Recommended Torque Values

Model	Trim	Years	Torque
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.
235I F22	18"BASE / M-SPORT	2014 - 2014	105 ft.-lbs.
2500/A /E3	4 DOOR / SEDAN	1971 - 1973	80 ft.-lbs.
2800 /E3	A/CS/CSA	1969 - 1973	80 ft.-lbs.
3.0 CS/CSI	E9	1973 - 1975	80 ft.-lbs.
3.0S/SI	E3	1973 - 1976	80 ft.-lbs.
318I	E30	1984 - 1985	80 ft.-lbs.
318I	2/4 DR / E30	1990 - 1998	90 ft.-lbs.
320I	E21	1977 - 1983	80 ft.-lbs.
320I	F30	2014 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
323I	15"BASE / E46	1998 - 2000	90 ft.-lbs.
325	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	E30	1988 - 1988	80 ft.-lbs.
325IC CONVERTBL	E30	1989 - 1992	90 ft.-lbs.
325IX	E30	1988 - 1991	80 ft.-lbs.
328	E36	1992 - 2011	90 ft.-lbs.
328	E36	2012 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
330	17"BASE / E90	2001 - 2006	90 ft.-lbs.
330	ALL	2018 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
335	17"BASE / E90	2007 - 2011	90 ft.-lbs.
335	ALL	2012 - 2016	105 ft.-lbs.
340	F30	2016 - 2018	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 - 2018	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 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
524TD /E28	14-INCH / ALL	1985 - 1986	80 ft.-lbs.
525	4 DOOR / TOURING	1989 - 2007	90 ft.-lbs.
528	14-INCH / CPE/SDN	1979 - 1988	80 ft.-lbs.
528I	15-INCH / CPE/SDN	1997 - 2016	90 ft.-lbs.
530I /E12	2/4 DR	1975 - 1978	80 ft.-lbs.
530I	TOURING	1994 - 2007	90 ft.-lbs.
533I /E28	14-INCH / CPE/SDN	1983 - 1984	80 ft.-lbs.
535/I/IS	15-INCH / E28	1985 - 1988	80 ft.-lbs.
535/I/IS	2/4 DR / 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	4 DOOR / SPORT	1994 - 1996	90 ft.-lbs.
540I	4 DOOR / SPORT	2017 - 2018	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	18"BASE / F12	2012 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
645CI CPE/CNVRT	19"OPT / E63	2004 - 2005	90 ft.-lbs.
650I CONVRTBLE	18"BASE / E64	2006 - 2006	105 ft.-lbs.
650I CONVRTBLE - STAGGERED	18"OPT / E64	2006 - 2006	90 ft.-lbs.
650I CONVRTBLE	18"BASE / F12	2007 - 2018	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 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
650I GRAN COUPE	19"BASE / F06	2013 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
650IX	18"BASE / F12	2012 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
733I	14-INCH / E23	1978 - 1984	80 ft.-lbs.
735	2/4 DR / E32	1985 - 1992	80 ft.-lbs.
740/I/IL	18-INCH / E38	1994 - 2001	90 ft.-lbs.
740I	18"BASE / G11	2011 - 2019	105 ft.-lbs.
745	18-INCH / E65	2002 - 2005	105 ft.-lbs.
750/I/IL	4 DOOR / E38	1988 - 1999	90 ft.-lbs.
750	20"BASE / G11	2006 - 2015	105 ft.-lbs.
750IL	16-INCH / E38	2000 - 2001	90 ft.-lbs.
760	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.
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.
M3	E30	1988 - 1991	80 ft.-lbs.
M3	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	18"BASE / F15 35I	2000 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
X6	19"BASE / XDRIVE 35I	2008 - 2018	105 ft.-lbs.
Z3	ROADSTER / 3.0I	1996 - 2002	90 ft.-lbs.
Z4	18-STGGR / M COUPE	2003 - 2018	90 ft.-lbs.
Z8 /E52	COUPE	2001 - 2003	90 ft.-lbs.

BMW Lug Nuts: Steering Response & Stability

Following lug nut torque specifications is crucial for all vehicles, including BMWs, for several reasons:

• Safety: Properly torqued lug nuts ensure that the wheels are securely attached to the vehicle. If the lug nuts are too loose, there's a risk of the wheel coming off while driving, leading to a potentially catastrophic accident. Conversely, over-torqued lug nuts can cause damage to the wheel studs or bolts, leading to potential failure over time.
• Prevents damage: Incorrect torque can lead to uneven pressure distribution on the wheel mounting surface, causing warping or damage to the brake rotor, wheel hub, or wheel itself. This can result in vibrations, noise, and premature wear of these components.
• Maintains warranty: Many vehicle warranties specify that proper maintenance, including wheel tightening procedures, must be followed. Failure to adhere to these specifications could void the warranty coverage for related repairs or damages.
• Preserves vehicle performance: Properly torqued wheels ensure that the vehicle's handling characteristics remain as designed. Loose wheels can affect steering response, stability, and overall driving dynamics.
• Prevents liability issues: If a wheel-related accident occurs due to improperly torqued lug nuts, it can lead to legal liabilities for the vehicle owner or service provider responsible for the maintenance.

For these reasons, it's essential to always adhere to the manufacturer's recommended torque specifications when tightening lug nuts on a BMW or any other vehicle.