Tires, Wheels, & Brakes Discussion about wheels, tires, and brakes for the new MINI.

Confused about run flat monitors

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 02-20-2008, 01:51 PM
yritchey's Avatar
yritchey
yritchey is offline
1st Gear
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Confused about run flat monitors

I have a 2007 S coupe with run flat tires. When the car came in they had summer tires on it which I did not order so they changed them to all-weather with rubber valve stems. My question is: Am I suppose to have metal valve stems that I keep hearing about on this site or am I O.K
 
  #2  
Old 02-20-2008, 03:12 PM
drewster's Avatar
drewster
drewster is offline
3rd Gear
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: wherever my R32 takes me
Posts: 276
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Quick answer, you're OK and have nothing to worry about.

How I came to this conclusion...
1) Your dealer either swapped all season tires for your summer tires and re-used the wheels your car came with.
2) Or your dealer swapped complete wheels with another that had all seasons.
3) You don't mention a tire pressure warning light being on so yours didn't come with the TPMS sensors that are part of the "metal" valve stems.
4) So you are fine.
Easy
 
  #3  
Old 02-20-2008, 06:01 PM
gnatster's Avatar
gnatster
gnatster is offline
6th Gear
iTrader: (6)
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3,952
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
What is the build date of your MINI?

MINI's parts books (well DVD) shows TPMS on all cars from 08/07 on.
 
  #4  
Old 02-22-2008, 08:47 AM
yritchey's Avatar
yritchey
yritchey is offline
1st Gear
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 17
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
They swapped wheels and tires.
No warning light.
Cannot find the build date but it was ordered 0n July 9,2007
Thank you for the response
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
igzekyativ
MINIs & Minis for Sale
34
07-16-2020 12:54 PM
Dieseldoctor
R55 :: Clubman Talk (2008+)
12
09-10-2015 04:48 PM
ltjpunk7
MINI Parts for Sale
2
09-06-2015 07:32 AM
TJANK
Countryman Wheels, Tires and Brakes
2
08-24-2015 06:11 PM
jziran
MINIs & Minis for Sale
0
08-24-2015 04:50 PM



Quick Reply: Confused about run flat monitors



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:33 AM.