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      12-04-2013, 10:06 PM   #67
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That sucks... Makes me not want to buy a wheel without knowing it will work.
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      12-04-2013, 11:57 PM   #68
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Sucks to hear the paddles don't work, hopefully you get those figured out.

I want to do this mod also, and I wanted to ask you if your previous steering wheel had the heated steering wheel option? I don't have the heated steering wheel option right now and I just wanted to check.

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OK guys. I know some of you are waiting for news of my paddle shift retrofit.

Well unfortunately it did not work.

Removing the airbag and wheel was simple enough. All the connectors were the same, except for the black 6 pin from the paddle shift wheel. I noticed that it had 6 wires to the connector, while the non paddle wheel had 4 wires to it's 6 pin connector. The female part of the connector did have 6 pins visible. This kind of lifted up my hopes because I assumed that the missing wires were for the paddle shift. So since the pins were on the slip ring, I assumed the wiring for the paddles was there.

Ah well at least all the other functions, including heat work. Plus I have a nice looking napa leather wheel. I'm going to keep it until some clever person finds out a way to do this retrofit.





Pictured above is the 6 pin connector from the regular wheel that plugs into the slip ring. Note that it has 4 wires.




And here is the 6 pin connector from the paddle shift wheel with 6 wires. I'm sure the extra wires are for the paddle shift.



I don't know guys. Maybe it needs coding. I will try to see if Okee the remote coder can help. I hope so. I am so convinced that the wiring is already there in the sport package models, and I did see 6 pins on the connector on the slip ring. I did not however remove the steering column cover to see if there were actually 6 wires coming out of the connector.

Bummer!


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      12-05-2013, 01:26 AM   #69
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Yes, my previous wheel had heating, thats why I had to get a paddle shift wheel with heat.
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      12-18-2013, 12:07 AM   #70
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just bought the x5m steering wheel on eBay...gonna try this too...crossing my fingers..maybe there is a slight diff btw 2012 and 2011....if not, the thicker wheel will be the benefit i guess....

Singh, does the "m" button still work as the recirc air button?
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just bought the x5m steering wheel on eBay...gonna try this too...crossing my fingers..maybe there is a slight diff btw 2012 and 2011....if not, the thicker wheel will be the benefit i guess....

Singh, does the "m" button still work as the recirc air button?
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just bought the x5m steering wheel on eBay...gonna try this too...crossing my fingers..maybe there is a slight diff btw 2012 and 2011....if not, the thicker wheel will be the benefit i guess....

Singh, does the "m" button still work as the recirc air button?
Did you get a chance to install the wheel yet? Did it work?
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      12-24-2013, 07:27 PM   #73
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still in transit to me from Europe. its due to arrive sometime in Jan. I will def update when i get it and install it.
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Did you read the thread on BMW coding?

http://goo.gl/OLWfoo
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      12-25-2013, 01:26 AM   #75
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Hmmm. I just read it. They don't seem to have a solution yet. Okee did tried to do some coding' to see if mine would work, but we drew a blank.
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First of All..Merry Xmas!

from what i gather from that thread is that the m-sport and the //M steering wheel paddles are different. the M-sport has resistance based paddles and the //M has open and then close/short paddles (unless that is the same thing). Maybe the //M wheel would work on your car?
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Worth a try. I'll wait and see if the M works on yours. I suppose I could always sell the one I have and get the M.
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the biggest issue with our cars is probably that it is diesel and its the 6-speed not the 8-speed tranny.....
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I would LOVE to have the F15 M steering wheel. It makes our E70 steering wheel look like it's from the 80s. Even the feel & materials are completely different.

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Just installed my M-Wheel..... paddles do not work...

Wheel feels great though...please someone figure this out!



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Oh Noooo!!!! There has got to be a solution for this somewhere.
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Hey Kakalika, did you do any coding to activate the paddles?
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Hey Kakalika, did you do any coding to activate the paddles?
Yes I did.
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Yes I did.
Can you share what was needed?
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Can you share what was needed?
I did some coding with Okee, but it still did not work.
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I did some coding with Okee, but it still did not work.
Hey Kaklika, did Okee try changing VO values? I have no access to coding presently....I found this while browsing the e90 forums:

paddle type in EGS
wert_00 means switch based with steptronic from what I have gathered this is for pre facelift
wert_01 means resistance based without steptronic this must be for standard auto no step
wert_02 means resistance based with steptronic and this is setting for LCI cars

if fitting wheel to pre face lift add $2XA to the VO and wert_00.
if fitting LCI wheel to LCI car add $7XA and set EGS to wert_02
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Hey Kaklika, did Okee try changing VO values? I have no access to coding presently....I found this while browsing the e90 forums:

paddle type in EGS
wert_00 means switch based with steptronic from what I have gathered this is for pre facelift
wert_01 means resistance based without steptronic this must be for standard auto no step
wert_02 means resistance based with steptronic and this is setting for LCI cars

if fitting wheel to pre face lift add $2XA to the VO and wert_00.
if fitting LCI wheel to LCI car add $7XA and set EGS to wert_02

Not sure what he did. He did spend a lot of time trying several options, but nothing.
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Good thing I found this before buying the wheel... I too would really like to add the flappers to a 2009 35d.

I really hope it just comes down to coding.

The one thing I'd ask is whethythe type of paddle makes a difference: I know there's am older kind where you pull and push either left or right to upshift or downshift, while the other newer has one to upshift and one to downshift.
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