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Gristy · Jun 27th, 2007, 08:57 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by choccy20 (original)

just put some R90 17 inch alloy wheels on my mini one with normal tyres on and a flashing orange light as appeared on the speedo. I took it to the local dealers and they informed me I have to have run flat tyres with these wheels as there is a sensor in the wheel which as detected I don't have run flats hence the flashing light. Is there any way of stopping this apart from changing my tyres to run flat

Was it a BMW dealer that told you this? - shame on them

Jun 27th, 2007, 08:57 PM	#6
Gristy AKA Alv My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Loughborough Local Time: 05:26 AM Posts: 1,818 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by choccy20 (original) just put some R90 17 inch alloy wheels on my mini one with normal tyres on and a flashing orange light as appeared on the speedo. I took it to the local dealers and they informed me I have to have run flat tyres with these wheels as there is a sensor in the wheel which as detected I don't have run flats hence the flashing light. Is there any way of stopping this apart from changing my tyres to run flat Was it a BMW dealer that told you this? - shame on them