Some more facelifting of the A8

craigyb · 07-04-2008, 12:21 PM

So I managed to find some MF steering wheel chrome surround controls on ebay for £40 instead of the £220 that Audi wanted for them. And although mine were tip controls and the ones supplied were not, I managed to swap the covers over.

Main Wheel

Left Side

Right Side

MyNewA8 · 07-27-2008, 12:30 PM

Looks very nice! What is the main difference between 3 and 4 spoke wheel? (Besides spokes!) I see yours is 3 spoke whereas my 2003 A8 has 4 spokes.

craigyb · 07-27-2008, 01:40 PM

No differences, just a sportier wheel. Mine came with a 4 spoke and I changed it to a 3 spoke with TIP and just enabled the TIP controls in the steering controller.

nickc1972 · 07-31-2008, 12:27 PM

The 3 spoke wheel is fitted as standard to Sport models and have the paddle shift.

SE models have the 4 spoke version.

MyNewA8 · 07-31-2008, 06:08 PM

Oh OK thanks for explaining. My 4 spoke has paddles so I guess there's no real benefit in changing. Is this what you mean by TIP controls?

nickc1972 · 08-01-2008, 02:22 AM

When I bought my A8 the salesman indicated that the paddles were optional on the SE and standard on the sport I eventually went for. Maybe the original owner specced yours up

I assumed TIP that craig referred to is tiptronic (what I called the paddle shift).

07-04-2008, 12:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
craigyb Senior Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 262 Gallery: (0)	Some more facelifting of the A8 So I managed to find some MF steering wheel chrome surround controls on ebay for £40 instead of the £220 that Audi wanted for them. And although mine were tip controls and the ones supplied were not, I managed to swap the covers over. Main Wheel Left Side Right Side __________________ My Retrofit Website http://www.tclsatnav.com

07-27-2008, 01:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
craigyb Senior Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 262 Gallery: (0)	No differences, just a sportier wheel. Mine came with a 4 spoke and I changed it to a 3 spoke with TIP and just enabled the TIP controls in the steering controller. __________________ My Retrofit Website http://www.tclsatnav.com

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07-27-2008, 12:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
MyNewA8 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 13 Gallery: (0)	Looks very nice! What is the main difference between 3 and 4 spoke wheel? (Besides spokes!) I see yours is 3 spoke whereas my 2003 A8 has 4 spokes.

07-31-2008, 12:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
nickc1972 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 Gallery: (0)	The 3 spoke wheel is fitted as standard to Sport models and have the paddle shift. SE models have the 4 spoke version.

07-31-2008, 06:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
MyNewA8 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 13 Gallery: (0)	Oh OK thanks for explaining. My 4 spoke has paddles so I guess there's no real benefit in changing. Is this what you mean by TIP controls?

08-01-2008, 02:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
nickc1972 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10 Gallery: (0)	When I bought my A8 the salesman indicated that the paddles were optional on the SE and standard on the sport I eventually went for. Maybe the original owner specced yours up I assumed TIP that craig referred to is tiptronic (what I called the paddle shift).

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