Front subframe bolts...same length or different?

[eight-0-eight]

Hi all,
I recently removed my front subframe on my 88 325 and was looking to replace the 4 main bolts with new ones. The ones that I removed were 2 different lengths however when looking up on RealOEM (#3 in the picture) as well as online, I only see them as 1 length for all 4.

I thought maybe somehow the previous owners mechanic replaced them with incorrect correct lengths or something so I ordered 4 of pn 07119905562 but then I saw this ebay posting that also showed 2 different sizes like mine and made me think that my originals are the correct length.

Has anyone experienced this or knows if the new ones I bought will work?

I haven't been able to test it with the new bolts because I have everything all masked off for painting and cleaning up the engine bay currently.

Here are the bolts that I removed (left) with the 4 new ones I bought:



Thank you!

[digger]

i seem to recall different sizes, but just check if the longer ones go where the shorter ones were without bottoming out

[ehrawn]

… when looking up on RealOEM (#3 in the picture) as well as online, I only see them as 1 length for all 4.

I thought maybe somehow the previous owners mechanic replaced them with incorrect correct lengths or something so I ordered 4 of pn 07119905562

1 of 2 things happened: a previous owner or shop just used what was available and made it work, or the factory did the same. Either way, BMW decided that 1 bolt, all the same pn was the “better” choice. Just used the referenced pn.

[Striker01]

My car has 2 different length bolts as well, shorter ones in the front holes.

[eight-0-eight]

Thank you all for the input!

I know I should have just tried them but I wasn't able to at the time as I was doing some painting and didn't want to delay it another week by having to reorder new bolts, etc.

Update though, I was finally able to get my refreshed subframe back on and the new longer bolts worked fine on all 4.