Silver or yellow?
What color should the 3 strut top acorn nuts be?
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Silver/clear zinc with a thick washer underneath
Not that it is correct, but RealOEM shows an 8mm zinc hex nut and a wave washer.'
That's what was on my Bav when I removed the spacers. After cutting the studs off, I was not happy how they looked with the hex nuts and I replaced them with acorn nuts. Maybe everyone did?
That's what was on my Bav when I removed the spacers. After cutting the studs off, I was not happy how they looked with the hex nuts and I replaced them with acorn nuts. Maybe everyone did?
Strange, in the E9 Realoem it lists it as a cap nut part numbers 07119924417 and 61332306787
is it 4mm? I see a 1.6mm and a 4mm stainless washer on Belmetric. Is there a correct source?
I was looking at an E3 on Real (force of habit). Acorn nuts on E9 and hex nuts on E3. Strange but true. 
I bought 48 of them today
They are Chrome.
Same as valve cover nuts.
We carry 1/8 and 1/4 spacers to fit.
They are Chrome.
Same as valve cover nuts.
We carry 1/8 and 1/4 spacers to fit.
From Walloth description….
I don’t think they were ever chrome, bright anodized or bright chromate.
Confounded me for a long time- I have collected a bunch of the original ones.
Post a pic later today. Realistically, originals are likely not chrome. But the Zinc ones go to hell so quickly that I opted for chrome and bought the ones from Walloth. And they match the valve cover nuts and go well with the aluminum spacers I use.
No easy answers!
When I searched other sources, it always came back to chrome…
Post a pic later today. Realistically, originals are likely not chrome. But the Zinc ones go to hell so quickly that I opted for chrome and bought the ones from Walloth. And they match the valve cover nuts and go well with the aluminum spacers I use.
No easy answers!
When I searched other sources, it always came back to chrome…
Valve cover dome/cap nuts weren't chrome either. Here is our 01/70 2800 as found with 51K original miles with standard m8 nuts as Dick has shown.
2800 valve cover dome nuts.
FWIW, got chrome acorns and washers from Don a while back (thanks again!), love the look, especially if you has a strut bar.
Yeah that’s why I’m going with the satin stainless, the zinc just burns off over time in the engine compartment
I have three pics of Euro coupes, CS, CSi and early CSL, all have dome nuts and thick washer. All pics of US coupes I have use the dome nut and a thin washer. For MY 74 BMW switched to a standard M8 nut and thin washer. Last pic is my 73, same as the Malaga 73. I now think that euro coupes had the large spacer as they did not get the large spacer under the fender to raise bumper/headlight height for the US.
Yep- I took pics of the Euro cars in Bad Herrenalb. They had dome nuts.
Restored coupes don’t count lol.
My car also had that combo when I got it
my guess is that people put thick washers on when they removed the USA spacers and the bolts stuck up too high - so they put thick washers on so the cap nuts would work