I was wondering if any of you had found a solution to the annoying red lightthat glares at you when you don't have wheels that are compatible with TPMS? I know that you could build a "pipe bomb", but I was wondering if placing a set of the sensors in our spare tire would work?

I'm expecting my SSR Vienna Zweels to be arriving at the end of August. They are TPMS compatible, but I would like to place the sensors in the spare since my winter wheels doesn't have the sensors. So, this would take care of both sets of wheels with one easy solution (if it works). Thanks in advance.

 

search. it's been discussed a lot. I gave up on all the tricks because none seemed to work and put the sensors in my spare. It stayed on for about a day and than disappeared.

 

The pipe bomb method is good, I have mine for 7 months and no tire pressure light yet. Some of our members here in Hawaii have their sensor in their spare and no problem yet plus with the sensor inside you'll know if your spare tire is low.

 

also with 4 sensors in the spare if one goes bad we still have 3 other sensors to let us know if the spare goes flat

 

If one goes, you're out of luck cause your tpms light will be on and the screen on you dash will say "CAUTION".

 

How did you guys mount the TPMS to the inside of the spare rim? I was thinking of using double sided tape instead of purchasing the mounting bracket from Lexus. Did you inflate the psi to 60 as recommended for the spare tire?

 

If you put the sensors in the spare, don't forget they're there and mount the spare on the car if you have a flat. You will destroy the expensive sensors if you drive on the spare. Just a heads up.
-Will

 

Go to the tire shop and have them put the sensors inside... the pipe bomb method is much better unless you will never gonna have a flat tire.

 

There is a sensor in the spare tire as well.

My friend has a 2006 Toyota 4Runner & he discovered the TPMS light come on during a Snowboarding trip.

The weather changed cause the TPMS to read that the spare was low on air.

 

Only some vehicles have the spare tire sensor. The IS and GS doesn't have one. It uses compact spare tire.

 

That's a good point! Hopefully, I'll never have to use the spare tire.

 

I drove with the light on almost a year then decided to just toss it in the spare.

 

i think ill just stick with the pipe bomb method...just shove some cotton from an old pillow inside the pipe to eliminate the rattle of the sensors