vinnieboy504

I am wondering if you can take off the tpms sensors from a set of 08 civic rims and put it on a set of 08 or 07 honda accord rims? Will the tpms sensor be seated properly? Because a honda tech guy told me that only civic products are to be used on civics as in rims. along with that he says that the accord rims aren't meant for civics and the civics tpms sensors cannot be installed on the accord rims. is this tech telling the truth or not? or is he trying to make money?

2008fijibluesi

You can put the TPMS sensors on pretty much any wheels, and definitely any newer Honda wheel.

vinnieboy504

thanks.... thought so... i wonder how come that honda tech guy became a tech?

boxeocampeon

i ****ing hate those sensors you cant rotate tires with them and theyre just more hassle then theyre worth

K5^

How are you rotating your tires?

2008fijibluesi

Yeah...I wanna hear this too.

FijiBlueFG2

I rotated my tires....

tomh1979

mine get rotated at every oil change, not cause they need it, just habit, but yes you can rotate them, they are not governed to staying in one location, and the tpms isn't designed for them to be, that would be just dumb if they were, which would be another reason why some think they already suck, i like mine, then yet i decided to keep my OE wheels on the car.

2008fijibluesi

Yeah...the TPMS sensors are not specific to a certain wheel.

revtune

Considering most places like Discount Tire will put new sensors in (for most applications), you're not limited to what rims you can use especially it being from another Honda.

FAb5

were is the tpms located on the wheel anyways n if i get after market wheels do i have to switch them..

K5^

They're part of the valve stem.

FAb5

so i would have to put them on my new wheels then

K5^

Yes. I bought another set of sensors for my next set of wheels that way I can interchange between the two sets without having a 'TPMS' error light.

ajpturbopittsburgh

K5 you can't do that because the ECU only recognizes one set of tpms. I did the same thing and took my new wheels and sensors the the dealer and they told me than once they "initialize" the new sensors the ECU will not recognize the originals sensors

K5^

Oh damn it. Did they charge you for initializing your sensors?

av911

Sorry for going off topic, but I can't believe you guys go through all that crap (money and time) just for TPMS.

I, myself, would sell the sensors, get some money back, and remove the bulb for the TPMS light.

K5^

Cool story bro.

Nighthawk R18

quoting you because i see that you are in California as well as i am. having a car equiped with TPMS and disabling it or bypassing it could get you a traffic citation or even be enough to fail smog being that the TPMS is installed because it is an emissions device. how you ask? low pressure requires more energy to keep your vehicle at a cruise speed, causing you to be harder on the throttle thus putting out more emissions.

not trying to scare you or anything but anything can happen if your in california driving a modded honda with a cop behind you

appologies for the thread jack

Greg50Lt

So what years did the tpms come on the civics? I'm not up on this at all and it sounds dumb but if my tire pressure gets low I throw a light so I have tpms right? Or no?

i-VTEC_DOHC

its a law that came into effect in 2008. all vehicles 08 and newer are required to have tpms sensors.

i-VTEC_DOHC

quoting you for the reason that if you do remove the sensors, you cant disable vsa. which most of us si owners like to do

av911

Give me a break, "fail emissions", citation.

I drive an '06. I pump my tires to 40psi and check my pressure every week. With this routine, if I had an '08+, how would I fail the emissions test because of the TPMS??

Airbag is a safety feature, too. If I don't replace the airbig after deployment, will I get a citation, too?

Nighthawk R18

an airbag is not an emissions device. i said nothing about saftey in my post.

if you check your tire pressure every week and make sure its at 40psi if you had an 08+ you wouldnt fail smog because the light wouldnt be on. i've explained earlier why it is an emissions device, do you at least agree with me on that?

do you have adobe reader?

http://www.bar.ca.gov/80_BARResource...08-09%20V3.pdf

hit crtl+f and search "tire" and 4 of 5 key words found talk about visual inspection of the the tire being at safe proper operating condition, a tire that is under inflated is obviously not.

instructor74

never mind