LexusRXLover Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Hi, I had really bad luck day. :cries: I just drove over a brick on express way(45mph). The brick damaged one of my rim and tire. I can not believe a piece of brick can damage my rim. 18" Alloy Wheel is a piece of junk. Never dirve over anything.... I did not get new rim and tire yet. But I am wondering where is the tire pressure sensor? Is it inside of tire? If someone knows about it please show me.. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Hi, I had really bad luck day.:cries: I just drove over a brick on express way(45mph). The brick damaged one of my rim and tire. I can not believe a piece of brick can damage my rim. 18" Alloy Wheel is a piece of junk. Never dirve over anything.... I did not get new rim and tire yet. But I am wondering where is the tire pressure sensor? Is it inside of tire? If someone knows about it please show me.. Thanks ← Yes the sensor is inside the wheel. You should not run into any problems, just swapping it onto the new wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 The sensor is made as part of the valve stem. A good tire shop can remove a tire without breaking the sensor. Most shops unfortunatly cannot remove them safely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexusRXLover Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 Thank You. The spare tire has also has sensor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Not sure if it does but i doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashNBurns Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 The sensor is made as part of the valve stem.A good tire shop can remove a tire without breaking the sensor. Most shops unfortunatly cannot remove them safely ← Sorry guys -- it's not that sophisticated. The 'tire pressure sensor' is nothing more than a smoke and mirrors trick. It's actually an application of the ABS and traction control sensors. They use these sensors to notice a wheel rotation differential -- meaning, if one wheel is consistently spinning at a slightly different rotation than the other wheels, it means that the tire pressure is 'low'. That's all it really is. It doesn't matter what tires or rims you have -- there are no magic sensors which are affected by tire/rim changeouts. - CrashNBurns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 So the sensors which are actually placed inside the tires attached to the valve stems are fake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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