Is it Possible to Invert the Gear shifter?

[Vietnamese_Koala]

Hey guys, Ive posted on a fb group and on whirlpool but I am hoping I could get some better information here.

I am trying to look into inverting the gear shifter. Not the paddle shifters, Those are great and fine as is.

I would love to invert how the gear selector shifter stick shifts in manual mode. Its a personal preference and if it could be done it would make that driving experience for me just that extra bit awesome.

Right now from factory it is Push up towards the dash for + gear up shift and Pull down towards your hip for - Shift down.

So far I have asked E-tuners Sydney and Cobb. Both have pretty much said they dont have a solution or it may require to much time and reseource to figuring out the coding ?

Cobb has managed to do it for the PDK shifter on a porsche but then again, that is a completely different car.

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Anywho I was hoping to see if anyone here has manged to to do this to their own DSG Gti or could help me figure it out as that is how I prefer to drive and shift, sometimes I just love to shift using the gear stick because it reminds of all those fun times I use to spend playing arcade racing games like Initial D and Battle Gear!

Hoping you guys can help.

[crainger]

I found this, DSG ? reverse shift change direction ? - Page 1 - Audi, VW, Seat & Skoda - PistonHeads
Which pointed me to Revo Technik Australia - Home | Facebook
and here About REVO | Only REVO

Google says it's a fairly common request and it makes sense. My Falcon was pull down to shift up and to me felt like the motion to go from 1st to 2nd and 3rd to 4th, but the same could be said for 2nd to 3rd and 4th to 5th.

Google also says there isn't anyway to change it. Right now I just paddle shift, as I'm used to the revered direction in my old XR6T.

[danielb_c]

Hope you find something. The current orientation is straight up dumb. Pulling back to shift up should be the default everywhere.

[JustCruisn]

Yeah it is a bit weird, kida like the scroll wheel on a mac, illogical & backward.

[Paul_R]

Just be thankful it’s not a sideways action! I think it was Mercedes that came up with that stupidness. I totally agree on pulling back to go up a gear being the proper way. It’s so hardwired into my brain that I just can’t use the VW system. At least the paddles are the correct way around.

In the old days - Mitsubishi Magna VR-X - it was quite easy to fix. You just swapped the switches in the gear lever around. I’m guessing it’s not easy on the VW. To non-IT- trainee person like me, it’s a mystery how it’s so hard to fix something that a human designed in the first place. Surely it’s either a hard wired switch or a software fix. How hard can it be?