Wheels and TPMS
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Wheels and TPMS
Planning to pick up a set of stock 17" E class rims as winter wheels for my '08 E350 4Matic. The rims do not have the tire pressure sensors. Can anyone give me any advice as to the best way and how expensive it would be to add the sensors to these wheels? How difficult is the "calibration" every time I need to swap out the wheels? Thanks!
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Planning to pick up a set of stock 17" E class rims as winter wheels for my '08 E350 4Matic. The rims do not have the tire pressure sensors. Can anyone give me any advice as to the best way and how expensive it would be to add the sensors to these wheels? How difficult is the "calibration" every time I need to swap out the wheels? Thanks!
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Usually, if you get a second set of monitors, the car has to be programmed to them... each sensor has its own serial number, like a cell phone.... and when switching rims they have to go back on the correct corners..
thats how MB says that it works
Now... from my experiences, i have seen monitors take to a car without any programming... on MB and BMW.... I have no idea why, MB states that new monitors have to be programmed.... But i have seen them work, and not work...
lol... once i switched a left front and right front monitor... the guy had a flat on his right front and the car said left front??? I dont know how thats possable... inside each fender splash guard there is a small reciever that reads every time the montor spins past it....
Anyways... ask the tire rack guy... Tire rack sells OEM tire pressure monitors and they are less then getting them from MB.... and try them out....
It all depends whats cheeper? Buying new monitors and just switching wheels or having someone break them down every season?
If they are nice wheels, i would hate to risk damage on a tire machine every year...
thats how MB says that it works
Now... from my experiences, i have seen monitors take to a car without any programming... on MB and BMW.... I have no idea why, MB states that new monitors have to be programmed.... But i have seen them work, and not work...
lol... once i switched a left front and right front monitor... the guy had a flat on his right front and the car said left front??? I dont know how thats possable... inside each fender splash guard there is a small reciever that reads every time the montor spins past it....
Anyways... ask the tire rack guy... Tire rack sells OEM tire pressure monitors and they are less then getting them from MB.... and try them out....
It all depends whats cheeper? Buying new monitors and just switching wheels or having someone break them down every season?
If they are nice wheels, i would hate to risk damage on a tire machine every year...
Last edited by TuneTime; Mar 18, 2008 at 03:27 AM.
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depends on the weather
to the OP ... just get a second set of sensors for the addtional wheels and re-learn the system when you put them on
