4.8is Heated Steering Wheel Retrofit, what fits?

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And done! A shout out to Arvi Singh for his retrofit instructions, made this mod for my heated sport wheel straight forward.

I installed the slip ring and wheel in the driveway at a brisk 36 degrees F so when I buttoned everything back together and turned it on, it felt so good on my hands I didn't want to turn it off. Nice mod for just at $300.00 and a couple hours of research and work.

[semcoinc]

Thankfully, my E53 came with a heated steering wheel. It was one of the things I wanted when I was searching for my E53 at the tail end of 2013.

After having retrofitted my E46 with a heated steering wheel in the frozen Wisconsin tundra, I knew that had to be a high priority to have on any E53 I was going to buy.

Love the sport wheel though!

Mike

[Crowz]

Looks goooood.

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Originally Posted by semcoinc

Thankfully, my E53 came with a heated steering wheel. It was one of the things I wanted when I was searching for my E53 at the tail end of 2013.

After having retrofitted my E46 with a heated steering wheel in the frozen Wisconsin tundra, I knew that had to be a high priority to have on any E53 I was going to buy.

Love the sport wheel though!

Mike

My E46 got the M3 SMG paddle shift wheel and I used the exact same slip ring. The 2 additional receptacle/pins that the heater element used for the heated wheel were used for the up/down paddle signals. I wired them directly to the sport mode up/down signal wiring on the gear lever. It's still a slushbox steptronic but at least it is a paddle shifted slushbox...

[mr_robot]

Does anyone know if the Sport Steering wheel from the E70 fits?

I have a spare one from another project car and was wondering.

[Qsilver7]

Originally Posted by mr_robot

Does anyone know if the Sport Steering wheel from the E70 fits?

I have a spare one from another project car and was wondering.

Even if it did fit on the column...you'd also need the know-how to get the MFL buttons to communicate over a completely different bus set-up.



The e53 uses the old generation BMW communication buses (I/K/M/P/Can/Diagnostic or KOMBI)...and the e70 uses the new generation BMW communication bus that is set-up for newer technology:

{old gen BMW communication buses}











{new gen BMW communication bus}

[daki50]

Hello, can someone tell me what I need to install a heated steering wheel? Should I just buy a heated steering wheel or should I bring an installation as well. The vehicle was built in 2004 and I currently have a 3-spoke M steering wheel

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Slip ring, relay and steering wheel should be all you need. If you already have a sport wheel and you are retrofitting a heated sport wheel, the airbag is the same.
The wiring will already be there on a 2004.

Here is the retrofit document. http://pdfstream.manualsonline.com/e...81fdea71dd.pdf

[daki50]

Is it possible that my current slip ring has room for a heated steering wheel? And has anyone disassembled that steering wheel, I wonder if the old goat can be removed from the steering wheel to make a new one without damaging the heater


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Originally Posted by daki50

Is it possible that my current slip ring has room for a heated steering wheel? And has anyone disassembled that steering wheel, I wonder if the old goat can be removed from the steering wheel to make a new one without damaging the heater


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Your current slip ring has the same dimensions and even has the connector for the heated wheel but will not have the pins inside that connector. You can pull it apart and check but my guess it will be like my 2004 and missing the 2 pins in the slip ring connector.