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Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:18 am

Hello guys.
I nnes some sleeved nuts for the top mounts. What size thread are they if anyone knows? I've done a few quick searches. I'm guessing they are m12 x1.25p?

Many thanks.
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Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:28 am

thats top secret
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How someone can be such a boss-level trolling scrote and not get banned is beyond me.
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Willeh wrote:How someone can be such a boss-level trolling scrote and not get banned is beyond me.


whats the thread then?
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Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:40 am

Willeh wrote:How someone can be such a boss-level trolling scrote and not get banned is beyond me.
You and most of the forum mate...
dirtee-herbert wrote:Hello guys.
I nnes some sleeved nuts for the top mounts. What size thread are they if anyone knows? I've done a few quick searches. I'm guessing they are m12 x1.25p?

Many thanks.
Its m12 x 1.5 which is fine thread

You can find most thread sizes through realoem, the only time they would be different is if you were fitting aftermarket cheap parts
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Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:17 am

Its m12 x 1.5 which is fine thread

You can find most thread sizes through realoem, the only time they would be different is if you were fitting aftermarket cheap parts[/quote]

Thanks danthe. The top mounts came with m12x1.5 sleeved nuts and they don't fit my b8 shocks so I'm a tad stumped.
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:29 pm

ordered mine from bmw and they also didnt fit they gave me the course ones the w''kers

P/N: 32216769539

They dont fit or bmw messed up
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:57 pm

Doesn't sound too fun.
I ended up trailing around all my local shops including a bearing supplier and a specialist fixing supplier. No one could sort me out.

I've ended up getting some top hats machined and I'm using the nylock nuts that came with the shocks.
Looks like it will work fine.

You can purchase m12 x 1.25 threaded sleeve nuts off of ebay and online if you google search but they are a right rip off. :( and I have no idea iff the sleeve will be the right dia.

Hope you get sorted man
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dirtee-herbert wrote:Doesn't sound too fun.
I ended up trailing around all my local shops including a bearing supplier and a specialist fixing supplier. No one could sort me out.

I've ended up getting some top hats machined and I'm using the nylock nuts that came with the shocks.
Looks like it will work fine.

You can purchase m12 x 1.25 threaded sleeve nuts off of ebay and online if you google search but they are a right rip off. :( and I have no idea iff the sleeve will be the right dia.

Hope you get sorted man

what nylock nuts did you you use?
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:19 am

They came on the shocks but I'm 95% sure they are m12 x 1.25p
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