Tesla Model 3 — Bolt Pattern & Wheel Fitment
Bolt pattern 5x114.3 (5x4.5). Specs by generation below.
2024-present Refresh ("Highland")
| Bolt pattern | 5x114.3 (5x4.5) |
|---|---|
| Center bore | 64.1 mm |
| Thread pitch | M14x1.5 |
| Lug torque | 129 lb-ft |
| OEM wheel sizes | 18 x 8.5J, 19 x 8.5J, 20 x 9.0J (front), 20 x 10.0J (rear) |
| OEM offset | staggered |
| OEM tire sizes | 235/45R18, 235/40R19, 235/35R20 (front), 275/30R20 (rear) |
TORQUE IS SOLID: 129 lb-ft (175 Nm) with a 21 mm socket, quoted verbatim from Tesla's own 2024+ owner's manual and independently reproduced in the UK (en_gb) edition of the same manual. I re-read both myself rather than trusting the prior researcher. NOT OEM-CONFIRMED, hence verified:false: boltPattern (5x114.3), boltPatternIn (5x4.5), centerBore (64.1 mm) and threadPitch (M14x1.5). I did not merely spot-check for these — Tesla's documentation sites expose a machine-readable index.json carrying the complete body text of every page, and I full-text searched roughly 10 MB of Tesla-authored prose (both US owner's-manual editions, seven European locales, and the entire 2017-2023 factory service manual). There are ZERO occurrences of "114.3", "bolt pattern", "bolt circle", "PCD", "pitch circle", "M14x", "center bore", "centre bore", "hub bore" or "64.1" anywhere; the word "thread" does not appear even once in either US owner's manual. Those four values are therefore aftermarket consensus carried as candidates only and MUST NOT be rendered as verified. What IS OEM-confirmed about the pattern is only the lug COUNT: the service manual repeatedly says "lug nuts (x5)" and "wheel studs", so Model 3 is a 5-lug, stud-and-nut (not bolt) design — the 114.3 mm bolt circle is the unconfirmed part. The manual's "21 mm" is an across-flats socket size, not a thread spec: consistent with M14x1.5 but not proof of it. HIGHLAND DID CHANGE WHEEL SPECS vs 2017-2023, so do not carry the older numbers forward: 18" and 19" offset moved ET40 -> ET38, and the 20" went from a square 9.0J ET34 / 235/35R20 setup to a genuinely STAGGERED setup — 20 x 9.0J ET34 with 235/35R20 front, 20 x 10.0J ET45 with 275/30R20 rear. oemOffset is reported as the sentinel "staggered"; per-wheel values are 38 (18"), 38 (19"), 34 front / 45 rear (20"). The staggered 20" is the Performance fitment: front and rear wheels are NOT interchangeable and cannot be cross-rotated. Tesla ships no spare wheel ("spare wheel"/"spare tire" returns zero hits in the service manual) and publishes no separate steel-wheel torque, so one figure covers all factory wheels — the 18" is an alloy wheel wearing a removable aero cover, not a steel wheel, and torque is unchanged with the cover off. Fitment procedure from Tesla's own service manual (2017-2023 text, but the fastener design is unchanged): loosen with hand tools only, use a 6-point socket (explicitly NOT a 12-point or specialty socket), tighten in two stages — an initial torque with the vehicle raised, then final torque with the vehicle lowered — always in a criss-cross star pattern. CORRECTION to the prior researcher: they stated no 2024+ service manual exists. More precisely, it is not publicly reachable — Tesla's server answers 2024+/Highland service-manual paths with "You do not have access to this file" (a gate), whereas the 2017-2023 manual is served openly. Absence of public access is not proof of nonexistence, so this generation rests on the owner's manual (two locales) rather than on a second, independent document type.
2017-2023 1st gen (pre-refresh)
| Bolt pattern | 5x114.3 (5x4.5) |
|---|---|
| Center bore | 64.1 mm |
| Thread pitch | M14x1.5 |
| Lug torque | 129 lb-ft |
| OEM wheel sizes | 18 x 8.5J, 19 x 8.5J, 20 x 9.0J |
| OEM offset | 34-40 mm |
| OEM tire sizes | 235/45R18, 235/40R19, 235/35R20 |
TORQUE IS THE STRONGEST DATUM HERE — I independently confirmed 129 lb-ft (175 Nm) / 21 mm socket in FOUR separate Tesla-authored places: the 2017-2023 owner's manual (US), the same manual's UK and EU-English editions, the factory service manual's Technical Data > Wheels table, and (a source the first researcher missed) the service manual's 3401 Wheel Assembly (Remove and Install) procedure, which states "175 Nm (129.1 lbs-ft)" at the point of use. I also checked for a contradicting figure: across the entire service manual, the ONLY lug-related torque value that appears anywhere is 175 Nm. Tesla ships no spare wheel ("spare wheel"/"spare tire" = zero hits in the full service manual text) and publishes no separate steel-wheel torque, so a single figure covers all factory wheels; the 18" Aero is an alloy wheel with a removable plastic cover, not a steel wheel. NOT OEM-CONFIRMED, hence verified:false: boltPattern (5x114.3), boltPatternIn (5x4.5), centerBore (64.1 mm) and threadPitch (M14x1.5). I established this far more rigorously than by spot-checking pages: Tesla's doc sites expose an index.json containing the full body text of every page, and I searched ~10 MB of it (both US owner's-manual editions, seven European locales, and the complete 2017-2023 service manual, 8.4 MB on its own, after first validating that the bodytext field really was populated). ZERO occurrences of "114.3", "bolt pattern", "bolt circle", "PCD", "pitch circle", "M14x", "center bore", "centre bore", "hub bore" or "64.1". Tesla simply does not publish a bolt circle, centre bore or thread spec for this car. What IS OEM-confirmed is the lug COUNT and fastener type: "lug nuts (x5)" on "wheel studs" — a 5-lug stud-and-nut design. The 21 mm socket is across-flats and does not establish thread pitch. Do not render those four values as verified. OEM-vs-OEM CONFLICT ON THE 20" WHEEL, now partially resolved: the owner's manual says 20" is Front/Rear 9.0 wide at ET34, while the service manual says 20" is 8.5 at ET40 (non-Performance brakes) or 8.5 at ET35 (Performance brakes). The first researcher left this at "no winner". My added locale checks tip it: the 9.0 / ET34 figure is reproduced identically in three independent owner's-manual editions (en_us, en_gb, en_eu), against a single service-manual table whose 20" rows both repeat the 8.5 width used by the 18" and 19" rows — a pattern consistent with a copy-down error in Tesla's table. Treat 9.0 / ET34 as the better-supported factory figure, but still surface the conflict and tell owners to verify 20" width and offset on the wheel itself before buying. The 18" and 19" figures (8.5 / ET40) agree in both documents and are trustworthy. SAFETY CAUTION FROM TESLA, missed by the first researcher and worth surfacing on the site verbatim: "Do not install base wheels onto vehicles with performance brakes, or install performance wheels onto vehicles with base brakes. Base and performance wheels have different offsets to accommodate base and performance brakes." So within this single generation Tesla itself documents two different offsets tied to the brake package — a base-brake wheel can foul performance calipers and vice versa. Fitment procedure per Tesla: loosen with hand tools only (power tools only after the nuts are already loose), use a 6-point socket and explicitly NOT a 12-point or specialty socket, tighten in two stages — initial torque raised, final torque lowered — always criss-cross star pattern. oemOffset "34-40" spans the documented factory fitments (ET40 for 18"/19", ET34 for 20"; the service manual's ET35 Performance-brake value also falls inside this range). All 2017-2023 fitments are square — no staggering; the staggered 20" arrived only with the 2024 Highland refresh. Other caveats: Tesla notes the 19" was "not available in Canada/Mexico as of approximately April 2023"; and Tesla's online manuals are living documents, not archived as-built books, so an early-build 2017/2018 car's original printed manual was not cross-checked.
Tesla Model 3 bolt pattern — frequently asked
What is the Tesla Model 3 bolt pattern?
5x114.3, which is 5x4.5 in inches, on every Model 3 generation in our database (2017–present).
Do all Model 3 model years have the same bolt pattern?
Yes, across 2017–present: 5x114.3. Years outside 2017–present are not in our database and are not covered by this answer.
Is 5x114.3 the same as 5x4.5?
Yes. 5x114.3 is the metric notation and 5x4.5 the inch notation of the same bolt pattern (114.3 mm ÷ 25.4).
Will 5x115 (5x4.53) wheels fit a Model 3?
No. The Model 3 is 5x114.3; 5x115 is 0.7 mm larger and not interchangeable — the two are so close a tape measure cannot tell them apart, which is exactly why they get mixed up.
Will 5x112 (5x4.41) wheels fit a Model 3?
No. The Model 3 is 5x114.3; 5x112 is 2.3 mm smaller and not interchangeable.
Will 5x110 (5x4.33) wheels fit a Model 3?
No. The Model 3 is 5x114.3; 5x110 is 4.3 mm smaller and not interchangeable.
Will 5x120 (5x4.72) wheels fit a Model 3?
No. The Model 3 is 5x114.3; 5x120 is 5.7 mm larger and not interchangeable.
Which other vehicles use the same 5x114.3 bolt pattern as the Model 3?
In our database: Ford Mustang, Honda Accord, Ford Explorer, Honda Civic, Honda CR-V, Toyota Camry, Toyota RAV4, Toyota Highlander, Tesla Model Y, Subaru Outback, Subaru Forester, Nissan Altima. Same pattern is not the same wheel — center bore and stud thread still have to match; see the 5x114.3 pattern page.
What is the lug nut torque for a Tesla Model 3?
2024-present: 129 lb-ft; 2017-2023: 129 lb-ft. Use a torque wrench and the manufacturer figure for your exact year; aftermarket wheels may specify their own.
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