Replacing TPMS
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Replacing TPMS
question, what do you replace them with. the oem part? or aftermarket?
where is a good place to find the part? i need them for back wheels, oem non z, 2003 wheels. standard TPMS
thanks!
where is a good place to find the part? i need them for back wheels, oem non z, 2003 wheels. standard TPMS
thanks!
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I've always replaced mine with the OEM ones. For the '01-04 cars, they are reasonably priced from places like Cultrag Performance.
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Same here, went with OEM. I tried the one at a time approach, but while I was replacing the "one" another one went south. So I just picked up all four and did it all at once.
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I have had trouble getting sensors trained. First I bought wheels and they mixed them up and couldn't get them right so I lived with left and right being mixed up. They were OEM I got new a wheel and tire and aftermarket sensor package from GYW and finally got them trained yesterday. I am so happy to find someone that knew what they were doing, you have to search around. So with aftermarket you need someone with a machine that knows what they are doing.
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Replacing TPMS
Cool thanks.
How hard is it to train oem sensor? Not 100% sure what you mean by train. If I take it to a tire shop can they handle it?
I'm getting new rears put on first so was gonna replace both rear tpms
How hard is it to train oem sensor? Not 100% sure what you mean by train. If I take it to a tire shop can they handle it?
I'm getting new rears put on first so was gonna replace both rear tpms
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I like using the OEM ones also, but Schrader made them and sometimes you can find the Schrader ones at a lower price. They are exactly the same sensor (except the plastic case is orange/red instead of black).
For training I have used a cheap $1 Radio Shack 1" x 2" x 1/4" and it worked fine. I found it easier to locate the magnet in the barrel of the wheel instead of at the valve stem. It is closer to the body of the sensor that way.
I have also trained some while holding them in my hand inside the car. That is by far the easiest method. (although I screwed up and didn't mount them in tires for the correct corner of the car and had to do it again.)
Last year I ran into one set that was particularly difficult to train while installed into wheels. I could only get 2 of them to beep once in a while. I finally broke down and bought a neodymium N52 magnet of the same size. I think that is the strongest magnet type. It worked fine on all four sensors the first time.
Good luck.
For training I have used a cheap $1 Radio Shack 1" x 2" x 1/4" and it worked fine. I found it easier to locate the magnet in the barrel of the wheel instead of at the valve stem. It is closer to the body of the sensor that way.
I have also trained some while holding them in my hand inside the car. That is by far the easiest method. (although I screwed up and didn't mount them in tires for the correct corner of the car and had to do it again.)
Last year I ran into one set that was particularly difficult to train while installed into wheels. I could only get 2 of them to beep once in a while. I finally broke down and bought a neodymium N52 magnet of the same size. I think that is the strongest magnet type. It worked fine on all four sensors the first time.
Good luck.
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Not all aftermarket TPMS train by use of a magnet the way that OEM sensors do. Worse is that most after market sensor manufacturers do not have correct info on their web sites on how to train their sensors to the C5...
Many posts about the frusrations of those that purchased aftermarket TPMS and trying to figure out how to get them to work for the C5.
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Training the TPMS is a process that allows the computer to know which sensor is in which position on the car. Since the DIC shows the tire pressure info by location, the computer needs to know which sensor is reporting information in order to present it correctly in the DIC. You MUST train all 4 sensors even if you only replace one or two. Here is how that is done with OEM sensors:
Sounds like I should replace all 4 at one. They are all 12 years old
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Should also mention that the TPM does NOT have to be in the wheel to train them. Many that buy all new sensors sit in the car with a magnet and train and mark the location of the new TPM and then go have them installed keeping the sensor in the location for which it was trained.
I think I will do that, don't know if the shop I use can handle doing that. And want it to be correct. I might cap and ask.
Also sounds like I should go oem. Do you guys buy them from the local dealer.
What's the best place to get the oem part?
I'm not that worried about price
Thanks
Also is a 2003. Original base wheels.
Picking it up tomorrow, yea!
Have to do some initial stuff
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Picking up a 2003 tomorrow. All stock and base.
The 93 is my current car. Decided to upgrade
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Just bought four new sensors with my new wheels and tires. had Merchant tire put them on but they failed to calibrate them. I have a magnet and going through the process of training them. The first LF beeped, the RF did not so I stopped at that point and tried again with the same results. Looking at the valve stem cap, there is a grey one LF and Orange on the RF, the RR has a grey one and the LR has an orange valve stem cap (Don't Know the Significance) I measures the tire pressure and there is up to 44lbs of tire pressure which should be around 32 I believe. Could having too much tire pressure have any cause for the sensors not training properly?
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Have you found that new sensors have bad battery's in them? Hoping its just the magnet. May have to take it to the stealership...Although the RF did not beep I went to the RR and it beeped. I then went to the LR and it did not beep, both of them have the orange valve stem caps....
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The OEM sensors made by Schrader for our Vettes are in fact trained with a magnet. I know, because I did the training myself. You used aftermarket sensors with many of them trained with an electronic device. But some of these aftermarket sensors have proven to be problematic, so for this particular application, it's Schrader sensors only for me.
This is making me miss my c4.lol
Plus driving this c5 is so different. I'm still not used to it. !!