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11-06-2017, 04:11 PM | #1 |
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TPMS question
I have a 2017 BRZ. I am about to buy a second set of wheels with winter rubber. I am thinking of getting them without TPMS. I just want to make sure of a couple of things:
1. The light blinks upon startup and then goes solid, right? I'm not looking at a blinking light for three months. 2. Once I put my stock wheels with sensors back on, the light should go off and all will be back to normal. Yes? |
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1) yes, but it blinks after you've traveled about 20 miles as a "warning". it does this every time you drive the car.
2) yes. |
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It doesn't blink or even appear to be on if you put a 3/4"square of black tape over it
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Thanks. I think I'll just forego the TPMS. Seems like a pain for wheels that are only on for three months.
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Half the time mine doesn't even come on when I have my summer set (with no tpms) on.
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https://www.amazon.com/ATEQ-QuickSet...dp/B008SCWXN4/ Or invest in this with family/friends and it is good almost forever. You just program the TPMS numbers off the sensor and reprogram your ECU. |
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For the first day or so I catch the light and think "Oh oh... oh ya" then when it goes off in the spring I think "something doesn't look right on my dash" for a day or two. In between I don't eve notice it.
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Those codes get pulled off the car's computer
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Keep one thing in mind, here in NY the car will not pass the safety inspection if the tpms sensors are not functioning properly. I have to put my summer wheels on when I go for the inspection then change them back again when I get home. Repair shops also will not put wheels on the car if there aren't sensors installed so I have to do it myself at home. When I got my winter tires mounted I went to three shops before I got one that would even do it, the first two wouldn't do it because it was obvious they were for my car because I had them in the back. The third did it because I went home and put the wheels and tires in my old Outback and brought them in to get it done, that car is an '06 so is before tpms was required.
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