[ade555]

I need to get set of TPMS sensors to work with BMW F36 anyone can recommend something?

[Pentland]

I could search eBay for you if you can’t be bothered

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by ade555

I need to get set of TPMS sensors to work with BMW F36 anyone can recommend something?

Either OEM or the sets on eBay/Amazon, they're very much the same when it comes to aftermarket ones

It'll take 30seconds of your time to find a set

[ade555]

Not that I can't be bothered but have you ever ordered something and wished you asked someone first 😉, there is aftermarket and then there is shit aftermarket if you know what I mean, so did wonder if someone come a cross something that knows is working fine, Thanks for all the helpfull replys so far.

[ade555]

Further to this you can see two different types, both compatible with 4 series

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CDWTPS-3610.../dp/B08J7M9JQ2

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pressure-36.../dp/B0BRTG69GF

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by ade555

Further to this you can see two different types, both compatible with 4 series

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CDWTPS-3610.../dp/B08J7M9JQ2

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pressure-36.../dp/B0BRTG69GF

Just messaged my pal; it's these he's running on his 235i

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374372605...Bk9SR-D2yKLhYQ

Said they've been faultless and connected with the iDrive as they should etc

[ade555]

danb1979

Thank you for this link, will order a set 👍

[TurboWeasel]

I went with the Continental/VDO ones from AutoDoc which were £25 each I think. They are exactly the same as the BMW ones that came out, sans the BMW logo. Local stealer wanted £95 each for them. Erm yeah, no thanks.

They just worked. Didn't need to do any coding or anything, but the 1 - 100% calibration process takes aaaaaaaages.

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by TurboWeasel

I went with the Continental/VDO ones from AutoDoc which were £25 each I think. They are exactly the same as the BMW ones that came out, sans the BMW logo. Local stealer wanted £95 each for them. Erm yeah, no thanks.

They just worked. Didn't need to do any coding or anything, but the 1 - 100% calibration process takes aaaaaaaages.

VDO are the OEM brand IIRC

And re the calibration process; I found driving at speed really slows the progress down. But travel slowly for a few mins, it flies through the process

[TurboWeasel]

Originally Posted by danb1979

VDO are the OEM brand IIRC

And re the calibration process; I found driving at speed really slows the progress down. But travel slowly for a few mins, it flies through the process

They are indeed. I think Continental have bought or merged with VDO. I've noticed Continental selling all sorts of things lately. Cambelt kits, Water pumps, Turbos, electronics et al! They're clearly not content just selling shoes for cars anymore!

Thanks for that, I'll know for next time..... in 6-7 years

[ade555]

TurboWeasel That cheap set from ebay will work for me is for a spare set of wheels but £25 each from Autodoc is not bad, hows the delivery from them nowday?

[TurboWeasel]

Originally Posted by ade555

TurboWeasel That cheap set from ebay will work for me is for a spare set of wheels but £25 each from Autodoc is not bad, hows the delivery from them nowday?

Yeah they're not the quickest with shipping, 7-10 days on average, depending on stock levels in their warehouse. The way I see it is, if you're planning a job in the near future and the parts aren't urgent, the wait is no biggie

I know their mobile app is annoying and they spam you constantly, but it can work to your advantage.

For example - I put an entire brake job into my AutoDoc basket. 370mm & 345mm discs, all pads, handbrake shoes, all fitting kits, wear sensors etc etc, which sat at around £900 for all ATE stuff, which is the OE stuff BMW use.

Left it all sitting there whilst I did a final check online to find the best price possible, and within an hour I got "You've forgotten something in your basket, here's free shipping".

Forgot about it and went home. In the morning, I got "Action now to get 41% off". I thought, yeah yeah, what evs. I tapped on it, and sure enough, my basket total dropped to £740ish! The pricing was already -27% orginally, so they lopped another 14% off just for waiting.

So yeah, a complete M sport brake job for £740 using OEM parts seemed like a deal to me, so I pulled the trigger.

A nice little job for late spring

[danb1979]

Originally Posted by TurboWeasel

Yeah they're not the quickest with shipping, 7-10 days on average, depending on stock levels in their warehouse. The way I see it is, if you're planning a job in the near future and the parts aren't urgent, the wait is no biggie

I know their mobile app is annoying and they spam you constantly, but it can work to your advantage.

For example - I put an entire brake job into my AutoDoc basket. 370mm & 345mm discs, all pads, handbrake shoes, all fitting kits, wear sensors etc etc, which sat at around £900 for all ATE stuff, which is the OE stuff BMW use.

Left it all sitting there whilst I did a final check online to find the best price possible, and within an hour I got "You've forgotten something in your basket, here's free shipping".

Forgot about it and went home. In the morning, I got "Action now to get 41% off". I thought, yeah yeah, what evs. I tapped on it, and sure enough, my basket total dropped to £740ish! The pricing was already -27% orginally, so they lopped another 14% off just for waiting.

So yeah, a complete M sport brake job for £740 using OEM parts seemed like a deal to me, so I pulled the trigger.

A nice little job for late spring

Yup. If you're not desperate for parts, Autodoc are very hard to beat...

And they've always got good prices on OEM parts from Jurid, Textar, ATE, TRW and Lemforder etc.

However. They're not always the cheapest. C3BMW and BMWmotormec here in the UK can be really good...its all about timing etc