celtic-craig

Hi all and a congratulations on such a fab web site & forum.


I have a 2005, 535d E61 auto M sport. Car is doing great since I've owned it over the last 12 months.


Many changes, DPF removal, EGR removal, Inlet butterfly blanked off, K&N filter, Magnaflow SS exhaust, showing 455BHP & 650ft lb torque.


Now my question. Ive just bought on ebay a M5 flappy paddle steering wheel without airbag. Im confident my old airbag will fit. But how do I get the flappy paddles to operate the sports gear box.


Being a M-sport I have manual selection form the gear lever, but this means removing a hand off the steering wheel, a real pain if I'm shaving/texting, facebooking at the same time lol. Has anyone done this before. I wont be fitting it my local BMW garage in Ireland is but they admit they've no idea how to do it,

BenAnd

Hi Craíg

What prod. date do your car have ? ( not first reg, date ! ) , if it is prod. after 09/2005 it should be a simple "plug & play" , plus some coding by BMW ( or by someone with INPA software , and know how to use it ) , if your car/steeringwheel have a electronic AirBag box/modul inside in the steeringwheel ( sitting downwards ), the car is prod. before 09/2005 !

If the car is prod. before , it's a littel more complicated , steeringwheel múst be alterede , slipring under steeringwheel must be altered/changed , and new wireharness in the steeringwheel must be made + 2 ekstra wires from under the steeringwheel down to the gearlever colum , and connected there , with other words , not so simple

NB:See my garage , here it is in a 525iA from 12/2003, and it Works

Regards
BenAnd