amoney805

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I'm getting ready to buy some rims but I've heard there's issues getting aftermarket sensors to work, so for those with aftermarket wheels did you swap in stock sensors or purchase new ones? And any problems getting them programmed? Did you have to go to the dealer?

I've been looking at sewell, has anyone tried those?

bucanero

I just had the stock ones removed and put on the new tires. No issue there, being in south texas, no real need for a winter set!

amoney805

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Good to know. So the tire shop reprogrammed them?

bucanero

Just went to discount tire, told them I wanted the nitto invos mounted on the enkei wheels and keep the same TPMS sensors off the stock wheels and that was it. Don't know if they had to reprogram them or not. They threw a whole sch-peel about how it would be best to get new ones and blah blah blah, but I told them I wasn't interested and they went ahead and did it. No problems with that since. When I started the car up, before leaving the lot, I checked on the tachometer and TPMS was up and running like normal.

amoney805

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How much were the invos if you don't mind me asking.

bucanero

$180 per for 235/35-19
$223 per for 265/30-19

IS350S2K

I bought another oem tpms set from sewell and put them on the new wheels. Used ateq quickset to swap codes. Works great.

jaznraz

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Are the OEM TPMS $120 each? What is the ateq quickset?

What happens if you don't run TPMS? Does the dash light blink at start up and then eventually stay lit?

4TehNguyen

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you dont need to reprogram them, car doesnt know the difference between the old wheels and new ones

jaznraz

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Is that the case if you have two sets of TPMS - one for winter setup and one for summer setup?

jhs82

You can only run one set of sensors. If you have two sets of wheels, both with their own sensors, you'll have to get them reprogrammed when changing the wheels.

amoney805

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so having one set of sensors would be the best way to go? Just swap them out if you have a winter set?

IS350S2K

I think they were around $80 something each. I wanted to be able to switch wheels without having to swap sensors. The ateq quickset is a tool that plugs into the obd port and contains your tpms IDs. I really dislike looking at the tpms dummy light.

jhs82

That means you have to remove the tire from the rim every time you change wheels.
The TPMS sensor is mounted on the inside of the rim, at the end of the valve.

Easier, and probably cheaper, to go with two sets of sensors, and reprogram when changing Wheels.

4TehNguyen

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yea if you are in an area which you need a winter set of wheels, get another set of TPMS programmed for those and youll be able to swap wheels with minimal hassle between seasons. I though the car can recognize two sets of TPMS, so you dont you have to reprogram it each time?