discreet
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318touring
Monza
Joined: 21 Jan 2011
Posts: 248
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:15 am Post subject:
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Excellent, thanks for the feedback. It's easier to retrofit the steering wheel compared to Sports Chrono due to the OPC's reluctance to do any retrofitting.
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Rojdog
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Joined: 08 Nov 2018
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Location: Essex
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:01 pm Post subject:
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| Counter Of Beans wrote: | DeMort, is coding required or should that "sport" illumination happen automatically?
I've had sport chrono retrofitted but neither of the two lights on the steering wheel come on when I select Sport or Sport + (car's a 997.2).
Cheers, Mike. |
I have a retrofit and neither illuminate unsure if coded as was fitted by previous owner.
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davenice
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Joined: 04 Jun 2016
Posts: 18
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:13 am Post subject:
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I recall reading somewhere that whether the wheel lights up or not depends on when the car was made. Apparently pre 2010/2011 cars do not light up. Mine is a 2008 PDK and it doesn’t. So I left it at that.
The sports design wheel for me is such an improvement on the old MF wheel.
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Counter Of Beans
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Joined: 10 May 2018
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Location: Hampshire
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 9:56 am Post subject:
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Agree on the appearance of the Sports Design wheel; it's very nice.
I have had Sports Chrono (without the dashboard "wart") retrofitted by the local OPC. How do I get the lights on the wheel to illuminate (not that important but I'm curious)? It's a 2011 Gen 2 by the way.
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Rich_r
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:38 am Post subject:
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| davenice wrote: | I recall reading somewhere that whether the wheel lights up or not depends on when the car was made. Apparently pre 2010/2011 cars do not light up. Mine is a 2008 PDK and it doesn’t. So I left it at that.
The sports design wheel for me is such an improvement on the old MF wheel. |
I can concur to this. My 2009 car does not illuminate the lights on the wheel. I asked an OPC to see if they could enable it in PWIS, but they told me it was already enabled and said the lights only activated on post 2010 cars.
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spongebob squarepants
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Location: Manchester and Iraq
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:12 am Post subject:
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| Rich_r wrote: | | davenice wrote: | I recall reading somewhere that whether the wheel lights up or not depends on when the car was made. Apparently pre 2010/2011 cars do not light up. Mine is a 2008 PDK and it doesn’t. So I left it at that.
The sports design wheel for me is such an improvement on the old MF wheel. |
I can concur to this. My 2009 car does not illuminate the lights on the wheel. I asked an OPC to see if they could enable it in PWIS, but they told me it was already enabled and said the lights only activated on post 2010 cars. |
+1 with my 2009 C4S 
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318touring
Monza
Joined: 21 Jan 2011
Posts: 248
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:46 am Post subject:
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I can categorically confirm that steering wheel with paddle shift and sports chrono indicators from 2015 991.1 will fit 997.2 (2010) with no sports chrono.
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msaif996
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Joined: 08 Dec 2010
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Location: 997.1 Turbo Conv. 6MT
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:55 pm Post subject:
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[quote="318touring"]Excellent, thanks for the feedback. It's easier to retrofit the steering wheel compared to Sports Chrono due to the OPC's reluctance to do any retrofitting.[/quote]
Hi there, might just be an isolated bad experience at an OPC you’ve visited as my local OPC in Swindon have been as good as gold. I’ve retrofitted the Sports Option, New Steering Wheel, Gearlevel and Handbrake etc..
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318touring
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Joined: 21 Jan 2011
Posts: 248
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:11 pm Post subject:
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| msaif996 wrote: | | 318touring wrote: | | Excellent, thanks for the feedback. It's easier to retrofit the steering wheel compared to Sports Chrono due to the OPC's reluctance to do any retrofitting. |
Hi there, might just be an isolated bad experience at an OPC you’ve visited as my local OPC in Swindon have been as good as gold. I’ve retrofitted the Sports Option, New Steering Wheel, Gearlevel and Handbrake etc.. |
I am actually in Wellington, New Zealand and we only have one OPC so there is no other choice unfortunately.
They might not have the experience needed to deal with retrofit as they might only see one or two per year unlike OPCs at bigger cities who might have done different retrofit differently.
Even my indy has to send cars to this OPC for coding as their PIWIS can't deal with newer cars.
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