IS THERE A WAY AROUND THE TPMS ?

I was thinking of buying some aftermarket wheels and I know that the 09 has the tire pressure monitoring system . does anyone know if there is a way to shut this system off ? Or do I have to break down my old tires and Rims to take the monitors out ? I know that American muscle offers wheels and the TPMS already installed when you buy them , but they do not have the wheels that I wanted to get and I do not see this service offered on the site where I wanted to buy the wheels .

Do a Forum search to find the specifics around these. There have been people that have taken the sensors off of the rim, wrapped them in plastic packing and intalled them inside a small piece of PVC pipe (approx 2" OD x 6" long) that is capped/glued on both ends, add an air stem to one cap end, pressurize the tube to the proper pressure, and then strapped it into the trunk area (on the underside area of the rear speakers). There you go, a genious way to fool the TPMS!

haha....that's great!

no your pretty much screwed its gay i know. You can just wait until the tpms light burns out in the dash


On a Plus note, My TPMS Sensor re-programming tool shipped yesterday!

I had to replace a factory wheel, a fanblade, and found I could not reuse the sensor inside the original wheel. Why? Ford rivets them on while other manufacturers use a set screw of some sort so they can be used again.
Ford's price was more than $50 though I do not recall the exact price.

well you don't need to replace the sensor, just the band that holds it. The new ford kits are also screw on (like hoseclamps) so they can be taken on and off. I'm not sure on the price, but i assume its less than $50, sounds like you need a new parts guy


the ones i hate are GM's sensors that screw into their rubber valve, the rubber valves are a pain to remove (And should be replaced every time) but to get a new threaded valve you need to buy a whole sensor (and reprogram it).

When I got my 19's, I had to buy new 19" bands, that were $50 each!! That along with the high price of 19" tires pretty much blew the money I saved on the rims themselves.

I thought the TPS was completely stupid, I can check my own tire pressure thank you!!. Then my light went on the other day. My front left tire was kinda low. I'm not sure what happened. I pulled over at a gas station and filled it up. So I guess it does serve a purpose after all.

You can always hit the reset button every time you start your car

Cheap and easy, that's how I roll.

I put them all in the spare and put about 50 lbs in it.

I was able to reuse the sensor. I did not mean to give the impression that I could not.
The band from Ford is $50 or a bit more. Yes, that price is ridiculous.

cheaper sensors

last time when i change my wheels, i met same situation.
and from my friends' advices,I got my aftermarket sensors from Myers, and they are not expensive!just around $30~
maybe you can think about that,and i heared myers bought them from Orange TPMS manufacture!

Well, they're a good thing to have IMO. However, the bands really are a TPIA (total pain in the ass) because the factory ones are pop riveted so you have to break them and get new ones. Did it twice myself.

Some of the methods I've read seem really going out of the way just to defeat the TPMs.

You didn't think that Ford was going to make this government mandated system easy to fool...did you?
Granted it's a real pain...COBESGT certainly has provided a viable option...

Go to americanmuscle and spend the $140 and BE DONE WITH IT. A job done half right is all wrong.

These lil gadgets even tho they are convenient are making ppl to lazy to even check the tire pressures and in the long outlook imo costing the public moneies that can be spent in better places. The initial cost of the feature on the car raises the base prices. Ford any other manufacturers should only offer this feature if there is a switch to disable it. my three cents.

I actually was reading a publication for tire services professionals and I believe manufacturers are now required by law to install TPMS systems. Call it Uncle Sam's effort in reducing traffic accidents due to neglect.

I always wondered about the system Ford uses. The valve stem mounted system makes sense but a clamp and sensor system? Shouldn't that throw off wheel balance? How heavy are those sensors?

I would imagine they balance the wheels after the bands and sensors are installed on the rim, then the tire. So yes it would throw off balance, but they balance it.

I ordered the bands/sensors/ the remote, and the box weighed no more than 2lbs total, that is which instructions and a DVD that it came with.

The sensor are very light.

it could be worse... this month's sportscar magazine had an article about these. apparently new corvettes (and possibly future hondas) will not allow the car to enter sport mode or disable traction control if the sensors are tripped (low or high pressure, or missing sensors, all things that we would do while racing)

Easiest way around the problem is just to take your car with your sensors in hand to a place like Discount Tire.

I put 20" rims on my '07 and sold the old rims before I realized '07 was the first year for mandated TPMS. I sourced a set of sensors from eBay (used) for around $60. I took the car to Discount and they mounted the senors (including bands and mounting hardware) and programmed them for $25. For less than $100 I had a properly working TPMS system with no issues in two years - for less than $100. If you still have your old sensors and mounting brackets, it will be even cheaper (~$20). I think they charged like $3.50 x 4 for the bands themselves.