Be the 1st X5 in the U.S. to have cool paddle shifters installed

[x5mad]

I was only giving my 2 cents although I would like the paddles I am not actively trying to perform the mod.

Never thought about swapping the wheel over actually to test this theory!

Will the wheel fit on the X5 and secondly how difficult would it be to remove from 135 and install onto X5?

[95wildtt]

I spent about 6 months on this project last fall.

I bought 2 used gear selectors so I didn't have to use the one in my 4.8i. After verifying that they both worked in place of my original, I started reverse engineering the circuits in the selector. They use magnets and hall effect sensors to sense the movement of the gear selector...

My thought was to fool the computer in the selector into believing that the gear selector was moved by closing the switches on the paddles...

I rewired the slip ring in the steering wheel to pass the switch closure of the two paddle shifters instead of the heater option (which I ditched for my M wheel) so I have a cable run to the base of the shifter with the two paddle signals and ground.

I was however unable to correctly tap into the circuits for the hall effect sensors and fool the shifter computer into thinking I moved the gear shifter... What I really need is a schematic for the internal circuits for the shifter, or a theory of operation.

This would be very similar to the E53 mod, but would require modification of the shifter itself.

I'm 90% done, any help would be awesome, and I can publish a DIY if I can get this done for us! No coding needed, just some wiring...

Thanks.