Lug Nuts

[brothfly]

Yesterday I had new tires put on. Cleaning my wheels this am I noticed I have black plain looking lug nuts. Looks odd for some reason.
Are they correct or should they be sliver.
I have the Msport Wheels.
Thanks

[Alan l.]

BMW for as long as I've had one always came with black lugs.

If you want silver lugs you can get them from ecstuning.com or if you really want something fancy go with Tikore Titanium lugs.

[brothfly]

Ok thanks. Just looked weird but I figured it was right.
Thanks

[cobra006]

A bit off topic, but what is the correct torque setting for the lug nuts on the X5 ? I'm trying to put a set of wheel locks on.

Thanks

[hamh]

if I remember it right, it should be 103ft-lbs

[cobra006]

Thanks. I just checked the manual, seems like it's actually 101 ft-lbs

[stewy604]

I actually prefer the black lugs over the chrome ones...but thats probably because I've nixed all the chrome on my F15 (except for the BMW roundels).

[hamh]

The interesting thing is, the manual said 101ft lb / 140nm, but if you try to convert 140nm to ft lb, it converts to 103ft lb

[cobra006]

Ha, that's interesting, I did not do the conversion.
I guess around 100 is what I'll go for.
Anyone own a decent torque wrench they can recommend ? Would something like this be sufficient ?

http://www.amazon.com/Capri-Tools-31...=torque+wrench