Carbon Fiber PDK Paddle Extensions by MAcarbon
Carbon Fiber PDK Paddle Extensions by MAcarbon
Over the last few years we have had great success with our shift paddle extensions for Lamborghini, McLaren, Audi, etc. and now we can add Porsche to that list.
We are proud to introduce our new 991 / 997 PDK Extended paddles. These paddles will fit any Porsche that has the Sport design steering wheel with PDK shifting paddles, and the carbon weave matches the factory carbon. The MAcarbon extended paddles are molded to fit around the stock PDK paddles giving you a much larger surface area to shift with during aggressive driving.
Installation of these paddles is just as easy as the other ones and can be done by almost anyone. We use an extremely strong 3M Tape and provide you with an adhesion promoter, so that the paddles won't budge once installed.
Check out website for pricing! Initial orders will take about 6 weeks to deliver but we are doing our best to make these parts in a timely manner.
MAcarbon PDK Paddles
Installation of these paddles is just as easy as the other ones and can be done by almost anyone. We use an extremely strong 3M Tape and provide you with an adhesion promoter, so that the paddles won't budge once installed.
Check out website for pricing! Initial orders will take about 6 weeks to deliver but we are doing our best to make these parts in a timely manner.
MAcarbon PDK Paddles
Last edited by MAcarbon; Aug 20, 2015 at 11:55 AM.
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I think they look pretty cheap. Either do the whole paddle in Aluminum or Carbon. This looks like a AutoZone add on. Only on a Porsche would you pay 675 for something like this. On a Audi they have knock offs for like 18 bucks in faux Carbon.
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Amen. Same reply on everyone one of the threads. Folks love them. Folks love them for about $200. Sell zero at $675 or 100 at $200
Thanks for all the comments. We always appreciate feedback – no matter if its praise or constructive criticism.
Pricing is a difficult issue that we’re sure you all face every day in your own industries. We’re a small company making handmade carbon parts for high end sports cars. We make our own parts and don’t simply pick them out from some anonymous manufacturer’s catalog and sell them as our own. This approach does not result in the lowest price for our products but does allow us full control over design, the manufacturing process and final quality. So they are not for everyone but many customers have reported the extenders have been their favorite mod to their R8s, McLaren 12Cs and AMGs. We think we’ll have plenty of Porsche customers telling us the same thing.
Now to Group Buys. We've had people ask about group buys many times over the years. We don’t do them and here’s why. First, many of our parts (the ones people always want to do a GB on!) are made to order - a nice way of saying we have more orders than capacity. So further orders at a lower price don’t make good business sense. But more important, it comes down to effort. The organizer (some guy on the forum) has to put a bunch of effort into getting people to sign up. The vendor has to commit and publish a reduced price. Then half the group buy participants drop out once they have to actually put in money. So the vendor and organizer are stuck. Not enough people to meet the group buy volume requirement. But if the vendor doesn’t give those still involved the GB price, they look like jerks. So we’ve always declined. And the discounts we could give are not big enough to justify all the GB effort anyway.
We could do full paddle replacements. We do those for Ferrari and Lamborghini. However, doing so would necessitate taking the steering wheel apart, which is very difficult to do. Its very, very easy to break the $1200 (for normal 991 etc) or $2800 (GT3) wheel. Installation time would go from 15 minutes to around five hours. So from a DIY project to a full day trip to the dealer. And most dealers and their technicians would not want take on that liability. From a visual standpoint, we like the contrast between the CF and the carbon. Two quality materials next to each other look good.
Pricing is a difficult issue that we’re sure you all face every day in your own industries. We’re a small company making handmade carbon parts for high end sports cars. We make our own parts and don’t simply pick them out from some anonymous manufacturer’s catalog and sell them as our own. This approach does not result in the lowest price for our products but does allow us full control over design, the manufacturing process and final quality. So they are not for everyone but many customers have reported the extenders have been their favorite mod to their R8s, McLaren 12Cs and AMGs. We think we’ll have plenty of Porsche customers telling us the same thing.
Now to Group Buys. We've had people ask about group buys many times over the years. We don’t do them and here’s why. First, many of our parts (the ones people always want to do a GB on!) are made to order - a nice way of saying we have more orders than capacity. So further orders at a lower price don’t make good business sense. But more important, it comes down to effort. The organizer (some guy on the forum) has to put a bunch of effort into getting people to sign up. The vendor has to commit and publish a reduced price. Then half the group buy participants drop out once they have to actually put in money. So the vendor and organizer are stuck. Not enough people to meet the group buy volume requirement. But if the vendor doesn’t give those still involved the GB price, they look like jerks. So we’ve always declined. And the discounts we could give are not big enough to justify all the GB effort anyway.
We could do full paddle replacements. We do those for Ferrari and Lamborghini. However, doing so would necessitate taking the steering wheel apart, which is very difficult to do. Its very, very easy to break the $1200 (for normal 991 etc) or $2800 (GT3) wheel. Installation time would go from 15 minutes to around five hours. So from a DIY project to a full day trip to the dealer. And most dealers and their technicians would not want take on that liability. From a visual standpoint, we like the contrast between the CF and the carbon. Two quality materials next to each other look good.
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they aren't for me, but just remember, you get what you pay for. Go for those cheap $18 chinese knockoffs if you want when they make them, but
A, you are supporting someone who stole someone elses design
B, its going to be a cheap piece of crap
A, you are supporting someone who stole someone elses design
B, its going to be a cheap piece of crap
