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Old Jan 17, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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has anyone here done it? take out the OEM sensor from ur 07-08 wheel and transfer it to the rims that you bought?
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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yea.....
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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yep.
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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how much did it cost u and where?
Old Jan 17, 2008 | 11:36 PM
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how much did what cost?
Old Jan 18, 2008 | 12:04 AM
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wut u think lol for u to transfer dat jaunt
Old Jan 18, 2008 | 12:22 AM
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I personally haven't done it, but any tire shop will do it, I'm sure its not that expensive, when you go to get your wheels put in, tell them to do it
Old Jan 18, 2008 | 02:39 AM
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dosmounting and mounting the tires and transfering the TPMS should cost you around $100

i got quoted last time for $40 a wheel
but i think it depends on the auto shop
Old Jan 18, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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Just be sure the whees you are buying are set-up for TPMS. Not all wheels will accept the TPMS sensors!
Old Jan 18, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BlizZard
I personally haven't done it, but any tire shop will do it, I'm sure its not that expensive, when you go to get your wheels put in, tell them to do it

i went to sears auto center and they took my tires off my old rims, put them on my new ones, balanced them, etc. i just told them to change the tpms valve stems over and they did.


it cost me 25 dollars a rim to get this done because they were 18's.

i also got an alignment right after i lowered my car and they will recheck your alignment and fix it for free if it needs it in a 6000mile/6month time period. so i had them check that out because i figured i might as well because the springs have probably settled some more. all in all, everything turned out great. they didnt scratch my new rims but they did tell me that my tires were installed backwards. thanks a lot toyota of greer. lmao
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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ayt thnx a lot yall i thought nobody has done this yet. im still lookin for a good set of rims though but hopefully soon i'll finally get one. i was thinking of getting these which one is good for my NBM tc?



this is NEXO GS-5 carbon fiber w/ crome lips i was thinkin of getting this with carbon fiber hood


r1 milano looks good on hyperblack


tenzo r dc5 v2



and here's a photoshop of tork revo hyper black that i did
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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this 1 too adr m sport hyper black if not the r1 milano
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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you do know that the first wheel you posted is fake carbon fiber right?

yea, stay way from those, if you want to get carbon fiber rims, get them, but please make sure there real
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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i know theyre fake. i found that long time ago just couldn't find any real ones.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Even if you find them, you aint going to buy them, carbon fiber wheels are expensive, you'll be looking at a couple of thousand
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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yah yah i know.
Old Jan 20, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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all those wheels look good IMO
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