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Wheel Swap

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by k9shag, Feb 9, 2017.

  1. Feb 9, 2017 at 4:46 AM
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    k9shag

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    I am swapping my 17 Tundra steel wheels for TRD wheels. using same tires and sensors. Do the sensors need reprogramming?
     
  2. Feb 9, 2017 at 4:59 AM
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    You plan on swappin your steel wheel sensors? If so they will only fit installed backwards
     
  3. Feb 9, 2017 at 5:03 AM
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    Yes , so is this advisable or should I just get new sensors?
     
  4. Feb 9, 2017 at 11:17 AM
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    Buy new sensors. I did the same wheel swap and bought some new sensors on ebay really affordable and had to have them programed to my truck at the stealership for $100.
     
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  5. Feb 9, 2017 at 12:43 PM
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    Yep that looks like the plan. I pick the wheels up tomorrow. Thanks for the info.
     
  6. Feb 10, 2017 at 3:56 PM
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    Well I had the rims swapped and was ready to put in new sensors when the manager of the Discount Tire I was at (and a 2015 Tundra owner) told me that he has used the steel wheel sensors several times without a hiccup. So I let him save me some $ and gave it a try.

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  7. Feb 10, 2017 at 7:56 PM
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    You had a decent installer. What has and will happen many times is the steel wheel sensor will get broken during a dismount. Only plus.........Discount had to install new (correct) sensors. Just maybe let the future installers know if and when you have a dismount/mount. What a change from steel to TRD...:thumbsup:
     
  8. Feb 11, 2017 at 2:13 PM
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    So it bugged me all day that the 40 deg sensors where working, but knowing that it wasn't by design and would probably fail at the worst time. I went back and had 20 deg sensors installed
     
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