Paddle Shifters

Robz_328i · 08-12-2012, 12:11 AM

Hey guys,
I'm a new BMW 328i owner.
I totally forgot to ask the dealer about the paddle Shifters.
I still want them but i don't want to ask the dealer for it. I want to add them myself. I got the luxury line and executive line. Is the configuration is already in the steering wheel or ? I thought it would be cool if i could just buy them separately and add them just like that. Or its more complicated than this and need wire and everything?? thanks a lot guys

PROUD NEW OWNER OF MY ALPINE WHITE 328I 2012

GammaZeta · 08-12-2012, 12:34 AM

Yeah, it's really easy to add them. You can get a kit from Turner Motorsports for like $75 and it includes the plastic shifters and all. Then you just screw them into the spaces alongside the steering wheel, there should be some holes about 1/2 inch on each side.

Then you need to go into the idrive system and turn on paddle shifting, which is somewhere in the menu but I forget where...

Nothing about BMW's allow you to "just buy them separately and add them just like that." Just to add an ipod adapter is like $700 installed from the stealership, and that's just running a few wires from a pre-made kit. So, no, you cannot just add paddle shifters.

ƒ° · 08-12-2012, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by GammaZeta

Yeah, it's really easy to add them. You can get a kit from Turner Motorsports for like $75 and it includes the plastic shifters and all. Then you just screw them into the spaces alongside the steering wheel, there should be some holes about 1/2 inch on each side.

Then you need to go into the idrive system and turn on paddle shifting, which is somewhere in the menu but I forget where...

Nothing about BMW's allow you to "just buy them separately and add them just like that." Just to add an ipod adapter is like $700 installed from the stealership, and that's just running a few wires from a pre-made kit. So, no, you cannot just add paddle shifters.

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SomeRandomer123 · 08-12-2012, 07:48 AM

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Stephen5242 · 08-12-2012, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GammaZeta

Yeah, it's really easy to add them. You can get a kit from Turner Motorsports for like $75 and it includes the plastic shifters and all. Then you just screw them into the spaces alongside the steering wheel, there should be some holes about 1/2 inch on each side.

Then you need to go into the idrive system and turn on paddle shifting, which is somewhere in the menu but I forget where...

Nothing about BMW's allow you to "just buy them separately and add them just like that." Just to add an ipod adapter is like $700 installed from the stealership, and that's just running a few wires from a pre-made kit. So, no, you cannot just add paddle shifters.

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Originally Posted by Tremolo

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It's called sarcasm!

Pangloss · 08-12-2012, 02:51 PM

Welcome to the BMW ownership experience, which includes sarcasm, disrespect and disdain -- at no extra charge!

Whatever you do, don't post a question that's answered by the driver's manual, no matter how hard it is to find. (shudder)

GammaZeta · 08-12-2012, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss

Welcome to the BMW ownership experience, which includes sarcasm, disrespect and disdain -- at no extra charge!

Hey, better here than at the stealership with the service technician giving him a weird look.

I probably saved him half a day's trip to the dealership!

Keik E92 M3 · 08-12-2012, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GammaZeta

Yeah, it's really easy to add them. You can get a kit from Turner Motorsports for like $75 and it includes the plastic shifters and all. Then you just screw them into the spaces alongside the steering wheel, there should be some holes about 1/2 inch on each side.

Then you need to go into the idrive system and turn on paddle shifting, which is somewhere in the menu but I forget where...

Nothing about BMW's allow you to "just buy them separately and add them just like that." Just to add an ipod adapter is like $700 installed from the stealership, and that's just running a few wires from a pre-made kit. So, no, you cannot just add paddle shifters.

NOW THIS IS TOO FUNNY!!!

Robz_328i · 08-12-2012, 09:02 PM

oh man i thought it was a question to ask but after that one i think ill save a lot for myself

positiveions · 08-12-2012, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GammaZeta

Yeah, it's really easy to add them. . So, no, you cannot just add paddle shifters.

what an oxymoron statements.
Do you ever listen to yourself talking?

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Robz_328i Enlisted Member 7 Rep 33 Posts Drives: Bmw 328i 2012 Luxury Executive Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Montreal iTrader: (0)	Paddle Shifters Hey guys, I'm a new BMW 328i owner. I totally forgot to ask the dealer about the paddle Shifters. I still want them but i don't want to ask the dealer for it. I want to add them myself. I got the luxury line and executive line. Is the configuration is already in the steering wheel or ? I thought it would be cool if i could just buy them separately and add them just like that. Or its more complicated than this and need wire and everything?? thanks a lot guys PROUD NEW OWNER OF MY ALPINE WHITE 328I 2012
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GammaZeta Captain 66 Rep 862 Posts Drives: 1 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ma iTrader: (1)	Yeah, it's really easy to add them. You can get a kit from Turner Motorsports for like $75 and it includes the plastic shifters and all. Then you just screw them into the spaces alongside the steering wheel, there should be some holes about 1/2 inch on each side. Then you need to go into the idrive system and turn on paddle shifting, which is somewhere in the menu but I forget where... Nothing about BMW's allow you to "just buy them separately and add them just like that." Just to add an ipod adapter is like $700 installed from the stealership, and that's just running a few wires from a pre-made kit. So, no, you cannot just add paddle shifters.
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