M3 Wheel Retrofit?

[NKTOB]

Anyone here has upgraded their SSG paddle shifts to the M3 DCT paddles?Is it a plug & play or some rewiring is required? How much is the wheel and where or who can do it?Thanx in advance.

 

[ansonsoo]

+1 I wish to know more on this also ..

 

[NKTOB]

+1 I wish to know more on this also ..

yup, itchy backside wanna do an upgrade like your SMG paddles!

my paddles are now like this, shifts +/- on each side...

and i want them to shift like ur SMG, downshift (-) on left and upshift (+) on right...

hmm...has anyone here has done it? i know down in SG many has got it done..malas to drive down

 

[ansonsoo]

The 1st picture is like SMG 1 on those 3er style right ?

Anyone mod their paddles from SMG 2 paddle to E92 M3 paddles ? Muahahaha..

 

[M5port]

i have checked awhile ago, it is plug and play as long as you have the paddle shifts originally. the paddles costs about RM 1500 per pair ( not the M3 ones, but the new LCi ones, look nicer ( two tones) if you asked me) ... so... i decided to spend on something else hahaha... for cheaper alternative , you can swap the wires on your left paddle so it will downshift when u pull it. you can find all the information on e90post i think.

 

[NKTOB]

i have checked awhile ago, it is plug and play as long as you have the paddle shifts originally. the paddles costs about RM 1500 per pair ( not the M3 ones, but the new LCi ones, look nicer ( two tones) if you asked me) ... so... i decided to spend on something else hahaha... for cheaper alternative , you can swap the wires on your left paddle so it will downshift when u pull it. you can find all the information on e90post i think.

hey, thanx for the heads up.

yup, read a fair bit there at e90post on the SSG de-wiring to DCT style. Just that i prefer the ///M tri-color stitched nappa leather DCT over the perforated wheel on the SSG.

 

[ALBundy]

The wiring mod is pretty straight forward. I believe David Yong has done that on his 335. He got E92 M3 gear knob instead

 

[NKTOB]

Well, these are what I found at e90post.

This is what the guy did...on his SSG paddles.

I'm not too keen with using my thumbs on top of the wheel to shift gears (awkward) and thus prefer using them like proper paddles using my fingers behind the steering wheel. Left hand paddle to Downshift. Right hand paddle to Upshift.
With this intent, there are three ways you can modify your paddle setup. For use with finger sqeezing behind the steering wheel, all the mods described below work the same way (left paddle-downshifts, right paddle-upshifts) with only the thumb press arrangement changing.
I hope I'm not confusing anyone ???

(FACTORY DEFAULT)

LEFT PADDLE - Thumb press - downshifts. / Fingers squeeze - upshifts.

RIGHT PADDLE - Thumb press - downshifts. / Fingers squeeze - upshifts.

So with this in mind :-

(MOD 1)

LEFT PADDLE - Thumb press - downshifts. / Fingers squeeze - downshifts.

RIGHT PADDLE - Thumb press - upshifts. / Fingers squeeze - upshifts.

or

(MOD 2) Lose the Thumb press functionality.

LEFT PADDLE - Thumb press - no function. / Finger squeeze - downshifts.

RIGHT PADDLE - Thumb press - no function. / Finger squeeze - upshifts.

or

(MOD 3) Simpler mod, since you only need to modify the left paddle wiring.

LEFT PADDLE - Thumb press - upshifts. / Fingers squeeze - downshifts.

RIGHT PADDLE - Thumb press - downshifts. / Fingers squeeze - upshifts.


I'm going to modify my paddles using "MOD 3" . This way I can still shift up or down one handed on one side of the wheel as per factory or shift paddle style using both sides for serious punting. Should be a very quick and easy mod since I only need to reverse two of the wires (+/-) on the left paddle and leave the common where it is !

 

[NKTOB]

con't...

I rewired my paddle shifters last night for left side downshift only and right side upshift only. I never liked the factory setup and find the change to be more intuitive.

The functionality is pretty much as described by Sparky66 but I would contend that with 3 wires the paddles are single-pole double-throw switches. Here are the default pin functions for each shifter's connector. The connectors have a small keyed tab shown below as a reference and they plug into the left and right button modules for the radio, phone etc.

Left Paddle Connector
_______
3-------|

 

[ALBundy]

I prefer mod 2 just like the M3. Anyway the car will downshift by itself when it slows down.

 

[NKTOB]

well, here goes part 1.

will update accordingly.

 

[ansonsoo]

Good stuff !

 

[NKTOB]

Good stuff !

Nappa leather & tri-stitched!

 

[NKTOB]

part 2.

Getting them up, next!

 

[SMG330i]

I can see my gearknob is slightly different than yours.. I think mine should be the M5 knob.

 

[NKTOB]

I can see my gearknob is slightly different than yours.. I think mine should be the M5 knob.

this is from the current E9X M, took me awhile to find it.

didn't want the M5 type on my 3

 

[SMG330i]

Yes me too. But no choice. This item is indeed hard to find. Let me guess, you get it from SG ?

 

[ansonsoo]

Nice on E46 or not ?

 

[NKTOB]

lights up!

new nappa scent and a lighted gearknob.

sorry for the crappy hp pix!

 

[NKTOB]

Yes me too. But no choice. This item is indeed hard to find. Let me guess, you get it from SG ?

from US mate.