To those that have changed from a factory wheel that had tpms to either Z06 wheels or an aftermarket wheel did you keep the tpms or leave them off?

 

Yes, When I installed my Fikse wheels I bought 4 new sensors, Why not, It is a good thing, It is nice to be alearted when you have a low tire incase you can't feel it, Also you won't have to deal with the DIC message when you start the car about servicing the TPMS. Cheap insurance.
Mr.Bill

 

Had my my TPMS sensors transferred to my new rims.

 

I went with Cray Scorpions and installed a new set of TPMs.

The battery life of the sensors is up to 10 years. I decided that I didn't want to run the risk of them starting to fail and have to pull the tires off again.

 

I kept my TPS in the new wheels - they add a nice safety feature IMO. Regardless of what type of tires you run, having the tire pressure info at the push of a button is a good thing.

 

I think that the TPMS is a very important thing for you to have.

 

Keep them for sure.

 

New TPMS sensors were installed on my C6 wheels.

 

I purchased new sensors as the current ones were already 10 years old....

 

Keep them.........I like the added security of having an early notice if I have an issue.

 

Nay. A waste of money to put new ones on my new wheels and tires. I don't mind checking the air pressue every few weeks.

 

I added the system to my '03 Z06. Best thing I did.

 

As I have posted so many times over the years here...the TPMS will give you early warning of a slow leak that could occur in a single day.. having the heads up to know that your tire is down to 25 psi, will allow you re ADD air until you get home, be it every ten minutes or half hour... most road hazards are caused by picking up a screw or a nail... without sensors you don't know you have a flat until it is flat, or could be on a trip and pick up a nail and come back an hour later to find it flat and you are unable to get even a low profile jack under it... without sensors a slow leak can get down to 10 psi and cause a violent out of control situation especially on a front tire... with sensors you will know when the tire get down to 25 psi and can safely get off the road... if you are doing 70 on a highway and the tire reaches an out of control pressure you will only know it when you loose control... a flat tire on the road can also cost you the price of a destroyed tire and rim... take a 400 dollar run flat and one CCW wheel at 600 dollars and that flat tire can easily cost you 1000 dollars, and the inconvenience of having to wait for a tow, and the costs...for the price of the sensors, you would have to be an idiot not to have them...Ive posted this many times.
You can safely get home from 100 miles away if you have sensors to tell you when to pull over and refill the tire...pump it up to 44 psi and when it gets down to 25 psi refill... it might take two or three times over that 100 miles but you are home safe.., all you need is a 12V compressor... no need to call Bubba the tow truck driver, no destroyed tire or rim... Today's tires are so strong they rarely blow out or have a catastrophic failure, but you can pick up a nail on a day trip and be 100 miles away.. sensors will give you instant access to a problem and the ability to handle it easily. You do not want to get stuck 100 miles away from home on a Sunday with no chance to buy a new tire...or find the right tire.

Bill aka ET

 

Is the program in the computer, I have a 03 ZO6 and was thinking of doing this when I need tires. Are the sensors epensive. I have CCW rims with 19 " Michelin tires.????

 

Definitely get new sensors for you new wheels and tires. You might want to check out Tire Rack's sensors as well. I'm not sure if they have the '97-00 ones, but if they do, they'll be cheaper than OEM.

 

Mine are beginning to act up on my 02, so I just ordered a set from Parts Taxi for $39.00 each. Good insurance to have.

 

I routinely check my pressure every so often, not to mention the vette is my first car with TPMS so I don't mind not having it (wouldn't fit on my new rims). It's a great notification tool if you have a slow leak, but if your running non-run flats and they have a catastrophic failure the TPMS will do squat! So basically only good for slow leaks, which again is not an issue if you check periodically.

 

Your logic only points to your lack of automotive skills when its all about a C5 that has no spare tire... Run flats without sensors is even worse because they are only good for 50 miles at sub 50 mph speeds.. take a 400 run flat and run it on a highway with no air for a few days and say good by to that tire, and possibly your life... Like I said, running without sensors is just plain stupid...
Sensor can go on any wheel... if you know anything about a C5, and the myriad of wheels that can go on a C5 ... Tire sensors DO Not have to be mounted at the valve stem..therefore there is Not a wheel that can not accept a sensor.. People who develop a problem with a tire usually develop it within a 24 hour period. it doesn't happen exactly whenever your routine check, every so often, ( which usually means once a month or so occurs) happens.. in any event a periodic check can not replace a sensor.. or be so lucky as to catch a nail on the day you run over it..
My post seems logical to anyone with any idea about this issue... the ones who try to justify not having them, they have nothing to stand on.. in my 50 years of driving, Ive had a dozen flats over those years and everyone of them was a flat from a nail or screw that I picked up and the tire went flat in a few hours within a 24 hour period.. but all of those flats occurred when I had a spare tire in the trunk... how I knew this was a nail or a screw that was a few hours old was by the condition of the nail.
Get a flat tire without a spare or the ability to repair it and you will never be without sensors again with a car with no spare. Last year I saw a long line of cars going over a bridge... 2 lanes each way... and the line ( a single line ) was going about 8 miles an hour.. the bridge was 2 miles long...at the other end of the bridge and after about 20 minutes of driving at 8 miles an hour..I saw a Corvette on the side of the road, it was a C5, the guy had just bought non run flats . I stopped to help him... he had told me he chose not to replace his sensors with his new quiet non runflats.. he lost the brand new pilot sport, and he lost his brand new rim and he lost the left front fender the front fascia ( the lower parts were completly worn off from road contact), the lower control arm, and that the damage that I could immediately see... needless to say he was already on the phone to get a flat bed.. and his wife was absolutely pissed.. on the way over the bridge I could see up ahead that sparks were flying and no one would pass him.. he told me that the care was acting a little funny about a mile before he came to the bridge...on the way on the upside it started to get worse and worse, by the time he reached the top , large pieces of rubber were coming off the rim until the tire was gone completely by the time he got down the other side to pull off .. the wheel was 40 % gone... only because of the stiff suspension and frame was he able to get the car down the other side... he did not want to stop on the bridge and hoped he could make it over the bridge... I was about 20 cars behind him when things started to go badly.. I posted this when this happened on the day it happened.. and I will never forget that experience .. the guy told me once this is all fixed, he will never make that stupid mistake again.. I offered to say with then and he said had he had sensors, he would have known about a leak a mile or so before the bridge and could have assesed the damage then..
the tow would be there within the 1/2 hour. True story.....

 

"Your logic only points to your lack of automotive skills when its all about a C5 that has no spare tire..."

That's a bold statement, but I do have automotive/mechanical knowledge...from what I understand it wouldn't be to your extent, but I'm not some total boob either.

Just like the story you told about the cruise, we can all understand that things will happen, and having the TPMS if available is always the way to go, but many don't have them. The reason I don't have them in my wheels is because when I purchased my aftermarket rims I was going to have the TPMS transferred over but I was told they would not fit. You have mentioned that there are options to make them fit in any wheel, but obviously I did not research it enough. Point being that since I didn't have TPMS and my new tires weren't run flats, I bought "slime" tire repair and portable tire inflater. I also purchased a tire repair kit, so I'm as fully covered as one can be without TPMS.

As you said, a slow leak can happen in a day or over "x" amount of time. I've had a few bad slow leaks over my driving history and it was when the car was parked. It obviously could have happened when I was driving, but it didn't. My point to all of this was that if you don't have the TPMS you can at least have alternatives (IE:puncture repair kit/ slime kit/ 12 volt compressor)

Cheers

 

I don't have them on mine. When i bought my wheels it already had tires with quite few miles left in it, so it would have cost around 250ish to take the TPMS out the stock wheels, then take the new wheels off the tires and then the TMPS in and the wheels back on.

I just hit reset to get rid of the Message in DIC, but other than that no issues here.