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12-08-2019, 09:44 AM | #1 |
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I recently bought a 740Li pure excellence design and it doesnt have paddle shifters, are they an option? and can they be fitted from the main dealer?
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12-08-2019, 12:09 PM | #2 | |
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12-08-2019, 08:29 PM | #3 |
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I would imagine that a dealer can fit them for you or a BMW specialist.
It will be worth asking a specialist first as they will probably know better what is involved. I'm surprised yours doesn't have the paddles though. I'm test driving and hopefully collecting a 740Ld Exclusive with the Pure Excellence Design next week and that has paddle shift. Does yours have the sport auto transmission? Depending on year I know that was an optional extra on the one I'm looking at (Option code 2TB) so it may be that the paddle shift is tied to that. But I would have thought retrofit was still possible with coding. A specialist would be able to confirm. |
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When I did it on a previous car it was a straight swap of the wheel and a bit of coding. The OEM wheel was £475 ($625) from eBay. The swap and coding I did myself which likely saved another £200 ($265) or so in labour charges. Never owned a BMW before so not sure what their retrofits are like. If it's anything like VAG or Merc though. Then unless you can fit and code yourself it can be extortionate. |
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12-09-2019, 01:14 PM | #7 |
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Quite possibly why it’s listed as an option on the one I’m looking at. I think M-Sport is standard with Sport Transmission
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12-10-2019, 03:10 PM | #8 |
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If you have the wood inlay steering wheel, it doesn't come with paddle shifters. I've had two 7s with the wood inlay; neither had paddles.
With the Pure Excellence package, I wouldn't be surprised if that came with the wood inlay steering wheel. Since that trim is luxury-focused, paddles are needed, the thinking goes. |
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I'm currently thinking about retrofitting a Sport steering wheel to my 2016 750i xdrive. Is there any coding/wiring work needed to install a sport steering wheel? Mine has the wood inlay therefore it didn't come with paddles, however, my VIN decoding lists the 'Sport Automatic Transmission' as an option.
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11-04-2023, 10:15 AM | #12 |
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Is that even needed? If vehicle already has 2TB or 2TE, then isn't the sport steering wheel w/ paddle shifters a plug and play?
Of course it would be great to add 255 to FA so it is updated with correct equipment, but I think it is only an information entry for assembly configuration. |
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11-04-2023, 11:14 AM | #13 |
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The MFL buttons are different. This sometimes can bring LIN variant error which can be fixed by choosing correct value which include sport and non sport steering wheels.
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