Wheel - Size/Configuration

Group 36
Wheels and Tires

Bulletin Number
36 02 96

Woodcliff Lake, NJ
February 1996
Product Engineering

SUBJECT:
Wheel Configuration

MODELS:
All

Situation:
The center hub diameter of the wheels used on E39 models is 74 mm, which is larger than the 72.5 mm center hub diameter used on other BMW models.

Wheels from other BMW models will not fit over the E39 hub, and therefore cannot be installed. Conversely, wheels from E39 models will fit over the hub of other BMW models, but they will not properly center, and therefore must not be installed.