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Old 11-08-2008, 10:44 AM
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ready for order now ?
The tuner in SoCal is still testing the harness. According to him it is still a couple of months away to put in his website for sale. I will keep posting updates on the development of the harness.
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I have the sport steering wheel, but I wanted to order the M-sport steering wheel. However this wasn't possible without the M-package which I dislike.

The question is: is it possible to have this upgrade and at the same time upgrade to an M-sport steering wheel to?
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Old 11-12-2008, 09:45 AM
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I have the sport steering wheel, but I wanted to order the M-sport steering wheel. However this wasn't possible without the M-package which I dislike.

The question is: is it possible to have this upgrade and at the same time upgrade to an M-sport steering wheel to?
I am not sure, but I believe the M-sport steering wheel is available for the X6 too. If it is you will be able to install the M-sport steering wheel in your X5 with the paddle shifters. The key here is to have the slots for the paddles behind the wheel.
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Any word on the wiring harness yet for the paddle shift steering wheel?
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The tuner in SoCal is still testing the harness. According to him it is still a couple of months away to put in his website for sale. I will keep posting updates on the development of the harness.
Hey, Senna!

It this wiring harness available yet!
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What's happen here, has the harness been developed?

Any word!
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+1 here. It is one of the reasons I did not get my X5 yet. I love the X6 paddle shifters, but hate the styling. I wish the X5 would offer it as an option as part of the sport package. Hey Barcius, any news on this retrofit?
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I received an email from them, they have abandoned the project.
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I received an email from them, they have abandoned the project.
Are they stupid? I think it is the greatest mod. Maybe Vinny @ mrpaddleshift.com may be able to do a retrofit for us.
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Are they stupid? I think it is the greatest mod. Maybe Vinny @ mrpaddleshift.com may be able to do a retrofit for us.
The problem they face it the X5 must have the module 255, which is a paddle shift steering wheel. Even if you put the module in from the X6 plus the X6 paddle shift steering wheel the X5 does not know what do do with it.

When you replace even a faulity module of any type in a X5 the whole X5 must be reprogramed. That is done via your VIN number code, they enter your vin number and all the programs that your car has are downloaded from BMW to match your X5 and it's options.

Now, with the X5 M V8 coming in Oct it will have option code 255, Paddle Shift, then we might have a chance of buying the steering plus module and getting the code!
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