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451 Paddle Wheel Retrofit

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PremiumNo Difficulty Mod ID1637 For451 Fortwo Linkhttps://www.evilution.co.uk/mod/451-paddle-wheel-retrofit.htm Copy to Clipboard

Remove the steering wheel. Click. Plug in the new paddle shift steering wheel. Code the steering wheel paddles. Click.

Still Doesn’t Work?

If you have bought a paddle shift steering wheel and the paddles don’t work, it could be the wiring.

Martjin D found that his 2007 model didn’t have the paddle shift wiring from the steering wheel to the speedo. Once these wires were added, the paddles could be coded as expected. See the 451 steering wheel wiring diagram here.

If you have the wiring already, Smart also altered the wiring when they face-lifted the 451 in September 2010. If you fit a pre facelift wheel to a post facelift car or vice-versa, it will not work until you swap the 2 wires over. Both wiring diagrams for each year variation can be seen here.

How Do I Know Which Wheel I have?

Time to break out the multimeter and get testing. The connections are the same betwewen the 2 except for the paddles so put your multimeter on resistance checking and put the probes on pins 5 and 10 and look at the readout on the multimeter. If you get about 8kΩ then they are the correct pins. If you get no reading, place the probes on pins 8 and 9 and you should see the 8kΩ show up on the multimeter.

Remember what 2 pins your paddles where using. Probably best to write it down.

Version 1 up to September 2010                                                     Version 2 October 2010 onwards

Version 1

1 – Airbag Positive
2 – Horn Positive
3 – No Connection
4 – No Connection
5 – No Connection
6 – Airbag Negative
7 – Horn Earth
8 – Paddle Positive
9 – Paddle Negative
10 – No Connection

Paddles 8 & 9,
Airbag 1 & 6,
Horn 2 & 7.

Version 2

1 – Airbag Positive
2 – Horn Positive
3 – No Connection
4 – No Connection
5 – Paddle Positive
6 – Airbag Negative
7 – Horn Earth
8 – No Connection
9 – No Connection
10 – Paddle Negative

Paddles 5 & 10,
Airbag 1 & 6,
Horn 2 & 7.

So, depending on the age of your car, you may need to change the wiring of the steering wheel to match your car.

 


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