are all OEM BMW E53 wheels interchangable with all years of E53?

[Qsilver7]

Originally Posted by JCL

Nope. You are talking about wrench size. I am talking about bolt size. WRT the above point, we were discussing all BMW OE wheels, not just E53 wheels.

If you look at your own chart, some wheels are designed for M12 bolts and some for M14 bolts. The 12 and 14 refer to the bolt diameter, not the wrench size. You may be able to get away with a bolt not designed for a certain wheel, but I wouldn't do it.

Sorry again for the confusion....in post #8...I'm only referring to the 2 different bolts used on the e53....and yes, for the entire BMW line...there are different bolt sizes depending on which BMW model you have (as per the chart).

But for the e53...there is a bolt with a 19mm head and one with a 17mm head...but the thread and length of the bolts are the same which you can see in the links to the part database. The only reason I brought up the wrench is...in case an e53 owner got into a scenario of picking up e53 wheels and ran into the 2 different e53 wheel bolts...that if they keep their original bolts...they can use their original wrench...plus still be able to use the e53 wheel even if it came off an e53 that had the other e53 wheel bolt. That's all.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Qsilver7

Sorry again for the confusion....in post #8...I'm only referring to the 2 different bolts used on the e53....and yes, for the entire BMW line...there are different bolt sizes depending on which BMW model you have (as per the chart).

In post #8 you referenced post #5 as "this issue," hence the confusion.