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Hi all,
My dealer has quoted me £1500 to retrofit the shifter paddles which includes typical main dealer labour rate. My aim is to do this myself in the most cost effective manner and I'm trying to glean information and make it available for others. When I do the retrofit myself I'll post a guide.
In the meantime, here's what I've found out so far:
Dealer Job:
Cost effective DIY Job:
I'm not planning on replacing the stalk with the longer version as I believe its only marginally longer but that's an individual choice.
There's a PDF Guide on how to do this on the Quattroporte and I believe the process is the same. What I need in order to continue is some idea of how to remove the airbag on the Ghibli and the part numbers required for the above.
PART NUMBERS
Paddle Shift Assembly: 670013665 (I believe this correct and assume no difference between RHD & LHD parts) UK price for this is £700 alone!
Upper steering column shield 670019270
Lower steering column shield 670019081 (models with manual adjustment)
Lower steering column shield 670019078 (models with electric adjustment)
Note above parts are verified for RHD models but I can't confirm they work with LHD.
I know that there was a thread about this a year ago but it didn't go anywhere. The only person I know of who has done this is mrpa1999 and I've PM'd him for more info but if anyone else can help with this project for the benefit of all of us please feel free to weigh in.
Quattroporte guide is a good start and can be found here: DIY - Adding Paddle Shifters to a QP - Maserati Forum
My dealer has quoted me £1500 to retrofit the shifter paddles which includes typical main dealer labour rate. My aim is to do this myself in the most cost effective manner and I'm trying to glean information and make it available for others. When I do the retrofit myself I'll post a guide.
In the meantime, here's what I've found out so far:
Dealer Job:
- Remove steering wheel and airbag.
- Remove bracket and replace with paddle assembly.
- Plug paddle assembly connector into existing socket
- Replace upper & lower plastic steering column covers with ones suitable for the paddles.
- Replace Steering column stalk with longer version for increased clearance.
- The dealer also says that there is coding involved but this isnt required to get it to work. Instead I suspect its simply to update the car's onboard ECU to tell it that it now has paddleshifters as per factory and/or reset the airbag light if required.
Cost effective DIY Job:
- Remove steering wheel and airbag
- Remove bracket and replace with paddle assembly.
- Plug paddle assembly connector into existing socket
- Replace upper & lower steering plastic steering column covers with ones suitable for the paddles.
I'm not planning on replacing the stalk with the longer version as I believe its only marginally longer but that's an individual choice.
There's a PDF Guide on how to do this on the Quattroporte and I believe the process is the same. What I need in order to continue is some idea of how to remove the airbag on the Ghibli and the part numbers required for the above.
PART NUMBERS
Paddle Shift Assembly: 670013665 (I believe this correct and assume no difference between RHD & LHD parts) UK price for this is £700 alone!
Upper steering column shield 670019270
Lower steering column shield 670019081 (models with manual adjustment)
Lower steering column shield 670019078 (models with electric adjustment)
Note above parts are verified for RHD models but I can't confirm they work with LHD.
I know that there was a thread about this a year ago but it didn't go anywhere. The only person I know of who has done this is mrpa1999 and I've PM'd him for more info but if anyone else can help with this project for the benefit of all of us please feel free to weigh in.
Quattroporte guide is a good start and can be found here: DIY - Adding Paddle Shifters to a QP - Maserati Forum