My wife's X3 E83 Sportpack Build.

[cOlDFuSiOn]

Awesome! raise: Absolute dedication in everything you do, I actually like the E46 steering wheel mod looks the business :clapper:

 

[topclub]

Congrats Warren :clapper:

 

[Gizmo]

I got the SMG paddles to work with the steptronic gearbox! Here is how:

Turns out I had the SMG slip ring all along, found it in the bottom of a box, lol. Also because I wanted this to be a plug-and-play affair I went round to the scrapyard and cut off the correct type of plugs needed for the conversion off of a scrapped E46 auto as to keep the plug colours the same.



Some close-ups of the SMG slip ring with the 2 extra pins in the 2pin plug.







Plug and play harness made up, around 1M in total length.



Old slip ring coming out.


Side by side.


Harness in place.


Unplug the shifter plug and plug it into the diy harness. Small black plug goes into the back of the slip ring.


With all back together, put the car into Sport Drive.


Now pull on a paddle and it goes into manual option, success!



Function and form, double bonus!

 

[TOOFAST MP]

raise:

 

[RAArmstrong]

Awesome work thus far! :thumbs:

Would you consider changing the all black shift knob to one of these?

I think it might complete the look quite nicely and match the SMG wheel? :dunno:

 

[Gizmo]

I will hunt for the other silver trim pieces first.

 

[rodga]

Nice work man!

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[Zach]

awesome :rollsmile:

 

[Gizmo]

awesome :rollsmile:

Thank you, the wife isn't bothered about the paddle option, it was more for me.

 

[sash]

How many south African owners have done the paddle shift retro fit....?
Well done gizmo.:clapper::clapper::clapper::clapper:

 

[abharoochi]

raise:raise:raise:

This guy is a LEGEND!! Congrats on the X3 and awesome work so far!

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

damn dude, that's awesome work man. Respect :clapper:

 

[Gizmo]

Thank you guys, every new car is a blank canvas for me and I suffer from the 'DIY mod bug' really hard, nothing must stay standard and I must always find subtle ways to make it stand out from the rest...:skit:

The X3 is a similar platform yet completely different setup to what Im used to so Im going into this thing with much excitement.:=):

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...besides, how many X3 builds are there?

 

[Deren]

:clapper::clapper::clapper: Nice

 

[Jeremy]

:clapper::clapper: awesome Gizmo!!!

 

[Zach]

When I come back for holiday we're going on Safari!!! Bring your wifes sister lol

 

[Nikhil]

Great progress! Will the paddle shift be possible on an E46 330d auto? :rollsmile:

 

[Gizmo]

Will the paddle shift be possible on an E46 330d auto? :rollsmile:

Yes, E46, E39 too and early X5's plus early E90 im guessing...

 

[rodga]

Will the paddle shift be possible on an E46 330d auto? :rollsmile:

Yes E39 too...

You have my attention ;l

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[Gizmo]

When I come back for holiday we're going on Safari!!! Bring your wifes sister lol

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