I've searched but cannot find a clear answer. If you change your wheels and decide not to put the tire pressure sensors into the new wheels, what error codes do you get? What will show on your tire pressure gauge? Will any bells ring or lights blink? If so, any way to defeat this?

 

Ive not noticed anything at all other than the gauge does not give you a reading. No wierd lights, alarms or anything to speak of.

 

Removing the sensors is just plain stooooped. Improper pressure can dramatically effect your handling/performance, and increase the chance of rim damage. The low profile Track tires seem to lose pressure consistently, expecially in cold weather. At least 8 time in 15 months has the low pressure indicator come on. Check and only about 28 lbs. Quickly refill back up to 35 lbs, and feels much better.

 

I dont know if you have changed out your wheels or not, but it is a PITA to get the sensors on certain aftermarket wheels. I have been driving for 15 yrs w/o built in tire pressure sensors, I dont think the world is going to come to an end if I dont have them.

 

I'm asking this question because I want to put some competition tire on my stock wheels for autocross use and my aftermarket wheels will be on the rest of the time. I don't want to buy another set of sensors for the second set of wheel since the car is specifically calibrated to one set of sensors. Even if I had sensors in both sets of wheel, I would have to take it to the dealer every time I switched wheels. Why would I want to do that?

 

I am currently doing the INVERSE what you are planning on doing (I wanted good, lightweight wheels for racing and I stuck with the stock wheels for the street). I have a set of 4 Enkei RPO2-J wheels with 265/35 Kumho V700's for AutoX. I change them at home before the event and then drive to the event on my race tires (often 50+ miles each way). I've found that initially I get no reading on the TPS (to be expected) but after about 30-40 miles of driving, the TPS warning light turns on (doesn't beep or anything, just lights up). I then park at the event, walk the course, work, etc, and when I start up the car for the actual driving, the TPS is off. It stays off throughout the event, and then turns back on during the drive home.

No biggie, I just ignore it. Once I change back to my street tires and go to work the next day, everything works fine again. So, in your case, you'd just have to put up with the light during the week, and then use the TPS for AutoX (which is definitely a nice feature - being able to monitor tire pressures on the fly).

-D'oh!

 

My light hasn't turned on after I swapped my wheels to my 19" ADR M-Sports... but it DID go on (and stayed on for months ever since) after I put my original sensors in my pocket and drove the car to sell it to someone...

No sounds, no beeping... no blinking... just constant-on light.. I've grown used to it, no biggie.