M5 tool kit contents? I have no lug wrench - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

brettcoon · 20th May 2001, 21:00

My dealer was kind enough to toss in a set of wheel locks (i.e. specially keyed lugnuts) with my M5. I wanted to install them this weekend, but realized I don't have a lug wrench that fits the M5 lug nuts. That's when I noticed the empty areas in the toolkit under the trunk lid.

What tools should be included there? I can see the place where a lugwrench would go, but it's empty. I was also thinking the M5 included some traffic triangles or something like that to alert oncoming traffic when your car is by the side of the road. I don't have anything of the sort, though there's a large rectangular empty area in the tool kit that I suspect might be where traffic markers would go. Am I missing some stuff?

-Brett

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2001 M5 - Royal Red w/ black sport interior

lear · 20th May 2001, 21:18

You don't get the lug wrench b/c there is no spare. I guess you will have to borrow one from the service folks or have them throw them on at the 1200 mile checkup. No triangle for those in the US b/c the gov. does not require them. I went and bought the wrench for the spare I threw in the back, it was only $10 or something like that. I also picked up a triangle while in England. There is a difference in the toolkit for 2000 and 2001 so if you order a triangle from somehwere like Bekkers, www.bekkers.com make sure you get the right one. I will look at the kit next time I go out and see what else I may have bought. Do a search for missing tools as well, I do belive we have talked about the empty toolkit before!!
Happy Driving.

brettcoon · 20th May 2001, 21:33

OK, I did what I should have done before posting, and searched for past threads on the subject. Looks like I'm off to Bekkers to order some stuff.

Thanks for the response, lear.

-Brett

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Brett Coon - brett@transmeta.com - www.cheesepipe.com
2001 M5 - Royal Red w/ black sport interior

lear · 20th May 2001, 23:22

No problem, welcome to the club!