I'm looking at buying new wheels from discounttire.com and when I click the "get total price" button to get a quote, it shows that a TPMS Rebuild Kit is going to be another $25 or so extra. Question is, do I need it? Will my OE TPMS Sensor be able to transfer to a different set of wheels without any modifications?

 

Yeah they should work fine on most wheels. You'll just have to take your old and new wheels to a tire shop to swap the sensors. The place I bought my wheels from did it for free.

 

Thanks, so that extra kit is not needed? I was pretty sure they'd be able to transfer without doing anything to them, just wanted to make sure after I saw that extra.

 

The kit probably has new washers/o-rings and nuts.

 

Thanks. Also, are there special sizes or measurements needed for things like aftermarket lugs or whatever? If so, what size lug nuts does the xB2 take? I've also heard of hub sizes too. I'm lost right now.

 

Yup, IIRC it was $28 for the rebuild kit and no charge for the labor when I put on my new wheels. IMHO that's cheap insurance to make sure the TPMS valve stems don't leak on the new wheels.

 

The thread pitch for our lugs is 12x1.5 and most (but not all) after market wheels will use conical seat tuner lugs. Confirm with the wheel manufacturer or distributor what lugs are necessary when you are ready to order the wheels.

Here's info on hub centric rings from an old thread:

 

Thanks CIONIDE, helped alot! BTW, do you know of any good brands and places where I can pick up a good set of lugs? I'm leaning towards putting one of those loud-colored lug sets on.

 

I work at discount tire, and I can't tell you how many time's we've seen leaky TPMs when someone decides to cheap out on the rebuild kits. It's usually $5/wheel. A small price to pay to avoid a blowout. It's a new rubber grommet, retaining nut, valve core, and shiny new valve cap!!! If you're near a store, go see a salesman.. they'll explain everything including hubrings and what new lug nuts are needed. As cionide explained, most use a conical or acorn seat, and there are different diameter pockets on the wheel, therefore there are different lugs to fit. All DT/AT will have what you need...

 

Yeah, I just wanted to know about the kit, I'm def not gonna cheap out and risk leaks. The wheels I bought come with the centric rings for free and I want to get colored tuner lugs so I told the guy that helped me at the store if it'd be alright and he said it'd be fine so he took out the other lug nuts that come with the wheels at an additional charge. I just wanted to make sure there was no other variation in choosing lug nuts.