so did anyone manage to get paddle shifter retrofitted to the X5 E70?

I mean especially since the paddle shifter is a factory option.

I have the M steering wheel without paddle shifter (2011) and would have love to have the paddles.

If only the gear level did not feel like a cheap piece of plastic about to break each time I use it, I'd be fine without the paddle but I hate using the flimsy plastic gear lever for manual shifting. Even better I'd love to have an M button To get a stage higher than the DS mode, which shift a little early to my taste.