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Old 06-07-2017, 08:29 PM
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I have a question for those of you who have two sets of wheels/tires, one for track (Cups?) and one for street. If both sets of wheels/tires have OEM tire pressure sensors, do they have to be reprogrammed with every swap or does the system automatically recognize them?
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Originally Posted by MSG C5
I have a question for those of you who have two sets of wheels/tires, one for track (Cups?) and one for street. If both sets of wheels/tires have OEM tire pressure sensors, do they have to be reprogrammed with every swap or does the system automatically recognize them?
No. It's automatic
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Yep much easier on these cars.
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Can you run them without sensors and not have issues? I think I remember a bypass by holding down the button in the middle for 10 seconds or so.

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Can you run them without sensors and not have issues? I think I remember a bypass by holding down the button in the middle for 10 seconds or so.

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I'm sure you can but you will get warning and the like and lights on. Question would be these sensors are so cheap why would you run w/o them? Not like the C5s where the sensors where $100+
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Originally Posted by Greg00Coupe
I'm sure you can but you will get warning and the like and lights on. Question would be these sensors are so cheap why would you run w/o them? Not like the C5s where the sensors where $100+
^^^ This. I think I paid around $30 for the sensors for my spare wheels. Just run 'em, they automatically update within 20 minute even if if you do nothing anyway, super-easy.
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Thanks for the responses. Secondary question...Any alignment issues either Z07 or non-Z07 package when switching between a street wheel/tire package and a track (Cup) wheel/tire package? If the car is properly aligned (post delivery) will it require additional alignments when switching back and forth?

A friend of mine who recently purchased a new Z06 with the Z07 performance package swears that the factory alignment was way off so he had it aligned after the 500 mile break-in. In addition to the oil change, he also swapped out all factory fluids including the rear differential and the M7 tranny fluid.

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