[Boss330]

Originally Posted by M_528i

it works on e60 so it should be the same, just wire it up to the gear stick.
here is the DIY http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=600729
http://www.burgertuning.com/paddleshift.html

One vital difference between the DIY and kit you linked to and E60LCI and F10/11 is that those kits are for the old "mechanical" shift lever with no ECU attached to the gear lever. The paddle shift is fairly easy to install on those cars as you can simply connect some wires from the retrofitted paddles to the +/- connectors on the gear lever. No coding etc. needed.

On the E60 LCI and F10/11 the gear lever is the new type that has it's own ECU and at least on the E60 needs coding to get the paddle shifters to work.

This thread has a fairly detailed discussion on this subject on the E60 LCI:

http://forums.5series.net/e60-parts-...etrofit-55056/