Verde Axis V99
02-03-2015, 09:01 AM
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Verde Axis V99
Just a warning to those who are looking at this wheel. The factory TPMS will not work on the front of our cars as they hit the calipers. The valve stem holes are located in the middle of the width of the wheel. Therefore, you have to run flush mount valve stems and strap the tire pressure sensors to the barrel. I ended up doing it to the front and rear to keep them matching.
Other than that the wheel is decent enough quality and is relatively lightweight. I can't wait for our 15" of snow to melt off!
Other than that the wheel is decent enough quality and is relatively lightweight. I can't wait for our 15" of snow to melt off!
02-21-2015, 11:55 AM
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Just a warning to those who are looking at this wheel. The factory TPMS will not work on the front of our cars as they hit the calipers. The valve stem holes are located in the middle of the width of the wheel. Therefore, you have to run flush mount valve stems and strap the tire pressure sensors to the barrel. I ended up doing it to the front and rear to keep them matching.
Other than that the wheel is decent enough quality and is relatively lightweight. I can't wait for our 15" of snow to melt off!
Other than that the wheel is decent enough quality and is relatively lightweight. I can't wait for our 15" of snow to melt off!
03-26-2015, 01:02 PM
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That is the case with many aftermarket three-piece wheels that have a "clean" front where the bolts are reverse-mounted (my HREs and DPEs included). The fix is usually to put a SECOND valve stem hole on the angled part close to the inside lip on the inner barrel where you put the TPMS sensor, and use short Gorilla valve stems & caps on the hole in the center.
03-26-2015, 01:44 PM
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The "fix", in this case at least, is just not to get them in the first place. It's a very common pattern, and I bet you can find 10 wheels that are visually almost indistinguishable, that will fit properly. Drilling another hole and plugging the center one... uhhhhh notsomuch. Would probably do that for HRE's, but not for $250 rims.
03-26-2015, 01:49 PM
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The "fix", in this case at least, is just not to get them in the first place. It's a very common pattern, and I bet you can find 10 wheels that are visually almost indistinguishable, that will fit properly. Drilling another hole and plugging the center one... uhhhhh notsomuch. Would probably do that for HRE's, but not for $250 rims.
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03-26-2015, 02:05 PM
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someone used to make like a butterfly clip that would attach to the center mount valve stem so you could then attach the TMPS to that. I did this with the forgelines on my 335
something like this:
something like this:
