So I have a set of wheels I'm going to mount 295/30-18 Hoosier A6's on and was wondering if I have to have the sensors for the TPMS in the wheels or not. I know I will have a light on while the wheels are on the car but does it effect the car at all? Doesn't put it into limp mode or something like that does it?
As far as I know, the only thing it does is give you the light. This is a safety system built in my the vehicle manufacture, not unlike your seat belt. We recommend that you keep the system in place.
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As far as I know, the only thing it does is give you the light. This is a safety system built in my the vehicle manufacture, not unlike your seat belt. We recommend that you keep the system in place.
Chances are that if he's running racing slicks, then the pressure will be below the trigger pressure anyways, no? And it would be a PITA to bother relearning the TPMS sensors for a day at the track, only to have to relearn them to go home on your street tires...
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So I have a set of wheels I'm going to mount 295/30-18 Hoosier A6's on and was wondering if I have to have the sensors for the TPMS in the wheels or not. I know I will have a light on while the wheels are on the car but does it effect the car at all? Doesn't put it into limp mode or something like that does it?
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As far as I know, the only thing it does is give you the light. This is a safety system built in my the vehicle manufacture, not unlike your seat belt. We recommend that you keep the system in place.
Taking Discount Tire's answer one step more, here is information provided to dealerships through a GM TSB:
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Q: Can Tire Pressure Monitoring be turned off?
A: Tire Pressure Monitoring is now a mandated safety system in the United States and cannot knowingly be disabled by an OEM nor an aftermarket service provider (49 USC 30101).
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Yeah I got the sensors based on my Friendly tattle tail On star system. I could see me making my first pass on the course and some dude chimes in on OnStar to inform me my tires are all flat and I should stop driving, and ask if he should call a service truck for me.
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Yeah I got the sensors based on my Friendly tattle tail On star system. I could see me making my first pass on the course and some dude chimes in on OnStar to inform me my tires are all flat and I should stop driving, and ask if he should call a service truck for me.
You believe there is a tie in between the Tire Pressure Monitoring System and OnStar, that they would call you while driving?
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TPMS is one of the items monitored by OnStar. If you get the monthly vehicle maintenance diagnostics report, it will show you your pressures at the time of the scan and if they are outside the established parameters, it will suggest remediation.
If you remove the sensors from the car, the DIC will indicate a failure in TPMS and recommend remediation. It will not affect vehicle performance.
If you are racing, I suggest you keep the TPMS sensors. For new wheels, you can order a set from Tire Rack. They're $188 for four. They include instructions for matching them to each corner of the car without a special tool. It's quite easy. In fact, Tire Rack has a deal for free installation if you buy the wheels and tires from them, too.
The advantages of having these are that they are much more accurate than a pressure gauge, they monitor all four tires at once, you can check the pressures without getting out of the car, you can actually watch the effects of warm-up and cool down and get a sense of the timing involved, you can play with varied pressures to affect the car's set-up and you can monitor the results in real time.
All of that is hard to do on your knees with a gauge that causes you to bleed off small amounts of air every time you check it.
Yeah I got the sensors based on my Friendly tattle tail On star system. I could see me making my first pass on the course and some dude chimes in on OnStar to inform me my tires are all flat and I should stop driving, and ask if he should call a service truck for me.
OnStar does include tire pressure at all four corners in their monthly email status report.
I have had my GXP on the track at Willow Springs twice. On both occasions, at several of the same turns on the track where the brake were applied hard or there was a high-G turn, On-Star would contact me to ask if I was OK. Very distracting. I really couldn't hear clearly what they were saying, but I would answer and try to jab the button to turn it off. Because it would happen on most every lap, I finally slowed down, told the lady that I was OK, I was in a driving school, and that it would be fine if they didn't call me for the next several hours. It worked.
BTW, I have a set of stock wheels and tires that do not have the TPMS stems. Does anyone know the part number of the stems so I can buy a set? Also, where is the best place to get a good price on them?
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^ That awesome. You should have recorded that. I don't show a part number for the sensor but we can usually order them in. I will look into it for you and see if we can sell them.
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If you would like the Chrome sleeve you will need to purchase the rebuild kit as well a standard chrome sleeve will not work. Product code: 86883 Description: TPMS Rebuild kit (chrome): $3.00 each.
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I don't show a part number for the sensor but we can usually order them in. I will look into it for you and see if we can sell them.
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