Its all on the first page of this thread

Thanks. Is this a DIY project? If so, can someone point me in the right direction. If not, anyone in California willing to help out?

Hey Blue_Dragon, that link you post from ebay for the cable you bought, does it work on 2012 E70? It should be the same, but the seller only says up to 2008 E70 on the description.
Thanks.

Cable
 

This cable worked great on a 2011 and 2012 X5.

I used needle nose pliers to remove pin 8, but the seller now says they will ship with pin 8 removed unless you need it and an adaptor.

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Yes, the cable will work. I've used it on my '09 -'11 so far

Just catching up to this coding stuff today. Also interested if anyone in NorCal has done this and would like to share their experience.

Ii've successfully coded my E70 X5 and E90 over the weekend, happy to help anyone around Sydney if they require any coding service.

I'm planning to do this when I take delivery in a few weeks

Anyone in the Charlotte or Atlanta area able to help me out with Some coding? I'll be driving through atl next Friday enroute to Charlotte on my maiden voyage in our new to us 2009 X5D!

Thanks in advance!

Jeff

Contact Nivedh at nivedhm at gmail dot com. He has coded many BMWs in and around Atlanta including my X5.