Cracked wheels on E89

[Smartbear]

You need to transfer or purchase new tpms units to the wheels you are buying (if your car actually uses them)
Rob

Yes I was interested how successful people had been in transferring them..as this could be significant amount on top of the wheels..
Rob

My September 2013 lci car has normal valves & uses the abs reluctor rings for the tyre pressure warning system, so I’ve no experience of changing the sensors over.
Rob

[Smartbear]

clarker63....No spacers used and although mine is an LCI car it was not fitted with any TPMS sensors

that helps a little as all the costs can add up - there's a lot of things to consider when choosing the right wheel, so its great to see what people have on theirs..

19” Veemann wheels fitted to my zed

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Rob

[Argyll Andy]

I got rid of mine during lockdown due to cracking, and replaced them with some M5 replicas from Avant garde

Nice, I've been considering something similar for mine and liked those. Some questions - did they fit without spacers, and did you manage to re-use the TPMS sensors (and if not where did you find them)?

Rob, I thought about reusing my original ones but instead I bought these new genuine BMW ones for my new wheels and they worked straight away without me having to do anything other than initialise TMPS on iDrive

Price was good and the guy was great to deal with and I had a query on a Sunday and he was back to me within 10 minutes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-Gen-new-T ... 2749.l2649

Andy

[Nictrix]

You need to transfer or purchase new tpms units to the wheels you are buying (if your car actually uses them)
Rob

Yes I was interested how successful people had been in transferring them..as this could be significant amount on top of the wheels..
Rob

Im sure you can purchase a kit to reuse the old sensors in new wheels, I think it is basically new seals for the valves.

[clarker63]

Rob, I thought about reusing my original ones but instead I bought these new genuine BMW ones for my new wheels and they worked straight away without me having to do anything other than initialise TMPS on iDrive

Price was good and the guy was great to deal with and I had a query on a Sunday and he was back to me within 10 minutes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-Gen-new-T ... 2749.l2649

Andy

Useful, thanks Andy. I originally saw £100 per wheel which would have been too much. I'm also contemplating having two sets of wheels, and refurbing the old ones (I still like the look of them), and deciding which replacement ones to go for takes some time!
Rob

[Stevo1987]

Rob, I thought about reusing my original ones but instead I bought these new genuine BMW ones for my new wheels and they worked straight away without me having to do anything other than initialise TMPS on iDrive

Price was good and the guy was great to deal with and I had a query on a Sunday and he was back to me within 10 minutes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-Gen-new-T ... 2749.l2649

Andy

Useful, thanks Andy. I originally saw £100 per wheel which would have been too much. I'm also contemplating having two sets of wheels, and refurbing the old ones (I still like the look of them), and deciding which replacement ones to go for takes some time!
Rob

I find with having two sets of wheels one set just sits there doing nothing but take up space. Well, it did for me with a previous car.

[Argyll Andy]

You need to transfer or purchase new tpms units to the wheels you are buying (if your car actually uses them)
Rob

Yes I was interested how successful people had been in transferring them..as this could be significant amount on top of the wheels..
Rob

Im sure you can purchase a kit to reuse the old sensors in new wheels, I think it is basically new seals for the valves.

That was actually my query with my new ones, there were no crush washers or seals with them and he said the genuine BMW ones didn’t have any.

On that basis I’d presume if you were going to reuse existing ones it’d just be a case of removing from old wheels then reinstalling as is.

[Mojito]

HI,
I've just ditched my runflats for PS4s and as car is just over 5 years old decided to fit new TMPS sensors. The sensors are sealed units and my research indicated that batteries last between 5/8 years. Seemed silly not to accept the additional cost now as knowing my luck, a battery would die a week after changing tyres
Like Andy I purchased original BMW replacements through Ebay for just under £120 the set. As it happens my usual garage had trouble removing two of the old ones and had to resort to cutting stems off them

[Busterboo]

19” Veemann wheels fitted to my zed
Rob

A handsome car and good looking wheels, Rob. But I've got thicker tyres on my bike.

[Smartbear]

19” Veemann wheels fitted to my zed
Rob

A handsome car and good looking wheels, Rob. But I've got thicker tyres on my bike.

Yes, i can feel the difference compared to my 17’s!
Rob