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Originally Posted by fedinand
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BMW has been shifting some models to larger and stronger 14 X 1.25m (60deg. straight taper) instead of the older 12 X 1.5m thread pitch.
They started with the Mini and then they changed the following each year:
2007 - all X5s
2008 - all X6's
2009 - all 7 Series
2010 - all 5 Series
2011 - all X3's
It's part of a grand conspiracy to corner the world market on 1.25m pitch lug bolts! Once all the BMW models use 14 X 1.25m bolts, they will then switch to 15 X 1.6m bolts.