Help with installing sport steering wheel on X5

[igorbmwx6]

If anyone has instructions on how to connect and install a sport version of the steering wheel for X5 3.0i, please post them. I am planning to do this myself. Just purchased a sport version of the steering wheel with sport version air-bag module. This wheel is heated, where as my original wheel is not. Will I need to run new wires to enable the heating option on the new one or is there a wire already in place and just needs to be connected? If anyone has done a similar DYI project, please post your comments. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

[igorbmwx6]

If anyone knows how to run appropriate wiring to enable heat feature on a steering wheel, where previously there was not wiring provisions for heating feature, please reply. thank you.

[jimmy08awd]

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19680

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11825

Should be the same principle.

[igorbmwx6]

Jimmy, thank you for replying. Yes it should be the same principle for E70; however, there is no mention on how to run new wire(s) to accommodate for the "Heated Wheel" function/button. I currently do not have this button/function on my standard wheel and I will need to run the extra wire and know what to connect it to. There may also be issues with fault codes after all connections are made. If you know of anyone who has done this before and know how to run/connect new electrical wire(s) for "Heat" option, please post. Thank you.

[igorbmwx6]

Here is one for BMW X5 E53 (upto 2006):

http://www.bmwmotorsports.org/pdf/e5...20retrofit.pdf

Has anyone seen similar instructions but for E70 (2007 - 2012) ?

[nyalpine90]

i think its needs to be reprogram for it to work 100%