Haven't checked in on this thread in a few weeks and just came across this latest information. Thanks so much for clearing things up as I was one of the guys who bought a complete wheel/paddle/mfd combo and could not get it working. Once I get my wheel back I'm going to just follow the steps here and complete this project.
One question for you Zap...after cutting and hardwiring the paddles, does your car shift in D via the paddles? That seems like the one remaining question. I'd hate to have to shift to DS just to use the paddles.
Thanks.