today in the morning my tire pressure light came on, and what i usually do is go to my garage where my stock wheels are and as i get close the light will go off. with the new pair of wheels the light does not want to go away. i took 2 of the wheels out of the garage and placed them next to the wheels with the car on, the light is still on.. can anyone help ?

 

so if i understand you right, you put aftermarket rims on? so your TPMS isnt picking up the sensors cause there not around the car lol. well the only thing i can think of is to put all your sensors in the spare tire and set it at 35psi lol just hope you dont ever have to use the spare lol.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if they stock wheels are not picking up or rather they are but are not reading correctly due to the fact that the wheels are not mounted so there is no load on the actual wheel.

In short the sensors work but the correct reading is not because no load from the car.

 

yeah but for the past 3 months when that light will go on i will approach the garage and the light will go off.
i need to try one more thing that might be causing it. the wheels that are in the garage might be low on air. i don't think that the wheels need to be mounted on because i was reading a few forms and some people were saying how there light is on, but they never checked the spare wheel that was causing the light to go off..its weird.

 

Thats a lot of work to do everyday to turn off an idiot light.

 

Do you know if TPM sensors were installed in the new wheels?? If you have been experiencing this problem for the past couple of months, presumably since you bought the wheels, I would venture to guess that the sensors were not installed or at least the if the sensors were installed, they're not sync'ed up properly with your car.

 

There must be some reason why he didnt move the sensors onto the new rim.

 

uh?? i have an idea! how 'bout you buy a set of TPMS sensors and have em installed on your aftermarket wheels??

if your new wheels are not TPMS compatible, you chose the wrong wheels.

it amazes me how many people have a $50K+ car and go cheap when modding. We pay for the options on the car people.......use them.

not to mention the safety factor.....

 

uhhhhhh... maybe your stocks are low on air so getting close to the stocks wont help! check your air pressure on your stock wheels!!!! remember your tires lose air after sitting around for awhile!

 

yeah, i am gonna do that tonight and soon install sensors on the 22s

 

got the light to go away i filled up air in all 4 wheels that were sitting in my garage....

 

If the wheels are or are not TPMS compatible, it doesn't generally mean that the wheel is the wrong application.

There are a few ways of fixing this:
1) Drill a hole in the rim and bolt the sensor up as if it would have been "compatible." This is still 100% safe.
2) Buy TPMS sensor adapters. In some cases, you still have to drill holes to get the adapter to seat properly and then attach the TPMS to that... which leads to another weak link if the adapter fails.
- They have 90 degree version and straight versions. Cost = $40-80+ for a set

 

Where can I get a set TPMS sensors for 40-80 bucks?

 

this should work great so long as you dont drive your car away from your garage LOL.....

 

Try re-reading it again.