Best DSG Paddles?

[avenali312]

I guess I got lucky with mine, never had any noise or rattle. You would think they came original OEM as part of the car. It was a really good $25 investment.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, they fit great for the low cost. There were just very specific situations that would irk my OCD. Mostly in reverse when the car shakes the most from the dogbone insert and the steering wheel was turned and one of the paddles would be at 12:00 or 6:00. Which is every time I back out of my garage haha.

 

[nono0044]

Crappy picture, but I quite enjoy these:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001277442248.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.38cb4c4d7XBElK

 

[IanCH]

I have the $25 Amazon china paddles, they are great - 0 issues.

 

[dequardo]

The $20 ubiquitous ones from AMZ are great. Proper fitting is key but mine are OEM quality in feel with zero slack or any other issue.

 

[DrFunkalupicus]

I have the $25 ones from Amazon and they are well made IMHO. They fit well, there isn't any play, and the shade of red matches the stitching on the steering wheel.

 

[NopeR]

I just took the oem ones off. Feels way better with no paddles at all.

 

[sstarrx2]

I have the $25 ones from Amazon and they are well made IMHO. They fit well, there isn't any play, and the shade of red matches the stitching on the steering wheel.

Yep have the same ones, they are nice and really inexpensive!

 

[sstarrx2]

I just took the oem ones off. Feels way better with no paddles at all.

Why in the world would you be feeling around back there if you did not have paddles to click???

 

[NopeR]

I like to touch the actual buttons back there with my extemely long king bitch finger nails.

 

[Ghost GTI]

I'm really glad this thread got bumped. I recently bought a set of these for super cheap from @ReadTheBook (great seller, btw) and was getting a slight rattle from them combined with my BFI stage 1 dogbone insert (mostly low speeds and reverse, per usual).

A bit of tesa/friction tape in the spots you pointed out took care of it completely and now they are silent and feel OEM.

I tried this on mine and unfortunately it did nothing. What fixed it for mine was adding a tiny bit (wrap around only once) to the end of the pin itself (at the end where its slightly thinner).

 

[dequardo]

One thing I learned from a fellow forum member that’s worth repeating. Instead of pulling the pins with a needle nose, instead use a very small punch to push the pin out. Saves any mangling of the pin heads.