tpms sensor question
02-09-2011, 11:27 AM
#11
6th Gear Member
Buy 4 band kits and swap the TPMS sensors into the new wheels. My local Ford dealership dismounted my stock tires from the stock rims, installed the band kits (that I bought for about $70 total) on the new wheels, swapped the sensors, mounted my new tires on the new rims, balanced all 4 and retrained the sensors for a whopping $39.
02-09-2011, 01:15 PM
#12
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 104
Not that I recommend this... but I had the same question a few months ago and there was another option I can into. If you look around on the net you will find people who used PVC pipe and created a container for the TPMS sensors that they could pressurize. Then you keep them in the trunk and the light stays off and does not track the tire pressure.
In the end I bought a new set completely because I wanted the option to go back to my stock wheels with out a lot of hassle.
In the end I bought a new set completely because I wanted the option to go back to my stock wheels with out a lot of hassle.
02-09-2011, 01:52 PM
#13
ok, thank for the help guys, I will end up getting at least my rims for americanmuscle.com
they have a kit, its a universal mounting bracket so the stock ones can be reused on a set of new rims.
they have a kit, its a universal mounting bracket so the stock ones can be reused on a set of new rims.
02-09-2011, 02:12 PM
#16
yeah, thats proablly what I will end up doing. that way I still can use my stock rims if I need to.
02-09-2011, 04:18 PM
#17
02-09-2011, 06:40 PM
#18
There is the tool to calibrate them? I thought there was just a reset procedure you go through as described in the owner's manual.
02-09-2011, 06:45 PM
#19
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: CT
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