You can get one of those 600-piece things at Home Depot and they probably come with one too.

 

Are you sure they aren't just the regular torx screwdrivers, are they the tamper proof ones? I have bought a couple of sets there and never did see the tamper proof ones. TIA

 

yup 100% positive, b/c i used it to take the airbag off... I have reg. torx and the safety ones which have a hole in the middle....

 

sorry for the crappy pics, it was with my cell phone camera.... but yea, the t27 torx screws require these.... The one on the bottom is the safety one with the hole in it... craftsman offers it in a set, though i have seen the actual screw driver available online, but i would rather have a set of different tips than a whole lot of screw drivers that i would end up misplacing...

 

what is the torque spec for wheel nut?
do you put lock tight on airbag and wheel nuts?

 

i didn't do the paddles yet, since they haven't arrived yet... But yea, the screws had lock tight on them and it was a pain to unscrew. I just put them back in w/o lock tight, b/c i'm planning to change out the screws and put lock tight on it when the paddles come in....

 

Excellent, thanks disgookonfiya for the quick reply, I will pick up a set of bits from Sears.

 

You already bought the paddles? I payed for mine last monday, but since it's on back order it won't ship till the get it...

 

Mine is on the way Expecting on Wednesday.

Just bought a small set from Pepboys for 6 bux. Tamper-proof torx.

 

I guess we got lucky when we got ours... turbocad ordered 2 sets when he was planning to do mine and they both arrived in like 2-3 days.

 

Today is a great day. Came home to a package with my new paddles kit (Thanks for the quick turnaround Jason). Everything went smooth and the instructions in this thread were great (thanks Turbocad6). They are installed and tested. The best feature is the ability to go up and down gears in drive. The shifts are instantaneous and the placement is perfect. Now all we need is a supercharger.

Here are some additional tips:

• The torx bit is actually a T30 (TR) Tamper resistant as in the pictures above. This is directly out of the manual and the one I used out of the set I got from sears. I'm sure the T27 works but the correct one is the T30.
  
• The steering wheel nut torque spec is 25ft/lbs also from the manual.
  
• When installing the plastic shaft cover you want to put the bottom piece on first.
  
• No need to remove the top shaft cover, it fits perfect with the new bottom and sides and you don't have to deal with removing the fake leather dust cover material.
  
• I found when reinstalling the torx screws after the install, the easiest way to do so is crank the wheel to one side where the hole for the screw is perpendicular to the floor board, other words pointing straight down. Then go in from the bottom. This prevents a slip up and dropping the screw inside the steering wheel.

Hope this helps and everyone have a happy holidays.

 

sounds easy enough, how long did it take you? Also, what got reset if anything when you disconnected the battery?

 

hmm, I think I might have said t27 from memory.. when I did it I had the whole set though, guess it was a t30? oops, sorry bout that

glad it worked out for you


"The best feature is the ability to go up and down gears in drive." ain't that the only feature???

 

For those who have ordered the kits from me... My initial order had kits coming from NISSAN / INFINITI warehouses all over the place... My 2nd order, no more were available... They are on national backorder...

I have placed a CUSTOMER CARE order which puts the order in highest priority (and also costs us MORE for the product).

I have some on standard order with a release date of 1-10-2008. The CSC ordered kits should show up weeks before then.

So far for anyone who has paid or has called in with their info, they have a kit on this express order which will get to us before released to any other dealer.

 

wow, now I need to get another set for an fx I'm doing... national backorder huh?