No TPMS ?

07outty · Oct 20, 2009, 09:24 AM

how many are running with no TPMS sensors in their after-market wheels ?

how annoying is driving with the "warning" always on ?

does the warning interfere with the other displays on the panel ?

thanks

lancer0220 · Oct 20, 2009, 09:34 AM

its annoying as ****, just swap the sensors into your new wheels and be done with it.

Taranis · Oct 20, 2009, 09:41 AM

All personal taste. I hate any light that is not supposed to be there (TPMS, CEL, etc), so it would bother me a lot. Some people are fine with putting electrical tape over it and forgetting about it.

To me it is worth the money to buy the sensors if needed, as A) there is no light, and B) your TPMS works as intended. =)

-Taranis

akj237 · Oct 20, 2009, 09:56 AM

Just go to tirerack.com and order TPMS from there. They're $37 a piece for the genuine Mitsu TPMS that came with the stock wheels. A lot cheaper than the $90 a piece the dealer wanted for the exact same thing.

lancer0220 · Oct 20, 2009, 10:46 AM

YOU DONT HAVE TO BUY any sensors just switch them over buying new ones means paying $85.00 to mitsubishi to reprogram them. the sensors just have to be swapped over to the new wheels its literally like screwing a nut onto a bolt...times 4.

akj237 · Oct 20, 2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lancer0220

YOU DONT HAVE TO BUY any sensors just switch them over buying new ones means paying $85.00 to mitsubishi to reprogram them. the sensors just have to be swapped over to the new wheels its literally like screwing a nut onto a bolt...times 4.

Yes, that is true. He can take them off the stock wheels and put them on the new wheels and not have a problem. However, if he is running two sets of wheels and tires like I am and doesn't want to see that damn light come on it's easier to have two sets of TPMS, one set of sensors for each set of wheels. I know most guys who have two sets of wheels and two sets of sensors are paying $85-$90 to have their sensors reprogrammed but my dealer is only charging my $25.

lancer0220 · Oct 20, 2009, 12:08 PM

seeing that he is in so. cal i doubt hes running 2 sets of wheels and if he is maybe only for the track definitely not for an entire season (winter) for most people dealers will charge $85+ which is what some people have to do where it snows for months.

akj237 · Oct 20, 2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lancer0220

seeing that he is in so. Cal i doubt hes running 2 sets of wheels and if he is maybe only for the track definitely not for an entire season (winter) for most people dealers will charge $85+ which is what some people have to do where it snows for months.

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suprPHREAK · Oct 20, 2009, 02:32 PM

Here is a question for anyone out there: how long do the TPMS sensors last? I thought I read somewhere to change whenever you change tires?

talentsearch301 · Oct 20, 2009, 04:44 PM

or you can buy the programer yourself and reset it yourself...easy as 123

Ladogaboy · Oct 20, 2009, 05:45 PM

I thought that the programmer used for the Mitsubishi TPMS is not available to the public and/or is cost prohibitive.

07outty · Oct 20, 2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 07outty

how many are running with no tpms sensors in their after-market wheels ?

How annoying is driving with the "warning" always on ?

Does the warning interfere with the other displays on the panel ?

Thanks

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Ladogaboy · Oct 20, 2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 07outty

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I am. Doesn't bother me at all. You can still toggle through all the warnings.

lancer0220 · Oct 21, 2009, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by suprPHREAK

Here is a question for anyone out there: how long do the TPMS sensors last? I thought I read somewhere to change whenever you change tires?

they last along time. 08 es has 55k miles , tpms still going strong went through NUMEROUS tire changes as that 08 es has ruined about 6 tires (road hazards), and a rim change from es wheels to gts/ra wheels.

my 09 gts has 33k miles tpms still workin ok just had a wheel change, no problems with my aftermarket wheels.

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Originally Posted by talentsearch301

or you can buy the programer yourself and reset it yourself...easy as 123

if only it was this easy. u think people would be going to the dealer and paying $85.00 every time if they could just buy a programmer at a decent price ?

C H · Oct 21, 2009, 09:42 AM

TPMS batteries are rated to last for 10 years. Someone needs to build a simulator to bypass these PITAs