Recommended BMW Wheel Nut Torque Specifications

Properly torqued lug nuts are essential for a safe and enjoyable driving experience in your BMW. Loose lug nuts can vibrate and damage the wheel or studs, potentially leading to a wheel coming loose while driving - a dangerous situation.

This guide empowers you to find the correct lug nut torque specs for your specific BMW model and provides you with the information you need to tighten them safely and securely, when changing tires, or doing any other work that requires wheels to be removed and re-installed.

Why are BMW Lug Nut Torque Specifications Important?

• Safety: The correct torque ensures your wheels stay securely fastened to the vehicle during driving, cornering, and braking.
• Performance: Over-torqued or under-torqued lug nuts can affect wheel alignment and handling.
• Prevention of Damage: Proper torque prevents damage to the wheels, studs, and lug nuts themselves.

Finding Your BMW Lug Nut Torque Specs

There are two primary ways to find the exact lug nut torque specs for your BMW:

1. Owner's Manual: This is the definitive source for all your BMW's specifications, including lug nut torque. Look for the section on tire changing or routine maintenance. The torque specs are typically listed in foot-pounds (ft-lb). BMW
2. Website or Online Resources: While not as reliable as the owner's manual, some reputable automotive websites may list BMW lug nut torque specs by model year. Always double-check this information with your owner's manual to ensure accuracy.

BMW Lug Nut Torque Specs by Model (Reference Table):

Make	Model	Trim	Year Range	Torque
BMW	128I /E88	17"BASE / CONVRTIBLE	2008 - 2013	90 ft-lbs
	135I /E88	17"OPT / CONVRTIBLE	2008 - 2013	90 ft-lbs
	135IS /E82	18"BASE / COUPE	2013 - 2013	90 ft-lbs
	135IS /E88	18"BASE / CONVRTIBLE	2013 - 2013	90 ft-lbs
	1M /E82	19"BASE / COUPE	2011 - 2012	90 ft-lbs
	2002 /E12	2 DOOR / 165/80R13	1973 - 1976	80 ft-lbs
	228I CONVRTIBLE	17"BASE / F22	2014 - 2016	105 ft-lbs
	228I COUPE	17"BASE / F22	2014 - 2016	105 ft-lbs
	230I CONVERTIBLE	ALL	2020	105 ft-lbs
	230 I COUPE	ALL	2020	105 ft-lbs
	235I F22	18"BASE / M-SPORT	2014 - 2014	105 ft-lbs
	2500/A /E3	4 DOOR / SEDAN	1971 - 1973	80 ft-lbs
	2800 /E3	ALL / A/CS/CSA	1969 - 1973	80 ft-lbs
	3.0 CS/CSI	ALL / E9	1973 - 1975	80 ft-lbs
	3.0S/SI	ALL / E3	1973 - 1976	80 ft-lbs
	318I	ALL / E30	1984 - 1985	80 ft-lbs
	318I - ALL	2/4 DR / E30	1990 - 1998	90 ft-lbs
	320I	ALL / E21	1977 - 1983	80 ft-lbs
	320I - ALL	ALL / F30	2014 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	323I - ALL	15"BASE / E46	1998 - 2000	90 ft-lbs
	325 - ALL	16"BASE / E46	2001 - 2006	90 ft-lbs
	325I/IS/E	2/4 DR / E30	1984 - 1988	80 ft-lbs
	325I/IS/E	2/4 DR / E30	1989 - 1991	90 ft-lbs
	325I/IS/IC	15"BASE / E36	1992 - 1995	90 ft-lbs
	325IC CONVERTBL	ALL / E30	1988 - 1988	80 ft-lbs
	325IC CONVERTBL	ALL / E30	1989 - 1992	90 ft-lbs
	325IX	ALL / E30	1988 - 1991	80 ft-lbs
	328 - ALL	ALL / E36	1992 - 2011	90 ft-lbs
	328 - ALL	ALL / E36	2012 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	330 - ALL	17"BASE / E90	2001 - 2006	90 ft-lbs
	330 - ALL	ALL /	2018 - 2020	105 ft-lbs
	335 - ALL	17"BASE / E90	2007 - 2011	90 ft-lbs
	335 - ALL	ALL /	2012 - 2016	105 ft-lbs
	340 - ALL	ALL / F30	2016 - 2019	105 ft-lbs
	428I CONVERTBL	17"BASE / F33	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	428I COUPE	19"STGGR / TRACK PKG	2014 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	428I GRAN COUPE - TRACK PKG	18"STGGR / TRACK PKG	2016 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	428I GRAN COUPE	17"BASE / F36	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	428IX CONVERTBL	19"STGGR / TRACK PKG	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	428IX COUPE	19"STGGR / TRACK PKG	2014 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	428IX GRAN COUP	17"BASE / F36	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	428IX GRAN COUP - TRACK PKG	18"STGGR / TRACK PKG	2016 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	430	ALL /	2018 - 2020	105 ft-lbs
	435I CONVERTBL	18"BASE / F33	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	435I COUPE	18"BASE / F32	2014 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	435I GRAN COUPE - 18 Inch	18"BASE / F36	2016 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	435I GRAN COUPE - 19 Inch	19"BASE / F36	2016 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	435IX CONVERTBL	18"BASE / F33	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	435IX COUPE	18"BASE / F32	2014 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	435IX GRAN COUP - 18 Inch	18"BASE / F36	2016 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	435IX GRAN COUP - 19 Inch	19"BASE / F36	2016 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	440	ALL /	2018 - 2020	105 ft-lbs
	524TD /E28	14-INCH / ALL	1985 - 1986	80 ft-lbs
	525 - ALL	4 DOOR / TOURING	1989 - 2007	90 ft-lbs
	528 - ALL	14-INCH / CPE/SDN	1979 - 1988	80 ft-lbs
	528I - ALL	15-INCH / CPE/SDN	1997 - 2016	90 ft-lbs
	530e	ALL	2019	105ft-lbs
	530I /E12	2/4 DR / ALL	1975 - 1978	80 ft-lbs
	530I - ALL	ALL / TOURING	1994 - 2007	90 ft-lbs
	530i - ALL	ALL	2019 - 2020	105ft-;bs
	533I /E28	14-INCH / CPE/SDN	1983 - 1984	80 ft-lbs
	535/I/IS	15-INCH / ALL/E28	1985 - 1988	80 ft-lbs
	535/I/IS	2/4 DR / ALL E34	1989 - 1993	90 ft-lbs
	535D / DX	18"BASE / SEDAN	2014 - 2016	90 ft-lbs
	535I	17"BASE / SEDAN	2008 - 2016	90 ft-lbs
	535I GRANTURISM	18"BASE / BASE	2010 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	535IX	17"BASE / SEDAN	2009 - 2016	90 ft-lbs
	535XI	17"BASE / SEDAN	2008 - 2009	90 ft-lbs
	535 GT xDrive	17"BASE / SEDAN	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	540 - ALL	4 DOOR / SPORT	1994 - 1996	90 ft-lbs
	540I - ALL	4 DOOR / SPORT	2017 - 2020	105 ft-lbs
	550I /E60	17"BASE / SEDAN	2004 - 2010	90 ft-lbs
	550I / IX	18"BASE / SEDAN	2011 - 2018	90 ft-lbs
	550I GRANTURISM	18"BASE / XDRIVE	2010 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	633CSI	14-INCH / E24	1977 - 1989	80 ft-lbs
	640I - ALL	18"BASE / F12	2012 - 2019	105 ft-lbs
	645CI CPE/CNVRT	19"OPT / E63	2004 - 2005	90 ft-lbs
	650I CONVERTIBLE	18"BASE / E64	2006 - 2006	105 ft-lbs
	650I CONVERTIBLE - STAGGERED	18"OPT / E64	2006 - 2006	90 ft-lbs
	650I CONVRTBLE	18"BASE / F12	2007 - 2019	105 ft-lbs
	650I COUPE	18"BASE / E63	2006 - 2006	105 ft-lbs
	650I COUPE - STAGGERED	18"OPT / E63	2006 - 2006	90 ft-lbs
	650I COUPE	18"BASE / F13	2007 - 2019	105 ft-lbs
	650I GRAN COUPE	19"BASE / F06	2013 - 2019	105 ft-lbs
	650IX - ALL	18"BASE / F12	2012 - 2019	105 ft-lbs
	733I	14-INCH / E23	1978 - 1984	80 ft-lbs
	735 - ALL	2/4 DR / E32	1985 - 1992	80 ft-lbs
	740/I/IL	18-INCH / E38	1994 - 2001	90 ft-lbs
	740I - ALL	18"BASE / G11	2011 - 2019	105 ft-lbs
	745 - ALL	18-INCH / E65	2002 - 2005	105 ft-lbs
	750/I/IL	4 DOOR / E38	1988 - 1999	90 ft-lbs
	750 - ALL	20"BASE / G11	2006 - 2015	105 ft-lbs
	750IL	16-INCH / E38	2000 - 2001	90 ft-lbs
	750I - ALL	ALL	2019	105 ft-lbs
	760 - ALL	20-INCH / E66	2004 - 2015	105 ft-lbs
	840/I/IL	2/DOOR / ALL E31	1994 - 1997	90 ft-lbs
	850/I/CI	2 DOOR / ALL/E31	1991 - 1997	90 ft-lbs
	850CSI/E31	2 DOOR / SPT COUPE	1994 - 1995	90 ft-lbs
	ACTIVE HYBRID 3	18"BASE / SEDAN	2012 - 2015	90 ft-lbs
	ACTIVE HYBRID 5	18"BASE / SEDAN	2013 - 2016	90 ft-lbs
	ACTIVE HYBRID 7	18"BASE / ALL	2012 - 2015	105 ft-lbs
	ALPINA	20"BASE / B6 GRAN CP	2007 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	ALPINA V8	2DR/ E52 / ROADSTER	2004 - 2004	90 ft-lbs
	ALPINA B6	ALL	2019
	ALPINA B7	ALL	2019
	BAVARIA/E3	2/4DR / 3.0 SEDAN	1971 - 1973	80 ft-lbs
	I3	19"BASE / BASE	2014 - 2016	105 ft-lbs
	I8	20"BASE /	2014 - 2016	105 ft-lbs
	L6 /E24	2 DOOR / COUPE	1987 - 1987	80 ft-lbs
	L7 /E23	4 DOOR / SEDAN	1987 - 1987	80 ft-lbs
	M COUPE	COUPE / E40	1998 - 2002	90 ft-lbs
	M ROADSTER	ROADSTER / E40	1998 - 2002	90 ft-lbs
	M235I CONVRTBLE	18"BASE / F22	2014 - 2016	105 ft-lbs
	M235I CONVRTBLE - X DRIVE	18"BASE / F22 XDRIVE	2014 - 2014	90 ft-lbs
	M235I COUPE	18"BASE / F22	2014 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	M235I COUPE - X DRIVE	18"BASE / F22 XDRIVE	2014 - 2014	90 ft-lbs
	M240i	ALL	2019	105 ft-lbs
	M2	ALL	2019	105 ft-lbs
	M3	ALL / E30	1988 - 1991	80 ft-lbs
	M3	ALL / E46	1995 - 2002	90 ft-lbs
	M3	18"BASE / CONVRTIBLE	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	M3 CONVERTIBLE	18" BASE / E93	2003 - 2013	90 ft-lbs
	M3 SEDAN	18'BASE / F80	2003 - 2018	90 ft-lbs
	M4	18"BASE / CONVRTIBLE	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	M5	4 DOOR / E28	1987 - 1988	80 ft-lbs
	M5	19-INCH- / E60	1991 - 2007	90 ft-lbs
	M5	19"BASE / F10	2008 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	M6	2 DOOR / E24	1987 - 1989	80 ft-lbs
	M6 CONVERTIBLE	19"BASE / F12	2009 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	M6 COUPE	19"BASE / F13	2006 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	M6 GRAN COUPE	20"BASE / F06	2014 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	X1 28I	17"BASE / S DRIVE	2013 - 2015	90 ft-lbs
	X1 28I	18"BASE / X DRIVE	2016 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	X1 35I	18"BASE / X DRIVE	2013 - 2018	90 ft-lbs
	X3	18"BASE / SDRIVE 28I	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	X3 /E83	17"BASE / 30I	2004 - 2010	90 ft-lbs
	X3 /F25	18"BASE / 28I	2011 - 2014	105 ft-lbs
	X4	19"BASE / 28I XDRIVE	2015 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	X5 - ALL	18"BASE / F15 35I	2000 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	X6 - ALL	19"BASE / XDRIVE 35I	2008 - 2018	105 ft-lbs
	Z3 - ALL	ROADSTER / 3.0I	1996 - 2002	90 ft-lbs
	Z4 - ALL	18-STGGR / M COUPE	2003 - 2018	90 ft-lbs
	Z8 /E52	ALL / COUPE	2001 - 2003	90 ft-lbs

Tools You'll Need for Tightening Lug Nuts:

• Torque Wrench (calibrated to ft-lbs): This tool allows you to apply the precise amount of torque without over-tightening or under-tightening the lug nuts.
• Lug Wrench: The wrench provided with your BMW to remove and tighten the lug nuts.
• Socket Wrench: The size will depend on your specific BMW model.
• Rubber Mallet (Optional): Can be helpful for loosening stubborn lug nuts.

Safety First!

• Park your BMW on a flat, stable surface and engage the parking brake.
• Chock the wheels that won't be raised (use wedges or bricks behind the tires).
• Always ensure the vehicle is in Park (automatic) or Neutral (manual) before starting.

Here's a general guide to safely tightening your BMW lug nuts (refer to your owner's manual for specific instructions):

1. Loosen the Lug Nuts (Slightly): While the car is still on the ground, use the lug wrench to loosen each lug nut slightly in a counter-clockwise direction. Don't remove them completely yet.
2. Jack Up Your BMW: Refer to your owner's manual for designated jack points. Carefully raise the specific wheel you'll be working on using a jack.
3. Remove the Lug Nuts: Now that the wheel is off the ground, completely remove the loosened lug nuts by hand or with the socket wrench.
4. Inspect the Wheel and Hub: Take a moment to visually inspect the wheel and hub for any damage or debris. Address any concerns before proceeding.
5. Mount the Wheel (Optional): If you're replacing a tire or performing other maintenance, mount the new wheel at this point. Ensure the wheel is properly aligned with the hub.
6. Hand-Tighten the Lug Nuts: Screw each lug nut back onto its respective stud by hand as far as possible. Tighten them in a star pattern (think of drawing a star as you tighten each nut).
7. The Torque Moment: Here's the crucial step! Consult your BMW owner's manual for the exact torque specification for your specific model year.

• Attach the socket wrench to the lug nut and the torque wrench to the socket wrench.
• Slowly pull on the torque wrench until it clicks, indicating that the lug nut has reached the desired torque.
• Move on to the next lug nut in the star pattern and repeat the process until all are torqued properly.

Lower Your BMW and Double-Check: Carefully lower your BMW using the jack. Once the car is firmly on the ground, re-check the tightness of all the lug nuts using the lug wrench (just to be safe!).

Remember:

• If you're unsure about any aspect of lug nut torque or feel uncomfortable performing the task yourself, consult a qualified mechanic.
• Always refer to your BMW's owner's manual for the exact lug nut torque specs before working on your vehicle.

By understanding BMW lug nut torque specs and using the proper tools and techniques, you can ensure a safe and enjoyable driving experience.