SMG paddles

[Toorak]

Is the mod difficult? Secondly what time should it take to complete?

[noncom23]

:xoutpost:

Do a search. Lots of info on this.

[Toorak]

Thanks. Spot the newby...

[zerochief]

Check out:

http://www.mrpaddleshift.com/

[jst2878]

Mr paddleshift is alot of money, but his info is priceless on which wheel to use. Goto the home page and look at paddleshift diy. The most difficult part is wiring it up by yourself. Should take no more than three hours....

[Nick@Jlevi SW]

There is no reason to spend the money on Mr. Paddleshift's kit, just follow this guide:

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpos...8&postcount=61

[zerochief]

Sure, Mr Paddleshift is not cheap... but does Toorak have a SMG M steering wheel already? That will cost you (in most cases) - once you have that and the adapter your pretty much set. The harness is childs play... you don't need MR P's kit. BTW: The paddles are the best mod I have ever done to my X!

[lezmtaylor]

Check out Sudesh.posts
He has done the mod and has a very easy little wiring harness post.
I did it and it looks good, works great.

[Sudesh]

Thanks Lez for the mention. I done this mod in 30mins, but know my way around the X5. Take your time dont rush and read all the info on it. As most mentioned, MR paddles shift is expensive. The main parts you need are

M SPORTS STRNG WHL,LEATH.F SEQU.TRANSM. SCHW./TITAN-SH.
PART NUMBER: 32342282222
(AIRBAG MAY BE REQUIRED IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXISTING ROUND BAG. PART NUMBER: 32306757891)

SWITCH UNIT STEERING COLUMN/SLIPRING
PART NUMBER: 61318379091

After that you need the wiring harness which I made myself.

[jst2878]

Off the four wires that are near the right side of the shiftknob, under the black plastic cover for PRND. I believe one is blue one is purple and the other two I'm not sure of, anyway which two wires are the shift up and shift down for the two wires coming from the steering wheel?