Turn off tire pressure mon. system?
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St. Jude Donor '03
I dunno....my banded/epoxied sensors have worked perfectly for the last 4 years, 45k miles and in the last tire change, were still rock solid and securely attached
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Charlie
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Believe what you may. After talking with several tuners including LPE many have abandoned such banded sensors/epoxy for exactly the reasons I have stated. Everyone has their biases and exceptions for any opinion. This is reverse engineering at its best. The sensors were never designed to be used with bands, nor for any matter epoxy. Manufacturers need almost no reason to void any warranty for doing such odd things to your wheels. If you want to do it go ahead and risk it. When your sensor stops working, have fun getting it off. If you have very expensive wheels, no matter how careful the technician, they will eventually get damaged or scratched, so how much do you want to risk it? The sensors are also notoriously innaccurate from experience at many times in their lifespan, and are a true pain in the ***.
Show me ONE wheel manufacturer that says you should use epoxy on their wheels for sensor placement and I will admit I am wrong, but it is extremely unlikely you can show me such proof.
Show me ONE wheel manufacturer that says you should use epoxy on their wheels for sensor placement and I will admit I am wrong, but it is extremely unlikely you can show me such proof.
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I am switching to GY GS-D3's and got 4 new TPMs from Gene Culley for my 2004 Coupe...for about $154 shipped. Go for it.
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The Future Is Soon
Install the TPM sensors and let them work for you. I put them on my Z06. For safety sake, that option is really one good reason to have them. For the 2001-2004 cars, that technology is already present in your car. All new cars will have them beginning in the 2008 model year. It just makes good sense. 
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St. Jude Donor '03
Guess you shouldn't use tires either.
Seriously, dude.... why would any wheel manufacturer expressly imply anything about sensors, tires, valvestems, etc. None of that has anything to do with their wheel warranty. They warrant for their own manufacturing defects, not what you may do to them after.
If you want to use sensors, then use them. If those custom wheels can't accept a stem mounted configuration, then do what ya gotta do. Epoxy/bands have proven to work just fine. If you don't like it, then don't do it...but don't profess to others what they should or shouldn't do, just because YOU don't care for it.
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Believe what you may. After talking with several tuners including LPE many have abandoned such banded sensors/epoxy for exactly the reasons I have stated. Everyone has their biases and exceptions for any opinion. This is reverse engineering at its best. The sensors were never designed to be used with bands, nor for any matter epoxy. Manufacturers need almost no reason to void any warranty for doing such odd things to your wheels. If you want to do it go ahead and risk it. When your sensor stops working, have fun getting it off. If you have very expensive wheels, no matter how careful the technician, they will eventually get damaged or scratched, so how much do you want to risk it? The sensors are also notoriously innaccurate from experience at many times in their lifespan, and are a true pain in the ***.
Show me ONE wheel manufacturer that says you should use epoxy on their wheels for sensor placement and I will admit I am wrong, but it is extremely unlikely you can show me such proof.
Show me ONE wheel manufacturer that says you should use epoxy on their wheels for sensor placement and I will admit I am wrong, but it is extremely unlikely you can show me such proof.
Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
Charlie
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From: Franklin IN
It is the popular misconception that tire pressure sensors are more important on nonrunflats(conventional) tires. They are actually more important on runflats, because it is often times very difficult to tell when they are flat, which may lead to very bad things, especially at high speeds and temperatures. Nonrunflats usually have slow leaks which are not catastrophic, and less often have blowouts which are readily apparent.
The above forum member is correct, a Tech II tool(very expensive) is used to disable the sensors on the DIC, which was necessary for the nonrunflat tires placed on the 2001 and after Z06 corvettes. I currently have nonrunflats on HRE rims, and I will never consider replacing the tire sensors that are not stock- similar replacements on the valve themselves and integrated into the wheel design. Bands, epoxy, etc just simply dont work on a long term basis, and such sensors are easily destroyed by nonknowledgable tire changers. The sensors move and wheel manufacturers will void your warranty for moving hardware and epoxy I assure you -for chrome issues, leaks, etc.
We as corvette forum members ought to be requesting en mass that the aftermarket implement sensor design into rim design for safety and convenience, and not accept anything else in my humble opinion.
The above forum member is correct, a Tech II tool(very expensive) is used to disable the sensors on the DIC, which was necessary for the nonrunflat tires placed on the 2001 and after Z06 corvettes. I currently have nonrunflats on HRE rims, and I will never consider replacing the tire sensors that are not stock- similar replacements on the valve themselves and integrated into the wheel design. Bands, epoxy, etc just simply dont work on a long term basis, and such sensors are easily destroyed by nonknowledgable tire changers. The sensors move and wheel manufacturers will void your warranty for moving hardware and epoxy I assure you -for chrome issues, leaks, etc.
We as corvette forum members ought to be requesting en mass that the aftermarket implement sensor design into rim design for safety and convenience, and not accept anything else in my humble opinion.
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