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You are on to something here. So seems BMW wants to become Audi: the big 4 series grill + its funky A5 Like C pillar, this headlight design, And after all these years using a 5x120 bolt pattern, their sudden switch of all their new models to a 5x112 Pattern ��
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Always wondered if this was another "Decision" charge for the sake of change by the new management.
There is literally no reason for this, the support for 5x120 patterns are plenty.
If they really wanted to do something good, should've gone to 5x114.3 |
Theres plenty of reason for it, principally mass reduction of the wheel, brake disc, hub, and output shafts without compromise to the load demand requirements.
5x114.3 is actually imperial 5x4.5" and is less desirable than a true metric based PCD. |
Interesting. Does the pros outweighs the cons though? That is the question. Guess it differs depending on what we emphasize.
It's still peculiar that they decide to do this now after years of 5x120 |
What are the cons? This decision was made more than 10 years ago, first appeared in 2013 with the i3 and applied to every new BMW UKL, FAAR, and CLAR based model introduced since. |
Listed one of the cons in the previous post. Saying this was done in the name of weight saving while cranking out 3600lbs+ cars don't mean much.