Installed shift paddles and facelift steering column into my pre facelift car.

**Zorack** · 12-10-2008, 02:40 PM

Nice mod.

**steve0suprem0** · 12-10-2008, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by KAWABMW7

That's right.

Facelift has a different one.

Part number: 001 A 221 267 00 46

kawa, i could kiss you! if you ever find yourself here, or myself over there, i'm buying you a beer!

edit: hey, did you get this idea from e39-forum.de?

**//m320is** · 12-10-2008, 06:10 PM

I admire your determination. Do the buttons for the radio still work? I need an e38 now.

**2DYE4** · 12-10-2008, 06:18 PM

do the wipers and turn signals get in the way?? I was feeling the space between my wheel today driving and there wasnt a lot of room.

**ProStreetDriver** · 12-10-2008, 07:05 PM

does this thingy for the paddle turn with the steering wheel??? i'm sort of confused how all this fits...

**njdjh2o** · 12-10-2008, 08:17 PM

So, I will be buying another 740 with the steptronic, I want, well my wife would love that mod. That is why see is eyes the mercedes, but loves the 740 more.

How long did it take you to do the job, and if you had the post face lift it would have gone much easier? Just seems like you just had to plug the connectors in.

**KAWABMW7** · 12-11-2008, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by steve0suprem0

edit: hey, did you get this idea from e39-forum.de?

I saw that topic yesterday, somebody at German 7-er forum posted it.

My idea came not from that forum. The person on e39-forum.de and I did the mod exactly the same time and we did not know it from each other. Funny, isn't it?

There were 2 sets of shift paddles a few weeks ago on Ebay.de and he bought the other set.

I must say, the lightning that he made for the paddles is a very good idea. I'm also gonna do that.

Originally Posted by //m320is

I admire your determination. Do the buttons for the radio still work? I need an e38 now.

Buttons for radio and cruise control still work.

Originally Posted by 2DYE4

do the wipers and turn signals get in the way?? I was feeling the space between my wheel today driving and there wasnt a lot of room.

The wipers and turn signals do not get in the way. There is enough room there.

Originally Posted by ProStreetDriver

does this thingy for the paddle turn with the steering wheel??? i'm sort of confused how all this fits...

Paddles are fitted on the steering wheel, so they turn with the steering wheel.

The pic is from the slip ring. The inside of the slip ring turns with the steering wheel, outside stays on his place.

**Auraraptor** · 12-11-2008, 09:07 PM

Well done! I have a set of Benz shifters I should see if I can do similar...

Question: Do you know the Mercedes filler piece part number so I can fill in the "holes" that will be left on my Benz steering wheel?

**KAWABMW7** · 12-12-2008, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Auraraptor

Well done! I have a set of Benz shifters I should see if I can do similar...

Question: Do you know the Mercedes filler piece part number so I can fill in the "holes" that will be left on my Benz steering wheel?

I'm sorry. I don't know.

**steve0suprem0** · 02-05-2009, 06:38 PM

inb4 "holy resurrected threads, batman!" i know, i know!

anyway, i've been looking into doing this as well, but was hoping to findother options for the actual paddles. i think it would be possible to mount the nissan ones to the column, provided you could bring yourself to do some cutting to the plastic cover... but that has nothing to do with why i post:

from swedespeed forums:
"there is a permanent magnet on the bottom end of the shift lever that when it approaches the Hall Effect switch, cause the +/- shift. Open up the center console a bit to view this and then switch the wires on the Hall Effect devices (the 2 that get energized in slap-shift mode are only used in that mode)"

are these swedes freakin' serious??? a hall sensor and magnet? ours just gotta ground voltage to shift. but they gotta use a hall sensor??? and i thought some of our systems were ridiculously over-engineered! a viscous clutch to drive a FAN??? that ain't jack to the swedes! i bet they laugh their butts off whenever they hear a gm vehicle with squealing brakes.

just thought there's gotta be someone who gets as much of a kick outta this as i do... (and yes i know ours aren't the only cars using viscous fan clutches)

**Edwin NL** · 02-06-2009, 09:51 AM

Yes all is needed is a ground switch to change gears

**black740ia** · 02-22-2009, 09:11 AM

Is there a write up on this mod......Edwin?

**Edwin NL** · 02-22-2009, 10:36 AM

Do you have steptronic??

**black740ia** · 02-22-2009, 11:14 AM

yes, I have an 01 sport

**Edwin NL** · 02-22-2009, 01:45 PM

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/610491/

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/556077/

hope this helps

**Alpine6And7** · 02-22-2009, 06:52 PM

gonna start bidding on a steptronic shifter an trans brain

**black740ia** · 02-22-2009, 06:59 PM

Edwin, will I have to change the slip ring on my car if I have a sport steering wheel and step tronic??

**TxDarth** · 02-22-2009, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by black740ia

Edwin, will I have to change the slip ring on my car if I have a sport steering wheel and step tronic??

Yes, if you are going to install the MB paddles on your wheel - it will require the slip ring for the heated wheel as it uses these two connections for the shift +/-(hope that makes sense).

**deciphe** · 02-22-2009, 10:23 PM

i have the shifter installed/wired waiting on my egs from germany ill let everyone know if it all works well. I hope with ncs i can dl from the german egs and upload to my us egs.

**ProStreetDriver** · 02-22-2009, 10:43 PM

so you can't have all the options on your steering wheel unless you have the alpina slip ring or delete the heated steering wheel part.

**Edwin NL** · 02-23-2009, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by deciphe

i have the shifter installed/wired waiting on my egs from germany ill let everyone know if it all works well. I hope with ncs i can dl from the german egs and upload to my us egs.

Keep the Euro spec software! you will love the setup! way more aggressive then US mode

Originally Posted by ProStreetDriver

so you can't have all the options on your steering wheel unless you have the alpina slip ring or delete the heated steering wheel part.

Nope it's easy in fact heating or paddle shift never both

**deciphe** · 02-23-2009, 09:20 AM

[quote=Edwin NL;15614940]Keep the Euro spec software! you will love the setup! way more aggressive then US mode

I plan on using the euro spec i was going to use my ncs or another program with my diag head to copy/save the software from the new egs and try to flash my old egs upload the eurospec to my old us egs.

**Edwin NL** · 02-23-2009, 10:24 AM

You can't do that! if you try this it will be flashed to US mode bcs the car is US!!!

**deciphe** · 02-23-2009, 12:15 PM

i know with dis this will happen but i can choose files to use with ncs expert after being on bmwecu.org for over a year i thought i figured out that i could dl the software and write a file then use that file to re-write. Guys on the board have even dl black stock ecus to be able to re-write to like oem out of box on a used ecu. Btw edwin you are able to make the windows roll up via the key/lock right?

**Edwin NL** · 02-23-2009, 12:26 PM

Yep I can.

I warn you that it can go really bad with NCS.
Why not just put the car in Euro mode?

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