disconnecting tpms???

anyone know how i can disconnect the tpms. im getting my wheels and tires installed this weekend and i honestly dont think i need to have it switched over. it costs 68 for all four to be installed without the tpms and 170 with the tpms. plus another 100 or so for the alignment. damn 4wheel parts so friggin expensive.

 

sounds like it might work.anyone done it? thinking maybe just a 3" diameter by 6-8"long pvc with some sealed end caps and a valve of some sort to pressurize? or is that too macguyver and not gonna work?

 

sweet. any recommendations on what type of valve i can use. kinda havin a brain freeze moment

 

Drill a hole in one of the caps and pull a valve stem into it.

 

i like the tpms, it lets me know when i need to fill air... perfecto!!

 

How about getting some of those Heavy duty long zip ties and strapping the monitor to the inside of the rim before mounting the tire. That way you would still have a working TPMS without having to buy new monitors that fit the new rims.

 

unless you ever change your rims. the sensors are about $115 ea when they go bad or the battery in them dies.

 

i went n bought a really small tire/rim from home depot, a wheel barrow wheel. dropped all 4 into it and pressured it.

 

Instead of the whole pipe thing, why not just take them out and go through the TPMS reset steps as if they are in the tires?

I read this from 007Tacoma:

So wouldn't resetting the TPMS while the sensors are sitting in a plastic baggy in your glove compartment do the same as sticking them in something that looks like a pipe bomb in the back of your truck?

 

^ clever idea...has anyone actually tried it? i personally would like to get ride of my wagon wheel in my truck. reset it at ambient air pressure....hmmm

 

I'm also wondering if the truck cares of the sensors aren't near the rig. If it can't "see" the sensors then it can't report back low pressure can it?

Maybe if it doesn't sense the monitors nearby it sets off an alarm telling you your wheels have been stolen?

 

The truck is in constant communication with the sensors. Therefore if they aren't close to the vehicle then the light will come on.

One member even had the wheels in the garage by the truck and every night the sensors and truck got together and said hey, lets shut this light off. Then, when he started the truck at work away from the sensors they had seperation anxiety and flipped the light back on.

As far as setting them alone without pressure, I'm not sure. You would probably have to remove the one in the spare and reset it as well. Can't remember seeing anyone do this. Maybe it can be done..........

Remember, you will have to pay the dealer to do it....