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Offline darrenchambers

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Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« on: November 13, 2013, 05:38:36 pm »
Hi everyone,

So I just got myself a 2008 Gti on 50k in Grey. Previously had a Mk2, x2 Mk3 8v and lastly a Mk4 150bhp which was a terrific car.
Looked for ages for the right motor but never found one with the spec I wanted ( everything ) so I had to settle for less and now I'm trying to quickly spec up the car.

Needs MFSW, RNS510 ( got one, ready to go in ), MDI, Cruise control.
Thought the car should be pretty easy to retrofit stuff into since it's a later model and has a 'Q' canbus.

My question is:
When fitting the MFSW do I need to change the indicator stalk since the functions are duplicated and the manual suggests that the indicator stalk is different when the car is ordered with a MFSW ?

Thank you,
Darren



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Re: Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2013, 06:11:25 pm »
If your going to fit cruise your going to change the stalk anyway - you'll need to check your steering controller part number for it to work.

The man to contact is Eddie-NL - he does all you need at cracking price ( parts or Labour).

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Re: Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2013, 08:17:37 pm »
Cruise is on the left stalk though isn't it ?
& All of the MFD functions are accessed through the right stalk.

Or am I missing something ?

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Re: Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2013, 08:44:57 pm »
Cruise is on the left stalk though isn't it ?
& All of the MFD functions are accessed through the right stalk.

Or am I missing something ?

This is correct but as doylebros said you need to check what steering controller you have fitted to make sure it supports cruise.

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Re: Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2013, 09:24:53 pm »
Cheers guys,

I have vcds so I'll see if I can find out what controller is installed over the weekend.

Still unsure if I will need to swap the indicator stalk over though ?

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Re: Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2013, 09:30:14 pm »
I never changed mine when i upgraded to a MFSW. The right stalk i mean


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Re: Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2013, 09:33:53 pm »
cool, so it can stay and still works - I think I'll do that, better to have more than one way to do things.

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Re: Multifunction steering wheel - change indicator stalk ?
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2013, 09:38:37 pm »
Yeah works fine. The rocker on the end of it still works to cycle through the menu too


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