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Hello everybody.

Does anybody know if it is possible to upgrade an E70 from manual to electric tailgate opening and lift. I guess the parts are available but is the vehicle prewired when this option is NOT taken at build time. if not I guess the expense would be prohibitive.

There's no 'official' kit, but it should be possible.  You'll need a new control module to run it, coding of the system into the car (it links to the iDrive), the drives themselves and the various additional switches/buttons etc.  It won't be cheap.  No idea about the wiring as BMW used to do a lot of that, but it's been cut back in newer models.

Richard

Anything is possible but you'll probably find the cost quite prohibitive for this sort of retrofit.

Thanks guys for your comments looks like this is a non starter as I thought.