Folks
Can any recommend a uk source for e24 wheel bolts, other than from BMW?
Lots on the market, eBay etc - anyone recommended over the others.
To be fitted with Genuine 17" Alpinas, if that makes a difference
Thanks
Shirish
UK E24 wheel bolt source
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thanks Kenhornhospital wrote:Shirish, you can use the wheel bolts from just about any BMW. Almost all of them use the same thread size (M12 x 1.5) and length, same head size (17mm) and same cone seat face.
I was hoping for a tried and tested brand recommendation - here in the UK we have SWAG, Febi Bilstein and many others on eBay. Some are advertised as Zinc coated, others are not. The current ones are very rusty.
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If you want to buy new. I'd go with Febi. Have you thought about having your current ones media blasted and then paint them?
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I bought a set of custom length lock bolts from here. They also do wheel sets.
http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/option/locking_bolts
Chris
http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/option/locking_bolts
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Ken, the bolts I've seen were only £22 so not worth the hassle of getting blasted etc
Chris - thanks, I've used the RAD bolts previously on my old 190e, and they started rusting after a year or so!
I'm thinking these anodised ones may be better than zinc coated bolts -
http://www.precisionautoparts.co.uk/bmw ... bolts.html
Chris - thanks, I've used the RAD bolts previously on my old 190e, and they started rusting after a year or so!
I'm thinking these anodised ones may be better than zinc coated bolts -
http://www.precisionautoparts.co.uk/bmw ... bolts.html
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I guess I've gotten spoiled, having a blast cabinet (3, actually...plastic beads, aluminum oxide and glass beads). I regularly blast and repaint stuff like that as a matter of course.cornershop wrote:Ken, the bolts I've seen were only £22 so not worth the hassle of getting blasted etc
I don't like zinc coated lugs. They get a coating of zinc oxide on them and look crappy in just a short time if you don't paint them. I've been happy with the set of stainless lugs I got with a set of Hamann wheels. I don't know if they were original to those wheels (I bought them used), but they look just like an OEM set with the concave face on the hex head, but after four years they still look new. They've held up better than the wheels!
I like those black anodized lugs!
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