Are the Pre-LCI Paddle Shifters different than LCI

karkid · 05-12-2012, 11:51 PM

i have a 2009 335i LCI, but it seems that i have PRE-LCI shifters on my car?

Sorry guys meant the Paddle Shifters!

superjay · 05-13-2012, 12:08 AM

did you get the 6MT, 6AT or 7AT?

karkid · 05-13-2012, 12:10 AM

6AT

VTECaddict · 05-13-2012, 12:11 AM

They are the same. 335is DCT has a different shifter.

If we're talking MT, the M-sport shifter is different than the standard one.

karkid · 05-13-2012, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by VTECaddict

They are the same. 335is DCT has a different shifter.

If we're talking MT, the M-sport shifter is different than the standard one.

i was asking about the paddle shifters

superjay · 05-13-2012, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by karkid

6AT

then there wouldn't be anything different. The only different AT shifter is the DCT, which I don't care for (shifter, not transmission), but the performance from it is amazing.

VTECaddict · 05-13-2012, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karkid

i was asking about the paddle shifters

I think the paddle shifters were changed in late 2010 or 2011.

Legitimate · 05-13-2012, 02:12 AM

Paddle shifters were changed in 2011. I've personally tried swapping the LCI into the pre-LCI and it ends up shifting up or down on its own. The pre-LCI has 3 wires per paddle... one negative, one positive, and a ground. The LCI only has 2. Didn't know WTF was going on, so I traded it for an X5 and now I feel like I drive around a pig.

What.

gatoman39 · 05-13-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Legitimate

Paddle shifters were changed in 2011. I've personally tried swapping the LCI into the pre-LCI and it ends up shifting up or down on its own. The pre-LCI has 3 wires per paddle... one negative, one positive, and a ground. The LCI only has 2. Didn't know WTF was going on, so I traded it for an X5 and now I feel like I drive around a pig.

What.

you traded a 3 for a X5 because of the paddles shifters?

PreLCI/post LCI (2011)

Legitimate · 05-13-2012, 11:37 AM

^ Post LCI implies it's no longer LCI

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