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Ya know, I'm really not sure. I think it takes some programming from the dealer to get them to work (which is probably really expensive), but I have no idea if it could actually be done. After playing around with it for a while, I decided the M3 paddles aren't really an upgrade from the stock DCT paddles... see below.
Here are the facts (remember this is for the 135i DCT only):
- They are plug-and-play on the 128i and 135i steptronic
- The plug is the same... it's a rectangle, 3-prong connection, but one wire is in a different location
- I tried every wire combination and still no go
- The assembly fits and fastens to the same location
- The paddle itself, from what I could feel has about the same tension and travel as the stock DCT paddle (I recently drove the new 3-series coupe with the steptronic but DCT-like paddles, and they had an extremely soft tension and little travel, which I did not like)... I was hoping with the M3 paddles that they would have a stronger tension, longer travel, and make some sort of sound (louder than the DCT "click").
- The M3 paddles are not really bigger in size than the DCT paddles, they just look different
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