I'll pick up one whole unit tomorrow morning. It's from a 2004 x5 3.0 but realoem.com says they are interchangeable. 200$ for the whole unit is not bad.

speaking of japanese hands, try to get the numbers off of the unit without removing the headlight! it takes a very slim cam, long fingers, 10 seconds timer on the cam, you hit the button and slip the cam in and wait to see if the numbers are clear in the picture, if not, repeat!