run flat sensors

david.rowlands · 05-09-2008, 04:06 AM

this message is for anybody thinking of fitting normal tyres to a car running runflats, i just had my e92 coupe fitted with m6 wheels and people told me I would need the sensors on the wheel it appears BMW has 2 systems because i've fitted non run flats with no sensors or anything and i didn't get any run flat alarm, the sensors on euro spec cars must be in the hub itself as part of the ABS system. I think this coz one of the guys from the states told be he needed to take his sensors from the old rims to the new.

Bukabi · 05-09-2008, 08:04 AM

The US spec cars have individual rim sensors that tell which tyre is flat, where the "rest of the world" just tells that a tyre is flat.

At least this is what the tour guide at the Rosslyn plant in SA said.

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david.rowlands Enlisted Member 0 Rep 31 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wales , UK iTrader: (0)	run flat sensors this message is for anybody thinking of fitting normal tyres to a car running runflats, i just had my e92 coupe fitted with m6 wheels and people told me I would need the sensors on the wheel it appears BMW has 2 systems because i've fitted non run flats with no sensors or anything and i didn't get any run flat alarm, the sensors on euro spec cars must be in the hub itself as part of the ABS system. I think this coz one of the guys from the states told be he needed to take his sensors from the old rims to the new.
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Bukabi New Member 0 Rep 10 Posts Drives: BMW E60 520d Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Africa iTrader: (0)	The US spec cars have individual rim sensors that tell which tyre is flat, where the "rest of the world" just tells that a tyre is flat. At least this is what the tour guide at the Rosslyn plant in SA said.
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