Manual VS DCT steering wheels... help!

[300tour]

I’m trying to buy a DCT carbon steering wheel... some confusion on whether I need these Holes drilled to apply to a DCT M4. Any past experience or info would be appreciated. I’m being told there isn’t a difference if the holes are drilled. So will a non drilled wheel accept the paddle shifters or not?

[300tour]

More info here... must be the case.

[jd__m4]

Pretty sure they’ll all be drilled the same, here’s my aftermarket wheel for reference, I have DCT:

[OtisF80M3]

You need those holes. That's where the screws go to attach the paddle shifters to the steering wheel.

[300tour]

Originally Posted by jd__m4

Pretty sure they'll all be drilled the same, here's my aftermarket wheel for reference, I have DCT:

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They're not all drilled... I almost purchased one that didn't have the holes.

[espressoo]

I'm pretty sure if you have DCT you need a DCT steering wheel (or an aftermarket steering wheel built on a DCT core) to install the paddles. For a manual vehicle it doesn't matter since you won't have paddles to install.

If you watch this video, at the 5 min mark you'll see that the steering wheel from this manual vehicle doesn't have the holes the M performance replacement he's installing has.

[jd__m4]

Originally Posted by 300tour

They're not all drilled... I almost purchased one that didn't have the holes.

Ah ok... then yeah you need those holes drilled for the paddle shifter screws... here’s a pic when I had mine off, the screw on the far right is for the paddle shifter

[climax_e92]

Learn from me. MT and DCT wheels are not the same. I bought a M Performance wheel for my f82, and wanted to put my great condition wheel on my gfs f80 since hers was rough. come to find out, my wheel did not have the holes needed to install the paddle shifters. luckily I had a laser drill that I was able to used to drill holes on the wheel. Other words, dct wheels will work on both, but not the other way around.