Thread: Best winter only tires.

So I was going to buy a set of steelie rims used and then get some snow tires mounted up. What happens with the TPMS system? Will I need to buy and install some new TPMS sensors into the used rims? Any programming necessary?

I feel like some places won't install a tire without the sensors.

Originally Posted by stocker

So I was going to buy a set of steelie rims used and then get some snow tires mounted up. What happens with the TPMS system? Will I need to buy and install some new TPMS sensors into the used rims? Any programming necessary?

I feel like some places won't install a tire without the sensors.

Do you have individual readouts for the tire pressure on the DIC? If you do then you will need the stems that can do TPMS and yes programming it to the car, if you really have to have it, otherwise you can just ride with the warning light on. If you don't have the readouts on the DIC, then it is detected by hub and you don't need the special valve stems and you don't need programming.