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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 10:45 AM
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Hello my fellow fanatics,

I have a question I have a standard stick shift 5 series e60 with wood trim. I love the M5 illuminated gear shift console Can i change this one i have depicted in the m5 stick shift illuminated knob and console??
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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by rjcastr' post='275742' date='Apr 29 2006, 01:45 PM
Hello my fellow fanatics,

I have a question I have a standard stick shift 5 series e60 with wood trim. I love the M5 illuminated gear shift console Can i change this one i have depicted in the m5 stick shift illuminated knob and console??

Or even this one
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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Damn the M5 SMG shifter looks so much better then the regular SMG shifter. Think i'm gonna have to do this mod on my SMG shifter
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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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It'll very weird because yours is 6-spd and M5 knob is SMG. It does not match. Another thing is M5 SMG shift knob was design as short placement, not tall placement and it looks
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Old May 1, 2006 | 08:20 PM
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Send rodybmw a PM hes done it in his car. I've seen it in person and its VERY NICE!
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Old May 10, 2006 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='276756' date='May 1 2006, 11:20 PM
Send rodybmw a PM hes done it in his car. I've seen it in person and its VERY NICE!

On an non smg trannny? Wow i would love to

thanks for the heads up

ron
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Old May 11, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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I`ve found this link for reference..

edit---nevermind its for e46 m3..

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/imag...tt=600&ei=UTF-8
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Old May 12, 2006 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by quad_m' post='281372' date='May 12 2006, 12:04 AM
I`ve found this link for reference..

edit---nevermind its for e46 m3..

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/imag...tt=600&ei=UTF-8

I wonder if it can be done, not sure i hope so, i will try to change the knob on my e60 with this m5 knob its really sharp looking
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