...some of you guys might have seen, but on day 1 I took my car apart and did the m5 retrofit. My car is now a week old and my confidence is sky high so I went to the dealer on wednesday and ordered the following parts that I picked up today :D

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There are 3 stages to this exercise

Stage 1: retrofit just the SAT lever and the ECU with no SAT functionality

Stage 2: have the car coded for SAT functionality (Sports mode, faster shift times etc.)

Stage 3: paddle shifter retrofit

Stage 1 is due this weekend. I am 50/50 on whether stage 1 will work. My engineering background tells me, it should not work because the ECU has no firmware running on it so it will not work. Let us see - more to come later..

wish me luck :)

cu rumman

Is this the "kit" you PMed me about -- the one where a BMW dealer had retrofitted the SAT on a 535d? If so, hopefully they gave you good advice and instructions... GOOD LUCK!! :thumbsup:

this is not a retrofit kit, but I will make it one...

if all goes well, I will post DIY on the forum...

wish me luck

This I think will be the first, awesome. Very best of luck. Keep us posted :number1:

Is this compatible with Pre-LCI cars as well, or just only for LCI with standard Auto? :think:

no no, it is only for LCI cars with the standard "ugly" automatic shifter...

Nice, good luck to you LCIers, seems doable :cool:

Is the only difference with the sports automatic transmission the selector lever and ecu then? Seems it must be the only difference after looking at bmws site the sport auto is only another ?100 on the 535d.

Yes, the difference is the ECU and selecter lever, and the Sports button

As said, stage 1 is to get this thing physically in. Stage 2 is to get the dealer to enable the SAT features on my car. And Stage 3 are the paddles...

cheers

Thanks for that. Out of interest how much did the parts set you back?

here u go: the deltas:
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450 EUR :(

EDIT: forgot to add the 100 EUR for the console ocver I have yet to buy, so in total EUR 550.

Wow good luck!

Nice Mod's Rsyed ;-)

I wan't see a big picture from your LCi car :D

The colour white is very nice.

This is cool, I am interested to see the results as well.

Quick update - stage 1 is successful :D :D :D :D

DIY will be coming during the course of saturday...

check out this thread - there are some pics with your contribution :)

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?show...54863&hl=rsyed

cu

Here you go - here is the DIY writeup. Hope this is of some help...

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From the title I thought you are retrofitting the transmission.. :|

Hats off to you sir, nice work, also very informative & well thought off DIY guide. Again :thumbsup:

Good job on the DIY - :thumbsup:

whts the difference with the SAT and the normal AT. when i look at the DIY that rsyed posted, the stick shift looks the same.except shorter and there a sport button under the idrive knob. plus, does the button work? or just looks?

check out this thread:

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;hl=automatic

Like i wrote in my previous thread, the sports button has no functionality. It needs to be coded by the dealer... At the moment, stage 1 is all about looks...

oohhh okkk.sorry,ive been studying all day.not concentrating much, So paddle shoud be working after Stage 2.niceee.How much do u think Stage 2 will charge u.I mean the $tealer?

verr?ckt, aber mir gef?llts ziemlich! :cool:
(crazy, but i like it a lot.. hehe)

:)



Just leave it to someone who isn't happy with his gearbox or engine .

I like the shorter stick, would it be possible just to change the lever and nothing else, or would you have to change the surround and gaiter etc.

That is awesome. I like the sport shifter (SAT) better than my non sport shifter. How is it working and is it just like the non sport shifter. If so I may go for this retro fit down the road.

Thanks, Rick....

You have exactly the same functionality as with the non-sport shifter. It looks awesome, feels awesome and is not as fragile as the non-sport shifter. I would do the retrofit anytime again..

Ahh that's f%$#ing great. I like the fact the that you can change the shifter and not have to modify wiring and other things. It's basically a plug and play item except for the sports button. I like it allot....
Total in US dollars?

Let us know when stage 2 is done and does it work well.

Thanks, Rick...

Bump for a great mod....

Hey Rick,

I paid about 550 EUR for all the parts, but this includes 20% tax.

I suggest call up a dealer and ask them for a quote - you have the part numbers.

cu rumman

What's the price difference when you order this from the factory. Not that I'm interested (I'm a manual fellow) but it will just give people an idea. There are so many DIY retrofits that are cheaper done after you get the car - so is this one of them?

definitely not.

the total retrofit incl. new steering wheel + paddles will be about 1500 eur. from the factory, this is an 100 eur upgrade :(

That's why I just want to upgrade the shifter, for the the look and feel.

Found an M% steeering wheel on ebay if its any use ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E60-M5-STEERING-WHEEL-WITH-AIR-BAG-AND-PADDLE-SHIFT_W0QQitemZ320264161545QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320264161545&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

tnx Nik...

Did you get it to work?

Hello! I am Kent from Taiwan be a E60LCI driver and I would like to ask how about your SAT system ... everything working well ?
Because I like this SAT very well and would like aslo to retrofit it .... do you have any suggestion if I would like to change from my Steptronic to SAT ? :huh:

Thanks

Kent

Hi Kent,

yes it works... What car do you have?

rumman