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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 02:47 AM
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im looking to put 19/18 wheels on my c5 but since tyre pressure sensor spares are not easily availabe in the UK can i run without them?
will the computer get messed up or is there a solution?
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 03:59 AM
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Alot of people run with out them, I dont know about computer issues!
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 04:08 AM
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I know alot of people run with no tire pressure sensors and have no probs. Try a search and u will find all the info u can read 4 a day. Laters
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 07:15 AM
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Not a problem. My street wheels have the tire sensors but my track wheels do not. Every so often I have to push the reset on the DIC - "Ser. tire Mon. Sys." message appears.

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