645 SMG Retrofit (for the poor people)
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Originally Posted by 6er' post='727480' date='Nov 21 2008, 03:01 AM
Eh... well I can assure you I got mine for less than that 
I have the illuminated M6 shifter/M6 steering wheel and the relevant interfaces for like $2000 (well at thhe time ?1>$2) so ?1000 inc all shipping and OEM parts.
Bigger win
Tbal stop making me want 22" wheels
in my City I buckle my 20" BBS all the time I may have to move to Canada
I have the illuminated M6 shifter/M6 steering wheel and the relevant interfaces for like $2000 (well at thhe time ?1>$2) so ?1000 inc all shipping and OEM parts.
Bigger win
Tbal stop making me want 22" wheels
in my City I buckle my 20" BBS all the time I may have to move to Canada 
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has anyone fitted the m6/5 shifter on a 650/45? i seen a guy on the z4 bimmerfest forum do it he got it to light up and change with the gear selection.i would like this to be my new interior mod the 645 smg shifter looks old and blahh.
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Originally Posted by schulrog' post='726194' date='Nov 20 2008, 09:34 AM
2.) All I need now is the SMG steering column parts which shouldn't be much and i'll b set
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Originally Posted by bruce_miranda' post='728397' date='Nov 22 2008, 07:29 AM
Have you checked that the SMG wheel column collar will actually fit your non-SMG wheel first? Or were you planning on buying an SMG wheel too? The main part of this entire mod is getting the wires from the switches/paddles into the steering wheel colum and thats where you need the collar. But I'm sure you knew that.
Dear god is everyone blind... there is a topic like a couple down from this topic where it shows the steering wheel fitted and working and a picture right above your post in this topic showing my M6 wheel fitted....
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god i can't believe i missed this the whole time!! i feel retarded. you don't need to do any mods to make pedals work except run 1 or 2 additional wire tapes inside the spring coil cartridge and you're set. i'll order the tape wires up over the WE and keep you guys posted when it's installed and working.
My dad had the idea when i first showed him but what does a 60+ year old graduate from dartmouth with an engineering degree know? apparently a lot lol. it was so simple that i had dismissed it from the very beginning..
My dad had the idea when i first showed him but what does a 60+ year old graduate from dartmouth with an engineering degree know? apparently a lot lol. it was so simple that i had dismissed it from the very beginning..
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Originally Posted by schulrog' post='728403' date='Nov 22 2008, 08:15 AM
god i can't believe i missed this the whole time!! i feel retarded. you don't need to do any mods to make pedals work except run 1 or 2 additional wire tapes inside the spring coil cartridge and you're set. i'll order the tape wires up over the WE and keep you guys posted when it's installed and working.
My dad had the idea when i first showed him but what does a 60+ year old graduate from dartmouth with an engineering degree know? apparently a lot lol. it was so simple that i had dismissed it from the very beginning..
My dad had the idea when i first showed him but what does a 60+ year old graduate from dartmouth with an engineering degree know? apparently a lot lol. it was so simple that i had dismissed it from the very beginning..
yup you got it!!! Also cool thing is the BMW diag software shows your car as being SMG haha I'd still buy a seperate coil to do it though, thats what I did so I could swap to standard if the need arised
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Originally Posted by Jagular' post='728435' date='Nov 22 2008, 11:12 AM
So, 6er, the SMG 6 series' steering wheel fits/works with only minor mods?
But if you can get hold of an m5/6 wheel do it. An extremely nice wheel much chunkier and sporty and the paddles are illuminated and bigger compared to the SMG.
Schulrog this is the wheel I was referring to :
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Cool! Just read through the threads. Might just have to do it... Now to find an appropriate steering wheel. There's a standard 6 series SMG steering wheel on eBay now but after looking at the shots, I agree, I want the M wheel.