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[Michael]

[Al Canuck]

If you want to play with BMW's, or German cars in general, you will need a complete set of metric tools. If you on'y wanted to buy certain sizes, I would get:

7mm combo wrench
8mm combo wrench
10mm combo wrench
13mm combo wrench
17mm combo wrench
19mm combo wrench
22mm combo wrench

Those will get you going, although you may occasionally have a need for a 14mm, 15mm, and 24mm. Not often though. I still suggest buying a proper, complete tool set though.

Al

[MarkD in NJ]

I agree with Al - go with the most complete set of quality tools you can afford. 1/2"-drive metric socket set should cover most of the suspension nuts & bolts. Combo wrenches are good to hold the bolt while you turn the nut. 1/2"-drive breaker bar is good for breaking the old stuff free.

[Steve Haygood]

have to add a 12mm socket to remove any and all intake/exhaust nuts. Look on ebay or go to Home Depot/Sears/Lowes , you can find some decent tools at all those retailers these days

[tacm]

dont under any circumstances buy cheap tools......buy the best even if you have to put thgether your tool kit a few pieces at a time.......Steve

[napatransplant]

I found out the hard way just last week about buying poor quality tools. I bought a 104 piece "mechanics" tool set from wal-mart, thinking I'd never have to use it.

Wrong. I had both the 17mm and 18mm sockets bend and crack under nothing more than my 2 arm torque. I was mad for a minute, then I sat back and said, "well, you dumb bastard, you spent 15 bucks on a tool set, what did you expect?"

I then beat myself in the head with a 12 inch 38 drive extension, finished my beer, and watched saturday morning cartoons for the rest of the morning while I called a mobile mechanic to fix my sad state of affairs. I just got a brand new tool set from Home Depot with a lifetime guarantee. Cost me a bunch, but I'll never be stranded again.

Cheap tools suck.

[C.R. Krieger]

[QUOTE="napatransplant"]I found out the hard way just last week about buying poor quality tools. I bought a 104 piece "mechanics" tool set from wal-mart, thinking I'd never have to use it.

Wrong. I had both the 17mm and 18mm sockets bend and crack under nothing more than my 2 arm torque. I was mad for a minute, then I sat back and said, "well, you dumb bastard, you spent 15 bucks on a tool set, what did you expect?"

I then beat myself in the head with a 12 inch 38 drive extension, finished my beer, and watched saturday morning cartoons for the rest of the morning

Cheap tools suck.[/QUOTE]

ROTFLMAO! Well, at that rate, you trashed out ($15.00/104 pieces X two busted sockets) ... twenty-eight cents' worth of tools! Unless you bent that extension over your head ... %)

[Azure]

I bought a 104pc set from Home Depot (husky brand) for around $90. They seem to be pretty solid so far, except the three drivers that came with it are kinda flaky, I think the ratchets in them are plastic, cause they don't like really fast movement and sometimes skip. Other than that though, they've held up pretty well so far!