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Offline Danbear79

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tyre valves
« on: November 17, 2014, 10:07:21 am »
Right guys. My gti has tyre pressure monitor style valves. I'm picking my new wheels up on Tuesday that don't have these valves, just the standard type. Obviously I'll have a warning light in the dash. Basically I'm asking what my options are? Do I have the tpm valves put on the new wheels, or can I delete the tpms via vagcom so I can just run standard valves without a light. Hopefully that's not too confusing

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Re: tyre valves
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2014, 10:14:04 am »
Isn't tyre pressure monitored via the ABS system?

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Re: tyre valves
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2014, 10:17:30 am »
See this is where I'm unsure. I always thought the abs picked up the signal from the valve. Please correct me if I'm wrong as I would like to know a definite answer

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Re: tyre valves
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2014, 10:22:02 am »
I have an 05 with stock wheels its done via the ABS.

http://www.my-gti.com/321/volkswagen-tyre-pressure-monitoring-system-tpms

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Re: tyre valves
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2014, 10:27:10 am »
Nice one buddy, thanks for the help

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Re: tyre valves
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2014, 10:33:43 am »
It doesn't work that well IMO. Had a new tyre fitted way to much pressure. It took 15km before the light came on.

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