Originally Posted by KOC (Post 1512111)

My way no need to ground....pin 8 to C; pin 9 to NO and (+) ; pin 10 to (-)

"M" button made of 22mm swtich and a 12mm M round sticker....

Originally Posted by KOC (Post 1512262)

Installed for myself...also wrapped peeling plastic cover and air-cond control cover in same tone.

Originally Posted by Rizbel (Post 1512161)

:twoup: It's like driving a new car!!!

Originally Posted by rsyed (Post 632314)

Without going to the dealer, you get:
- Faster shift times
- Direct steering
- downshifting with intermediate throttle application

By going to the dealer, you get the following addional features:
- when sports button pressed, "SPORT" being displayed on your speedometer
-in DS mode, with sports button pressed, you actually see which gear the car is in

that is all i can think of at the moment..

But guys beware - the dealer will not readily program this for you... You need a "open minded" dealer to this for you. Mine was not willing to do it, though like i said, i found one in germany, but it is a 3000km drive for me :))

greetings

Originally Posted by Rizbel (Post 1512373)

Gents,
I read the above post in the Sportautomatic (SAT) retrofit Thread. Is it possible, via coding/programming, to see what gear (M1, M2...M6) the car is in when in DS + Sport, or this is just for Sportautomatic (SAT)?

Originally Posted by terraphantm (Post 1442708)

One major aspect this retrofit is missing is reprogramming the actual transmission module. The sports auto and standard auto have different software.

Using WinKFP, I flashed my standard auto (in a 535xi) to the sports auto software (in the case of the 535i, it's 7601458 as of Ista/P v41.. may have changed in newer releases). I had to clear a few errors in the DSC, EGS ,and DME, but after that the car had no complaints.

The transmission still works, and it feels like it shifts faster, particularlly in S and M modes. It's also a lot more aggressive about downshifting in S mode. I did *not* change my VO, nor did I recode my KOMBI (partly because $2TB was never an available option for the xi models). However, my KOMBI is behaving differently now; when I'm in S mode, it displays the gear the car is in instead of just simply showing "DS" - I will probably try adding $2TB and see if my KOMBI accepts it.

I have not retrofitted the sports shifter (yet), so I have not been able to test the actual sport button. But even without it, it's a pretty nice upgrade. And it does seem to work properly on the xi despite it never being available officially on the RWD models.

EDIT: Well the car did accept the $2TB VO without complaint, and I was able to recode the KOMBI without issue. The FSW_PSW does show changes, but I cannot say I actually notice anything different with the recoded KOMBI.

Originally Posted by Rizbel (Post 1512161)

:twoup: It's like driving a new car!!!