TPMS or not?

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May 3, 2008 | 07:41 AM

TAJARO

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My Ride: 2007 550i, Mystic Blue over Auburn, 6-Manual, Sports, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Nav, Sirius, MTec Front & Sides with M5 rear apron, VIS Penta carbon fiber vented hood, OEM M166s, (or Style 101M with winter 19 Blizzaks), BMW Blue Calipers, Custom Quad Exhaust and M5 side grills, trunk finisher and spoiler. Rogue Octane SSK/WSR and Zeckhausen CDV, BMW illuminated shift knob, Delivered 4/26/06 - Ordered 3/18/06 from Otto's (the Best) BMW Dealership.

I have an '07 550i sport with staggered 18" 124s and runflat Bridgestones. I drive the car every day on 26 miles of twisty, hilly country roads. Amazingly I have no complaints of the tires and after 17k it appears there's at least another 17k of tread (however doubtful that seems).

Question is- If I upgrade to other rims and tires- must I keep TPMS (which I frankly think is useless as it's caused more problems and resets than I need).

Can I choose to activate or de-activate it without visiting the dealer?

Thanks-

May 3, 2008 | 08:39 AM

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My Ride: Make: BMW Model: 525i Exterior Color: Alpine White Interior Color: Beige Leather Trans: Steptronic Options Include: 205 Automatic Trans - Steptronic 6 spd 423 BMW Floor Mats ZPP Premium Package ZSP Sport Package

I am running without tpm right now, no problem at all, only thing is that I get the "TPM MALFUNCTION LIGHT"

May 3, 2008 | 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jochy69' post='573522' date='May 3 2008, 12:39 PM

I am running without tpm right now, no problem at all, only thing is that I get the "TPM MALFUNCTION LIGHT"

But that's what I mean- don't you have that light on all the time? Doesn't it interfere with iDrive and it's on your dashboard?

No way to turn it off?

May 4, 2008 | 12:41 PM

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it does not interfere with nothing all it is, is a warning triangle in the dash board that stay's on, but i'll learn to live with it until I change my tires, on the iDrive it only advice you when you first turn on the car then it goes away ill probably last from 5 to 10 sec.