I agree about the pressure. It seems to be a common mistake to inflate tot he maximum tolerated pressure that the side wall gives, even though street cars are never designed to use those pressures.

I thought the sensors were in the inflation valves and you only have to have these transferred from the old to the new wheels (carefully) to have the system work with the new wheels. Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

That's true. I took the sensors out of my oem wheels and put them in the new ones.

 

Strange thing..I live in So Cal and my TPS has been coming on the last couple of days also. I have aftermarket wheels but never had problems before. It must be because of the low temp(58 degrees) we have been having in the morning.

 

Temps can change the pressure in your tires quite a bit. Back when I was keeping 35lbs in mine the sensors would come on from time to time but once they got warm they went off. I try to check my pressure every month or so.

 

Yup because by afternoon it would clear itself.

 

Andy, this is what they look like, apparently they will not fit in some custom wheels.

 

That's them. They fit most aftermarket wheels.

 

Just an FYI...they say that a ten (10) degree drop in temperature results in approximately 1.0 psi pressure drop in a tire (and visa versa). Seems to be true, as the weather is getting colder in the northeast, my psi has been 1-2 psi lower, so I added some air.

 

I know that I used to use the pressure on the tire as the desired pressure, instead of maximum. Changed when I got new tires on a previous car that had a max of 44, rather than the 35 I was used to.

I was under the impression from something I read that car companies tended to understate the pressure to give the car a softer ride.

 

Used to run 37-38 psi in my 03 max. But due to the horrible roads in Memphis, I broke both of strut mounts twice in 8 months and my alignment was always screwed up. Maybe giving it hell all of the time had a little something to do with it as well. Now I run 33-34 in the G. It rides better and I feel more calm about pot holes and my struts. No problems after 15k miles.

 

Gee35X-thanks for the picture. I'm not planning on seeing mine soon!