Ok, so I'm getting some aftermarket wheels. Can the factory TPMS sensors be taken off my OEM wheels and installed on the new wheels? Is this difficult? Is it something a qualified tire installer can handle?
Ford TPMS w/ aftermarket wheels?
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Very easy to swap over the sensors, you will need new tire bands for whatever size wheel you got.
Ok, I have not found the reprogramming procedure in my manual. Is this something I can do? I would think most tire installers know how to do this. TPMS are pretty common nowdays.
Ford has a programming tool that they use. I'm sure its a common
one for the after market installer. I think if you keep the same location
i.e. front left, etc..you won't need a reset. my other cars were no problem, just dont mix them up;-)
Sidenote:
If putting on a pair of wheels without TPMS sensors, all you have is the Dash Warning Light, correct? Or will the thing be beeping on you?
I need to swap to my stockers for a cold-weather trip...
If putting on a pair of wheels without TPMS sensors, all you have is the Dash Warning Light, correct? Or will the thing be beeping on you?
I need to swap to my stockers for a cold-weather trip...
Just the light and the read out on the dash which you can clear with the reset button. I dont run any sensors in my wheels and have just learned to not notice the icon.
Ok, so this is not a big deal, then. Sorry... I'm new to TPMS sensors. My Vette doesn't have them b/c the C5 Z06 didn't come with that option. My wife's Yukon has them, but who cares? LOL
If I don't need 'em, then I am not going to bother running them. The icon will not bother me, as long as it is not a code that will trigger some sort of limp setting if it stays lit for an extended period of time.
It's a neat feature on these new cars, I guess, but hot-rodders like us really do not need them at all b/c we typically check things like this at regular intervals.
skyhigh...please clarify that this code is not a problem wrt performance of any kind. Thanks!
it will not trip or cut back performance at all
however, IMO if you have them use them....you never know what
could happen on the road..especially having expensive wheels..
I caught a slow leak before leaving on a roadtrip and might have been a blowout later on with the sensors.
One distant consideration, if anything ever happened to your car and worse case, it was a complete loss, your insurance company will crawl all over that car and if they find you've removed a OEM installed safety device, you can bet they will be looking into not paying the claim.
One distant consideration, if anything ever happened to your car and worse case, it was a complete loss, your insurance company will crawl all over that car and if they find you've removed a OEM installed safety device, you can bet they will be looking into not paying the claim.
Sorry missed this thread, I have 1300 miles with no TPMS in my car and a KB I zero performance issues:lol1: Even if I would have ran the sensors in my car I would be setting them off all of the time anyway. I only run 20psi in the rear tires and the difference to the front would set them off. Sorry but IMO I have never needed a sensor to tell me a tire was low in the past and dont see a reason for it now.
Why am I reading "Tire Pressure Sensor Failure" again? :cuss:
I hate this sh!t!
Let us cut it off big brother.:bowdown:
Im all for this nanny crap on anything a woman will drive but damn, not this car.:bored:
I hate this sh!t!
Let us cut it off big brother.:bowdown:
Im all for this nanny crap on anything a woman will drive but damn, not this car.:bored:
Given that I'll be running a DR full-time on this car once I get the new wheels, I was thinking the same thing. I usually run a little more than 20psi on the street, but still... I bet the delta b/w front/rear is significant enough to throw the code. If that's the case, there is no reason to buy new sensors.
Thanks for all the informative replies!
You will have the lovely "Low pressure" reading with anthing under 30psi from my exp.:mj:
Just get use to the reset button.:bash:
You can get the programer from Steeda, here's the link if you want to check it out. Tire Pressure System Programming Tool - '07-'09 Ford Mustang
What kind of rear tires do you have that you only run 20#? DRs?
I know a couple guys that take the sensors put them in a sealed PVC pipe and pump it with 30# of air and put it in their trunk. Lights gone.
MT's 305/35/18, I have seen that before but I have also heard that it doesnt work due to the sensor need to rotate to work other wise they go into a sleep mode? I have never talked to anyone that had first hand exp. with that set up. So you now for a fact that it does work?
you could be correct, I never heard back from them if that failed. I'll check around and see if what I can find out.
I can't see how since the rpm's are a big factor:shrug:
is this thing a PITA to use
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