New TPMS with new wheels?

I'm about to pull the trigger and buy some new wheels and tires. Buying them separately so they won't come mounted and balanced. The stock TPMS in my current stock wheels have been working fine since I got my truck new in 2012. I know these things don't last forever, but should I go ahead and buy new ones? Or just roll with what's working? I'm already stretching my budget with wheels and tires, just don't know if it's something I need to go ahead and fix before it breaks. Can pretty much any tire shop pair new ones with my truck? Should I buy OEM or aftermarket? Does that matter on 2nd guns? Any thoughts on the matter are welcome. Thanks

 

It’s amazing how long they last until they don’t.

New tires and wheel is a perfect opportunity to get new TPMS.

I would probably get Toyota OEM rather than whatever trash the tire shop wants to sell you and the only reason I’m saying that is I’ve had problems with non-OEM with my older Toyota trucks.

 

^^^THIS^^^

I took the opportunity to replace all my TPMS when I purchased a set of rims and tires though Discount Tire. I had all with the exception of one of my TPMS sensors go out within a week of each other.
Get OEM sensors now with the rims, especially if they have not been replaced since 2012!

I had them put in non OEM sensors, and a full 3 days later and 250 miles and the truck still had not registered that there were any sensors on the truck, just dashed lines.

I returned to DT and they made things right, putting in OEM sensors. Within 20 miles they all connected up, GTG.

Highly recommend with sensors that old to bite the bullet now and replace them while the rims are being taken off.

 

So OEM sensors automatically pair up? There's no need for programming and such?

Oh ... what about lug nuts? Was just looking at them since I'm swapping to black wheels ill need some. Any specific size? Cause I'm noticing different sizes... he'll ive always thought a lug nut is a lug nut and they're all pretty much the same

 

OEM sensors are $100 each if I am looking at this correct on the Toyota website? Does that sound right?

 

I have sensors from Amazon on 3 different vehicles. Price ranges between $60-$80 for a pack of 4. They have been on 2 of the vehicles for 3 years, on another 5 years. No problems and tire stores didn't charge any extra to install and program them when getting new tires mounted. I don't see the point in paying $60-$100 each for them when the $15-$20 ones seem to work just fine.

The ones on my Tacoma were 14 years old and still working but I didn't think they would outlast another set of tires so I replaced them proactively. My F150 was 8 years old and I figured that for $60 it was a good idea to get new ones at that time too. If I'd waited until they stopped working they would have charged me $10-$15 per tire to install them if not buying tires.

 

My Dealer wanted 130-140ish each. Tire shop was 50$ so far so good. Hopefully i didn’t jus ginx myself.

 

Definitely get new sensors installed with the new tires and wheels. The batteries only last so long.

 

@MudFlap on the topic of lug nuts, most aftermarket wheels will take what's called an E/T or extended thread small diameter spline lug. Most Discount/America's tire stores have the install kits and replacement sensors.

 

I've found them online from a Toyota dealership for $65, ill probably go that route

I found this dealership through this site, I think they are (or used to be) a associate vendor for TW. McGeorge Toyota is the name, though they go by a different name now. I buy most of my OEM Toyota parts from them since their prices are so good. I highly recommend them.

 

Wise move IMHO. I've had plenty of knock off TPMS sensors, and they worked fine until they didn't work at all.
The gent at DT said they have had intermittent luck with knock off sensors in Toyotas especially.
This was the first time I've ever had any issues with them, but swapping out to OEM sensors immediately cleared up the issue.

 

Can I get a link? Thank you.

 

Here ya go... great prices on Toyota parts... they've saved me hundreds even after paying for shipping.

https://toyotaparts.ourismantoyotaofrichmond.com/

 

If you aren't totally dead set on getting OEM, I have been using the

$91 Autel TPMS Sensor 2in1 MX-Sensor 315MHz + 433MHz Press-in Tire Pressure Monitor System Sensor，OE-Level Programmable & Cloneable Wireless TPMS Sensors for All Vehicles (Rubber Stem Set of 4)

Autel 2 in 1's (dual band) for my winter tires and had no issues. They are significantly cheaper while sticking with a name brand sensor.

Pretty sure you are going to need to reprogram them regardless of where they come from, but any tire shop should be able to do that.

 

So I got my wheels in today and there was some handy paperwork inside the box. I decided to buy new OEM TPMS and got the particular one Toyota said was for my truck. The part number of my new sensors is 42607-06012 witch is not listed to go with these wheels. So my thought was... as long as they are 20 degree sensors they should be fine. But I can't find any specifications on these to tell what angle they mount at. How can I look that up?

 

Just part of the paperwork inside the box

 

https://www.tpms.com/2012-Toyota-Tacoma-TPMS-alloy-wheels-s/5377.htm

 

Just wanted to follow up on this as I did my semi-annual change over and changed over to my Winter Tires today. Did the reprogram with my

$219 Autel MaxiTPMS TS501 PRO, 2025 TPMS Programming Tool Same as TS508, Up of TS501 TS408S, Relearn Activate 99% TPMS Sensors, Program Autel MX-Sensor 315/433MHz, TPMS Reset & Diagnostics, Lifetime Update

TS501 - easy peasy. They recognized on the Taco faster than they did on my Accord (which this is the last change over for it), basically right after I turned the car back on after the cycle (read all tires, turn car on, program to car, re-trigger all tires, turn car off, turn car on).

I can just say that the Autel dual bands are a snap. There are off-brands that are much cheaper, but the Autels just work. I do rubber stems on my Taco, metal stems on my Accord.

 

Can’t a good scan tool do that?

 

I bought the Autel sensors also and took them in to Discount Tire the other day to install and they said they cannot program them, so I guess I will need to buy that same tool. Surprised me as they are a very popular brand, but they likely are just trying to push their own sensors.